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- 4y
Yes, I've dealt with the same struggle. It's like the OCD wants to take away your freedom or free time. It's trying to strip you of enjoyment. I have felt this way on countless weekends, vacations and holidays. I've gotten so sick of it as well and in turn have used that as motivation to trying to my ERP therapy. It is hard when you see others enjoying their weekends and It is a struggle for yourself. Remind yourself that you deserve to have a peaceful few days, and allow that to give you motivation to focus on your OCD recovery.
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- 4y
I totally get it! I work in education and I used to teach summer school just so I had a routine during the summer as I didn't know what to do with myself during that time. Meanwhile my colleagues were out enjoying themselves and their families. Now I work 12 months out of the year still within education but in a different field and sometimes I wonder if my OCD pushed me to make that change. I thrive on a schedule but it's hard to enjoy the free time with OCD. It gives me motivation to know more people feel the same
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 4y
Ocd loves structure. I used to enjoy like weekends and vacations and now it’s like “more time to think muahahahha”. You are not alone and this seems to be very common. My ocd is quieter when I’m busy. I guess we need to keep leaning into discomfort and take our weekends back!
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Feeling the same too! Sending love and healing to you ♥️
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Weekends are the worst for me or days off work 😭 I have summers off as a teacher and I dread it because of my ocd.
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That's a great way to put it!
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- Date posted
- 25w
i’ve unfortunately fallen into the cycle of trying to figure out my thoughts and find answers as to why i feel so distressed. this still pertains to the situation regarding changing my room for those reading who have seen my multiple posts over the last few days. i’ve been so distressed and in so much panic about it. i’m also panicking over my other room looking so different from when i left it. it’s been making me feel crazy because to me there’s no reason for my anxiety to latch so hard onto something that seems so minuscule. i was thinking i was having anxiety over change, but it’s like symptoms of ocd too that’s making it really hard for me to let go. SO i started thinking maybe it was perfectionism ocd? i’ve realized over time that i do compulsions to where things have to feel “just right”, but i also do that with any environment i’m in. like it HAS to feel cozy to me and provide me comfort in order for me to feel at ease. and this change is causing me to panic because there’s something wrong that i can’t find an answer to. maybe the different colored carpet? but it’s also more than that it feels like. however, now it’s spreading into other areas of my house where i’ve always been fine in and possibly to just any area i’m in at all. hence why it’s making me feel crazy because there’s no reason for me to be THIS distressed over that as i’ve never really had this problem before. and when i did it would last maybe an hour to a couple of days at most, but this has been going for over 2 weeks with my really bad anxiety being this week. i’m doing a little better, but it’s still hard when i can feel that panic waiting for me to acknowledge and just engulf me in the ocd cycle. i’m also analyzing basically any feeling i have so i just feel off in general and like i’m going insane. i’ve been so hyper focused on how i feel and that will send me spiraling too. multiple themes then start coming in like existential ocd and fear of solipsism. not to mention my harm and contamination ocd that just adds on when i’m this vulnerable. then i worry if no one is real, then no one feels the way i do. or just in general that what if no one feels the way i do. honestly, i think being out of college and in my house with nothing to do is causing me too much time with my thoughts. which is why i’m so distressed about everything that pops into my brain.
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- Date posted
- 21w
Does anyone else have a really hard time relaxing? It feels related to OCD but also maybe not? I struggle with scrupulously themes and worrying I’m doing something wrong and I feel like I’m doing something bad by relaxing when I know I still have things on my to do list (which seems to be never ending). Has anyone experienced anything similar to this?
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- 18w
I haven’t posted here in a while but I just wanted to ask a question. While having ocd is it normal to have days when you don’t feel like talking to anyone even if you wanted to? I have felt this for a while and I can’t figure out why do I feel like that. Usually I’m a very talkative person and even when I don’t feel like talking to anyone I always talk to my boyfriend but now even talking to him feels like a burden and I just don’t understand why. This situation has also made my intrusive thoughts even worse:( Idk what to do and what to feel like, I’m feeling kind of empty and emotionless. I was diagnosed with ocd some months ago so I’m kind of new to all this stuff and that’s why I’m asking. I don’t want to ask questions in a compulsive way and I try very hard to avoid it if that makes any sense. I would be very grateful if someone could answer me:)
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