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Unfortunately when you think about things like heart rate, it affects your heart rate and makes a “loop”. You get worried about it, engage with it and the cycle continues. Maybe try doing ONE small normal activity and noticing in your head… “hey, I’m doing this activity even though my heart rate is high/low etc. Look at me go!”
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I Have health ocd too. The first thing is get checked out by your doctor. I've asked my therapist about this and she said if a symptom you have persists you should get it checked out. Now if you want to start persuing another doctor because you dont trust the doctor you see then that's when you stop yourself. You really cant do anything for yourself by worrying.
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- 25w
Anyone else struggle with somatic OCD and any pain/feeling slightly different is so noticeable and you feel like you’re just going to collapse or something? Like my ocd always convinces me that any sort of pain is related to some kind of illness that can cause a bad outcome or even death. If so, please share your tips of how to improve with this type of ocd 😭
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For a few days I was fine now I’m here scared to sleep cuz of my heart palpitations and what if I die scenario I ven dough cardiologist and drs say I’m good is just anxiety and ocd health
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Hey! I’m new to all of this. I’ve been diagnosed with OCD since I was 10 years old, I’m 22 now. It’s had its ups and downs, but this year it has gotten worse since my mom was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. They said it’s not hereditary…but it activated my health anxiety. I’ve worried about every cancer in the book. I’ve had blood work done 10 times this year, hormones ran, autoimmune disease panel, mri of my knee, colonoscopy, head to toe ct scan, inward ultrasound, 4-5 clinical breast exams…it’s been nuts. I stop worrying about one worry and I move on to another. I’ve been trying so hard to stay afloat, but I’m struggling. I just had a clinical breast exam two weeks ago, they said everything was good, which is awesome. However, my OCD has convinced me that I have a lump again. I know realistically they said there is nothing there, but I’m having a hard time convincing my mind. Has anything helped anyone retraining their mind or maybe stopping compulsions of constantly checking?
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