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I used to deal with this so intensely I became agoraphobic last year. I promise just small exposures to these thoughts will help. I occasionally deal with it but that’s because I do compulsions every now and then; still working on recovery. I’d say it’s 80% removed from my life, I just have to do the last 20%.
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I feel I’m also becoming agoraphobic and I don’t know how to handle it. Any advice?
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@hopeful for hygge My biggest advice is gonna be tough. I’d try to go outside regardless of the fear as much as possible. I spent months in my house wasting away due to fear and I regret it a lot. When you do those little outside exposures make sure you do self care too. Remind yourself why going out is fun, buy yourself a snack or simple just take a beautiful walk even when it seems scary. Know that it will take time for the anxiety to calm down, could take months but trust the process and be compassionate toward yourself. You got this.
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I can relate to what you’re going through. I’ve been experiencing depersonalization / derealization (DP/DR) for almost a year and a half now, and I think it’s made my OCD worse and probably causing more OCD themes too. It’s a dance between the two with OCD making depersonalization worse and depersonalization making OCD worse. Currently doing EMDR therapy. Do you have a good therapist who knows how to treat DP/DR? I can share some of my grounding / coping skills if you think that would be helpful.
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Hey depersonalisation has become a sort of OCD theme around my harm ocd as I’m constantly questioning what do I feel and if I’m feeling guilt, empathy etc for the past year it’s been tough it feels constant, I feel like I’m spectating life and not actually living it feeling disconnected from people around me and the world not just myself, it’s a shitty feeling and it’s Lonley. Like you I started questioning constantly am I going crazy or am I developing schizophrenia or something like that, so I can relate 100% I hope this helps just try to let yourself be and whatever comes naturally happens try not to live in fear of your emotion.
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Yes yes yes. It’s so frightening. Constantly feeling outside of my own body, not recognizing myself, and feeling like I’m a bunch of different people. I’m with you in solidarity. I wish I knew how to make it better.
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I go through DR when my ocd flares up. It took 4 months but now I feel like I’m finally coming back.
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I recently got diagnosed with OCD back in May of this year. What started it was a month prior, I took an SSRI which triggered an extremely intense couple of days due to panic attacks I’ve never had before. I’ve never had panic attacks but pretty intense anxiety. That’s when I started experiencing DPDR and hyper awareness. I’m good some days, but other days it’s so so hard. Especially because I have no one around me that understands. The DPDR and awareness of every feeling, thought, and just overall awareness of my existence gets really overwhelming. I feel like I’m losing my mind. It’s really hard to sit with my thoughts especially when they’re on a constant loop of every little thing I’m thinking and doing and on top of that feeling like I’m in a dream. I desperately just want to go back to how I was 4 months ago, but I know that’s just not possible right now. If anyone has experienced this and is doing much better now or even currently experiencing this please let me know! I need someone to relate to lol
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I have been stuck for 2 months now. I have so much consuming anxiety all day everyday. I can’t take these thoughts and feelings. I took leave at work because I couldn’t even function there. Everyday I wake up in the same nightmare. I tried therapy last month and felt like we got no where. My family is just fed up with me and keeps saying I’m not trying to help myself. It’s feels like this is never going to end. I feel paralyzed, if I’m not doing a compulsion it feels like my thoughts might happen. I wish there was somewhere I could go right now to get the help I need. Ocd is so hard and idk how to stop this endless loop. Now that I’m not working I’m home all day everyday. I’ve reached out to Rogers for residential treatment, waiting for a response. Can anyone relate to feeling this way. It’s 24/7 for me and I’m so terrified my life will be like this forever….
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I’ve been struggling badly lately. It started with a flare-up of stomach issues that made me go down the rabbit hole. I convinced myself that there was something seriously physically wrong with me even though I’ve been to the doctors numerous times and nothing has ever been found. It made me panic daily for weeks on end. All I could focus on was my stomach and the pain. Now my focus has switched and I’m just as afraid. I can’t really put my finger on it but I just feel like there's something wrong with me. I don't know if it's physical or mental. I almost feel like I’ve broken my brain beyond repair from the constant fear, anxiety, and panic. I just feel trapped in my head all of the time and it freaks me out. The harder I try to escape it the worse it feels. I’ve started to become so aware of my every thought to the point that I can hardly sleep at night. Everything around me just feels so strange. I feel strange. Now I’m just constantly monitoring how I feel and if I’m back to normal. At the same time I’ve been having a lot of existential thoughts like “what’s my purpose,” “what’s the meaning of life,” “do I actually enjoy anything,” “am I happy or will I ever be happy?” I feel like I can’t enjoy anything because I’m always thinking about these things. I’m the most depressed I’ve ever been before. Every second of every day feels like pure torture. My brain tells me that I’ll never get better and that no one will be able to help me. I have no hope.
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