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So every-time I get intrusive thoughts It triggers automatic anxiety and then I feel so anxious. How do you guys just “sit with the feelings” the thoughts bring when it feels so uncomfortable and like something bad is about to happen?

I was doing really well until yesterday, where the goalpost was moved and my grounding and mindfulness exercises werent working. I eventually lapsed in a panic attack in the middle of the night. Today i just feel like im wasting away, my body is weak, i feel sick, I cant summon any motivation. I havent really given in to my thoughts, but i really dont have the energy to care rn.

Anyone have trouble with leaving the home (aka your safe space)? I’m so worried that I’ll have heart palpitations in public, which might trigger me to panic, and then all the catastrophic what if situations might happen. It’s been tough feeling like I can be normal and live life lately.

I can’t be helped, from making mistakes to what I’ve think I’ve done, I don’t even care what happens to me anymore I guess my brain and memories are the truth so I should be locked up for a while with rape as I think I done it intoxicated

Ok so a couple of days ago I went to the mall after school and while on my way a little girl walked on the sidewalk on the other side of the road. I immediately started to kind of panic. At some point I didn’t see her anymore bc she walked into the opposite direction. I also had people behind me and some people in front of me. And I KNOW I walked only on my sidewalk bc I obviously didn’t want to do anything and I remember that I didn’t do anything. But now I’m doubting that. Even tho I know I didn’t even cross the road. And people were behind me.

Hey all! My therapist recently recommended that I ask my psych about Prozac for my OCD. I was wondering what are some common medications you guys have been on? I know it’s always a mixed bag but I just wanted some perspective. Thank you!

My boyfriend (2.5 years) said something extremely cruel during an argument and hours later after he apologized and we took space from each other I was able to get over it quickly and be back to normal and that scares me. I’m afraid I should break up with him because what he said was really bad but I don’t want to and that would mean all my rocd fears are true basically. He is usually very sweet and loving but he has said very hurtful things during arguments and couple of times.

I hate this OCD stuff. I have been out of work for over a year because OCD has taken over my life. I need to return to work in two weeks, and I don't think I'm going to be able to. I just started woth NOCD about 4 weeks ago, and I'm sure this will help me, but I'm just not there yet, and I'm stressing. And the more I feel stressed by this stuff, the more the little OCD stuff affects me too. My leg just bumped my computer keyboard, and now I want to change my pants. I intensely hate this. This sucks.

hi yall so my theme kinda jumped from harm to fear of schizophrenia. and i saw a scene from greys anatomy of a paranoid schizophrenic and ever since i feel like ive had intrusive thoughts pop up that sound like paranoia. last night i had “what if my parents aren’t actually my parents” and so then im like am i paranoid? am i experiencing psychosis or schizophrenia? do i believe that thought? then it combines with my harm theme and there’s this fear that i am going into some kind of psychosis thing and the paranoid thoughts are gonna make me harm someone. so i have intrusive images of that happening anyone have anything similar? please answer if you have and how to deal

This is all probably tmi, but I’m struggling quite a bit so please bear with me. I recently cut back/quit watching mainstream porn, but the other day I was searching for a certain scene from the movie “X” to use as a… replacement. (Mia Goth is one of my biggest celebrity crushes, and I was just trying to explore alternatives to traditional porn 🤦‍♀️) While looking for this, I stumbled upon an explicit scene of hers from the movie “Nymphomaniac” that I used instead. I’ve never seen this movie, so I was incredibly disgusted when I found out afterward that she was 18/19 when filming this movie and that her character in the movie is SUPPOSED TO BE 15. I’m 24, so needless to say, I was a bit horrified. I had no idea she was so young in this (or that the character she played was underage), and I feel sick that I used this to pleasure myself. None of this crossed my mind beforehand considering it was a pretty explicit scene in a mainstream film. I assumed she was around my age. Even though she was technically an adult while filming this, she was still far to young for me personally and I feel deeply ashamed. This event has triggered memories from the ages 18-22 (I worry even 23) where I would search the “teen” category (18-19) on porn websites. I feel disgusting for looking at this stuff once I got out of my teen years, and even though I stopped, I feel dirty and predatory for doing this in my early 20s. Before I took a hiatus from watching this content this year, I would only watch things where I could tell the actors were my age or older. But the past is haunting me. And I just feel so gross. I should have stuck with the scene from the movie I was searching for (because she was 28/29 in that and I KNEW that), or I shouldn’t have watched anything at all. Hell, typing this out is starting to make me obsess over whether I’m disgusting or not for doing this to something that wasn’t really intended to be “porn”. I feel like I’ve violated this actress by using this film for something it wasn’t really intended for. I know I should quit all of this entirely, but my medication makes it incredibly difficult to “perform”, and imagination alone just doesn’t work for me. I’m just so frustrated and everything I do makes me hate myself more. I’m sorry for the graphic nature of this post. I was just wondering if anyone could relate or give me some advice.

Hi guys I wanna say something…if anyone relates please advice me. Recently I’ve getting a lot of attention from guys (outside) and I’m in a relationship. So basically before rocd hit me I swear I never craved for attention like I’m doing these days and it’s just not feeling right. I feel that it’s against me my rules my values. Why am k running after attention and I’m liking it whenever I get the attention, I swear earlier I wouldn’t even care about it….my partner was all enough…now I’m questioning myself why?! Am I liking it. Do I like the person or the attention I’m getting from the person and one incident happened which made me feel like I should really stay in my boundaries and I feared loosing my partner. It not like I’m doing something unethical but it’s all making me feel like I’m a betrayer cheater and not loyal. And then today it made me question again do I not love my partner? I swear guys it’s getting heavy on me and definitely causing me anxiety and making me feel like kl never be able to become a good partner if I keep on going like this. I WAS NOT LIKE THIS , THIS ALL DOESNT MAKE ME FEEL LIKE ME! Does ocd has a part in it? What should I do because I think I’ll be ruining my relationship by going on like this. (Anxious) I feel like moving away because I’m not able to handle anything. Pls help me.

