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What is something you say to yourself or do that helps you get through OCD?

Putting a trigger warning here just to be safe. Has anyone ever felt like OCD is just a convenient lie and that these intrusive thoughts are representative of who you are? I have those doubts every now and again, and I just can't seem to shake them. It's gotten especially bad as of late and it and real lif issues are just getting me frustrated beyond belief.

Does ERP help with anxiety (I do have ERP therapy. Just doesn't seem to be effective with this)? I'm assuming it's all caused by anxiety and stress.. keep getting different bodily sensations, fight or flight, can't concentrate, emotions all over the place, brain feels weird, leads to ocd if I can't get hold of it before it spirals 😔 I go to numerologist in a couple of weeks to rule out any underlying health issues. I know we're not supposed to get reassurances, so I guess I'm just seeing if anyone else has these symptoms and whether or not it could be anxiety related from others experiences.

I went to use the bathroom at work today before leaving. I went into one of the stalls and noticed what looked like dead skin flakes. I was just plain grossed out by it and went to another stall. 20 minutes pass, nothing till I get in the car and then a thought occurs, the dreaded "what if" question, which came at first from curiosity and devolved to obsession. I wasted 30+ minutes in my car going down a rabbit hole freaked out at the possibility that this person had scabies, following with more obsessive "what ifs"; like what if the previous person there did have scabies and one or more got loose on the floor with the fallen dead skin and some how latched itself to my shoe, and now my shoes and/or clothes are contaminated, and now my car probably is too. Exhausted from the associated anxiety, for those first 3 hours or so, I knocked out in my car for 2 hours while my girlfriend was working; and it helped clear my mind a bit, but I still can't shake the "what if" still lingering in my mind. I almost don't wanna go back in my house or touch anything, especially my books. I feel like an ass over this, especially since I used to work in emergency medicine, and ought to know better about this and not allow myself to be so irrational. And I have had patients who have had scabies and did not freakishly obsess then like I did all this afternoon...... Anyone else go through something similar? I feel like OCD may latch onto this for a while now. Thanks for listening/reading.

My monthly friend starts in like five days and I can definitely feel it coming. It’s playing with my OCD symptoms big time today. It’s tolerable but it’s a struggle at the same time. Also add the fact that my ex boyfriend from high school looked at my profile and I could see he viewed one of my stories and that triggered my ROCD. Now I’m dealing with a flare up of ROCD and general fear of never getting better once again. It’s not BAD BAD but I’m still so scared it will get bad bad again. Why does ocd have to attack everything I love? I’m like catching myself ruminating about whether or not I have ocd or not all day and the ROCD thoughts hurt the most. I love my boyfriend so much. I’m so afraid he’s gonna find out I have it this bad sometimes and then leave me, but I know he wouldn’t. Gosh he’s my world. I wish ocd would just leave the one healthy relationship I’ve had alone. We’ve been together for five years and have a house and dog together. He’s my best friend and he makes me feel so safe and happy. OCD needs to just get lost dude. The symptoms usually stick in my chest, like an anxious body feeling. And sometimes it makes me feel like I’m alone it it cause I never see anyone else having anxiety feelings in there chest. I just have to remember to Sit with it. What goes up must come down. I choose my boyfriend no matter what ocd says.

I’ve had ocd for as long as I can remember but for the past couple years the theme is always about my health, more specifically worried about cancer. So much so that I struggle to say the word because I fear if I say it it’ll come true. Anytime, I have an health issue I immediately think it is something awful. For example in 2020 I had a lump on my leg and I was convinced it was something terrible. I thought so irrationally that I had it scanned 5-6 different times and every time they said it was literally nothing but excess fat. I started working in a daycare (I’ve been working in a new one for three months) almost a year ago and since then have been sick on and off a lot. I’ve had the flu twice and each time it turned into bronchitis, and verging in pneumonia. My most recent bought of bronchitis was December. But I’ve had a couple colds and things since then. For the past almost two weeks I’ve had a cough and it has felt like the cough I had when I had bronchitis the same wheezing and crackling. Two weeks ago I had a cigar and the best day I woke up with the cough. I went to my doctor yesterday and asked him if we could do a scan on my chest to see what is causing it. As I was leaving the nurse handed me my papers and said “yeah go soon so we can see if anything grew” I tried not to take any notice of what she said because she seemed like someone who was kinda brash and didn’t think much before saying something like that. Since then I have been spiraling and so terrified of it being lung cancer. I went down the Google rabbit hole which was a terrible idea and now I keep seeing videos and looking at peoples testimonies and I am so so terrified. I know there’s nothing I can do and I know the best thing to do is ERP. I just am always so terrified of the absolute worse happenings

Hello! I’ve been with this guy for about a year and a half. He has OCD. I very recently found out that I do too. My compulsions are largely hidden, so he never suspected and has no idea how my OCD manifests. I’m still figuring that out for myself as well Is anyone else on here with a relationship like this? I’m open to any and all helpful advice or resources to help us navigate this together.

