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- 3y
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- 3y
Its so hard feeling that way or to just keep on going having bizzare thoughts all day . I wish I could just wake up one day and feel like me again
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- 3y
@CatLove9 Im on about week 5 of zoloft, but I just added in buspar 2 days ago I hate the way meds make me feel..but I also hate living like this so im taking a chance with meds again π This is my second ocd relapse...its so strange how you can be great no thoughts and then random out of the blue OCD gets its claws right back into you.. And of course convinces you its real ...its an evil disorder
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- 3y
@CatLove9 It really makes it discouraging knowing it can come back at any moment out of the blue. It hit me hard at 27 I went to a crisis center and everything ( I had no idea what was going on ) I didnt sleep for 14 days straight i felt like I could climb the walls my anxiety and fear were so bad i was afraid to be left alone with my kids...that i would somehow wake up from my sleep and do something to them..i didnt know if I wanted to kill myself it was a horrific time...but looking back at how i was as a child it was always there It just came full force at 27...( I thought I over came the hardest time of my life) then again at around 32 (π)now im 35 and here it is again. Now it rotates a few subtypes or just throws the most bizzare crap at me.. It wears you down. I feel like a totally different person than I did 3/4 months ago. My thoughts are constantly hijacked. Its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel...it sucks Hugs to you I know how hard this disorder makes everyday life
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- 3y
@CatLove9 Yes, I started erp a few weeks ago In the past when I had my first relapse I worked with an ocd coach ( Ali greymond) and I got back on my feet This time im working with a nocd therapist and the ocd coach I haven't felt like its helped..hopefully in time it will
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- 3y
@CatLove9 Yes I feel the same, the exposures don't cause me much anxiety, but when im face to face in real life with my theme it gets the thoughts and doubt going and that feeling like this is real A lot of my compulsions are mental and feel automatic so I find the response part of erp difficult I also like Nathan Peterson videos hes big in the ocd world check him out if you've never heard of him
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- 24w
I have been struggling today, most likely due to lack of sleep. I had a thought that I would consider intrusive, but what really unsettled me was that I felt like I liked it, **not just in the sense that I lacked anxiety over it, but that I genuinely felt like I wanted it.** It left me feeling really confused. It happened during intimacy, which makes it even more unsettling. The thought was incestuous, I found myself imagining and comparing the moment with my boyfriend to my father :/, and what really alarms me is that I felt like I wanted it there, both mentally and physically. I was having a really nice time, so maybe the physical sensations got mixed in somehow, but it still worries me. I did my best not to ruminate in the moment and avoided checking. I tried to move on, but the feeling of genuinely liking the thought was so clear that it is hard to shake off. Has anyone else experienced something similar? This is one of the first times it has ever happened to this extent.
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- Date posted
- 21w
For 3 days I had a feeling that came up pretty often and I cant name it, I dont know what is it and the more i try to see what is it the more i feel worse. Usually letting feeling be and letting yourself experience it helps but not with this. I find myself feel grumpier, triggered and more angry. Its a mix of fear, but then i get angry too and I dont find letting myself experience it helpful cause I just stuck there. It feels like its in my chest and when it gets triggered it makes things hard to enjoy. I tried to be kind with myself and see what causes it but trying to be kind with myself triggers this annoying feeling and it just gets worse... i dont know what helps thats why i ask your help, if you ever experienced this... also i what i almlst forgot to mention, what is really important is that i became really sensitive to every thought, and any thought can trigger this feeling or any thought can trigger a negative feeling that will trigger this feeling. And honestly the "just accept it and let yourself feel what you feel" doesnt helps here cause i find myself really angry that i have to let myself feel the emotions that are triggered by these intrusive thoughts...
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- 19w
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and donβt have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit ππ I feel like even when Iβm not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh π«
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