Sorry I couldn't think of a better title lol. I gotta ask this though. Is there any one here thats older (35 up, I'm 43) that has developed a new theme? If so what is or was the theme and how did you deal with it?

Does anyone have trouble with anticipatory anxiety especially with physical sensations? I constantly find myself worried about “what if my heart palpitations happen again?”… It’s pretty consuming when I’m stuck ruminating about it and causes me to lose focus on the present.

anytime i describe how i’m feeling or who i am as a person, i physically feel like i’m lying. for example, i clearly am anxious over these thoughts, but saying that i’m scared feels like i’m lying. or when someone says “you are not your thoughts” it feels like i’m upset or don’t want that to be true because i want to act on them. like it’s making me feel like the only way out is to do them. but then i think back to when these began, the idea of actually committing such acts made me absolutely terrified as a child. i couldn’t even imagine why i was thinking those things. why does it feel like the opposite now? i just feel like my morals have completely flipped and no matter how much i try and find an answer to it, i never can.

I don’t know if I have OCD, but I’m in the verge of asking my mom to maybe go and get me checked. I will get a thought or several thoughts in my head and then think about them for HOURS and not be able to do anything else until I am satisfied. It is usually an agenda and I will go over it again and again in my head until it drives me crazy and I break down. I get thoughts in my head while out in public usually, ones that I am so ashamed of and make me feel disgusting. I also get unnecessarily angry and violent when certain sounds happen. Especially coughing. I don’t know if it is the repetitive part of it but when I say angry and violent I mean it. I think this might be misophonia, but I heard the two are related. Anyone with OCD, does any of this seem familiar? I’m hopeless at this point

I feel tired. I should really be focused on going to bed, but here I am. On top of ocd just feel like lately my head has been spinning faster than usual, yet I’m disassociating quite a bit more than usual too. I finally got a new job, so I’m sure my nerves, etc. have been up last week. And I volunteered to help my bf sister clean her house. She’s got a kiddo and a little one on the way, and her husband is out of town. Idk I feel like I’m over doing it mentally for myself, lots of socializing, but it’s good right? I just feel tired and tbh not myself. I just need to remember to rest and to take deep breaths. So, basically while I’ve been two hours away from home and am staying with his sister at her house. I’ve been triggered a bit. Last night a palmetto bug aka big arse looking cockroach was in the room with me inside a wrapper, crinkling away in the corner. That had my skin crawling, etc for hours. Today while cleaning there was more and I did a good job of accepting and getting past contamination and bugs, bugs is hard, especially anything that resembles a cockroach it’s like an alien to me. And it feels life threatening and all of the thoughts I have in a panicked state. It all sucks too bc I get a little nervous around children. I love them to death and I’m a child myself at heart but I just have so many inside my head compulsions and checking and I’ve touched my face idk how many times today for no reason, it was like a tic or something almost. I often felt like I was being perceived anytime I was in conversation, cuz I don’t get out much so I’m kinda introverted. I’m a great listener but small talk is not where I shine when it comes to me talking and I just judge myself and think of what the other person is thinking and it all happens so fast there’s barely even thought at all to any of it. There’s no real time to stop and breathe, hence the lingering feeling that my brain is just going way too fast. Anyways, idk why most things I type gotta be so freaking long, but anyways ocd sucks, overthinking and analyzing sucks, and it’s great when you can catch it but days like these where there’s hardly time nor boundaries nor my environment and routines it’s just chaos. Good news is I’m working the next five days after tm, but I’m gonna be exhausted by the end of the week going from cleaning for two days, and working 5, but aye gotta get that bread and help out. Just pray my brain doesn’t short circuit. Thanks for coming to my Tedd talk

Hi all, I’ve just increasing my Zoloft dosage to 150 mg, as my psychiatrist told me the dosage needs to be high to see results for OCD. Ever since increasing the dose, I’ve had intense physical anxiety throughout the day and my brain feels foggy. I can’t even go to class without trembling. I find myself overthinking and ruminating for entire days at a time, unable to get out of bed. I’m worried about these symptoms but also scared to try any other meds. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

I am not asking for reassurance I’m just freaking out about something that just never crossed my mind before. I’m helping to raise my nephew since he was a baby. I vaguely remember patting him on the bottom when he was one playfully. He was bouncing around the couch and I was also just making sure he didn’t fall. I never thought of that contact or interaction as inappropriate or weird. Why on earth 6 years later am I freaking out? I started having unwanted intrusive thoughts surrounding past events and my anxiety is through the roof. Is it normal to question yourself like this if you have ocd? Please know I love my family so much and this questioning is killing me.

i got broken up with, a month and a half ago. it’s been terrible to say the least, because at first neither of us really wanted to break up. I can’t help but think about how they’re feeling. I want to give them space, but it hurts really badly. I’ve been going to programs (learning DBT), and they’ve been helpful but it seems these thoughts have been happening most of my day. I just want to live in the present.

I have real event OCD as well as scrupulous OCD A couple years ago I was hanging out with my friend and he had a girlfriend at the time. He kissed me and I didn’t stop him but I didn’t really want to do it I just have a fear of setting boundaries due to past trauma. In an effort to say no he was about to have sex with me and I said I didn’t want to have sex without a condom but he did anyways. I felt really gross and violated afterwards and I told some friends what happened they said it was SA but now I’m convinced that I actually wanted it the whole time and I’m putting the blame on him so I don’t have to cope with the idea that I homewrecked a relationship and now have convinced myself I have NPD. I hate this