Are their any Christian’s with ROCD who would want to talk to me? It’s kinda an issue specific to that

I’m slowing giving up on winging OCD. What medicines do you guys take you calm down your OCD? I have chronic anxiety as well.. and I get stressed so easily. Natural meds are welcomed as well.

All my brain keeps saying is how do I know if this is OCD? I know reassurance won’t help but my brain just can’t stop questioning with my HOCD anyone have any ideas on how to make it stop

I feel myself falling down the same path I did the last time I got hurt in a situationship/relation thing. I got attached to the guy and he couldn’t commit so I got broken. I’m speaking to this guy who says he likes me and likes hanging out with me, but can’t get into a relationship rn because mentally he has a lot of bs. I completely understand because that’s sorta what I’m doing atm. So he has been the one to ask me to meet up both times, when I do the plan never really sets in motion. So he doesn’t live in the same area as me, when he’s here we organise something so when I ask if he wants to meet up, he has to travel and organise when he’s not working which atm he’s working everyday. Now I’m going home which is even further away so I won’t see him. Which will be good for me tbh I need to stop this obsessive shit. However, my brain is constantly trying to make me anxious. He leaves me on deleivered for hours, he’s working I know that but my brain tells me nah he just doesn’t want to message you. When he does answer my message he’s selective about what he replies. So I asked him a question yesterday then hours later sent a TikTok because it related to us, he only mentioned the TikTok and didn’t say anything else. It was about when he was free next so it makes me think he just doesn’t want to meet up. When it could be anything like he may just not realise he’s done that and he might’ve been exhausted. When I went out he was constantly messaging me, saying he wants to meet up and kiss me and stuff. Even saved a video of me in the chat! Idk I have to over analyse everything and it’s really starting to annoy me! Do I even have anything to worry about? He still messages me just when he can! Like should I be worried?! I’m stressed out and can’t stop thinking

Does anyone deal with OCD in relationships where you’re constantly ritualizing making sure people aren’t mad at you? I constantly ask “are you mad at me?” or I’ll go back and over-clarify things I said and people are always like “dude I didn’t even notice you said something wrong” or “i didn’t even think about it that way”. It’s relieving but I feel like it’s just the OCD getting what it wants out of the ritual. I will say that recently, I’ve been able to let the obsession go in one ear and out the other more than ever before, but I still obsess over what people think of me. Would love to hear some shared experiences or advice.

My ocd recently latched onto the idea that I may have herpes, all the signs aren’t there but then again reading about it they don’t have to be. So I’m constantly checking my body, finding a new spot to hyperfixate on and then freaking out. I’ve been in a relationship for almost 3 years so it’s confusing for me to even have it, and have these issues now but they’re so debilitating. I even spiraled a couple weeks ago, and had to have some medical workers look at it, they said it was fine I even had a friend who had herpes look at it (with gloves) and I’m still freaking out and focusing on something else on my skin. I’ve been shaving more lately so I’ve been having razor bumps and now it’s really bothering me. I also heard that blood tests aren’t recommended or accurate So I’m not sure what to do, ERP Wise It just keeps going back to the chance that I do have it and could be spreading it and not knowing.

I hate how OCD makes me overthink every situation that I have a problem with. Like bro it’s not that deep chill out 🤬😭

I’m interested, and if anyone wants to share: did OCD, at any point, get involved in anybody through the process of receiving the vaccine?

sometimes I find myself looking in the mirror and picturing me a scary images. I’ve never heard voices or anything like that but I was just cleaning and I had all my jeans laid out on the floor and someone convinced me that they were watching me like it sounds so crazy idk how to explain I’m just crying because I feel so insane and detached from reality

I'm struggling with suicidal ocd & depression and I'm wondering how to push through and stay strong when the ocd is trying to convince you that it's an option. I know I don't want to commit suicide because I'm terrified and I have reassurance compulsions and checking. I want to know how to do ERP for this theme?

I’m so paranoid about everything that’s been going on in the world and I keep seeing it everywhere and I have a deep Fear of everything going wrong in the world getting crazy.

I don't think I'll ever stop feeling this way. It just keeps coming back over and over again. I keep getting intrusive thoughts that I've sexually assaulted someone and I've ruminated so many times on it that I don't know what to believe anymore. I don't know if an elbow brushing against someone constitutes for that but I'm terrified of it and have been since it happened. Other thoughts keep saying I'm a bad person that's hiding things and I just get drained and defeated from these thoughts. I don't know if I'll ever move on from the past.

Does anyone get triggered by watching crime or real even shows/documentaries or just the news about shootings..etc? When I watch them I can’t help but feel like I did something wrong or that I am capable of something like that when I know that I would never, but it scares me to death when I see things like this!!