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Does anyone have any good tips for handling obsessive thoughts? I tend to have obsessive thoughts about either seizures or schizophrenia and I find it very hard to handle these two obsessions. I’m scared I may end up with the disease even though no one in my family has it or experienced any symptoms.

Does anyone have a mix of intrusive thoughts 24/7?? I feel like I have 4 different kinds of thoughts that cycle in my brain all day. It makes my head hurt

Does anyone feel like ocd makes u a cold person and more mean and heartless. I find myself being very lazy and not caring about things that i used to care about. When i watch the news i dont feel sympathy while i used to feel so much and my dream was so to help people, but if i say i still wanted that mow id be lying... i dont want to be lying but its just who i am now. Evergthing is so dark now and since i have hocd my mind also sexualizes eeevrything i hate it it sexualizes things i really dont want to hink about in a sexual way. It just has too much impact. Im also very mean in my head towards people, im not mean directly but i just think bad things. I used to genuinely be good and i wanted to do good but now ive lost hope aNd motivation and i feel drained and done. I miss being happy and being a good person. I miss who i was and i miss all the things that i loved and i miss loving those things. Im sick of forcing myself to be like my old self bevause it only brings anxiety trying to love and feel feelings for the things i used to love. Its just gone and i cant seen to do shit about it

I just was awoken from my sleep with an anxiety attack. My heart was beating really fast and as I started to freak out, my heart skipped some beats, too. I was having fearful thoughts, right before I fell asleep, as I have not slept in over 24 hrs and I’m overly tired, which can sometimes cause the OCD symptoms to ramp up. But I had so much hoped that I wouldn’t escalate into an anxiety attack, but I was having health anxiety, right before I fell asleep. I’ve also been getting chills and can’t seem to get warm right now. Since I have barely slept yet, I really need to get the fearful thoughts off of my mind. Any kind words and or advice would be greatly appreciated right now. I need help!

That’s insane.

Okay I’m scared I’ve madterbated to girls before and now I feel like I’m a lesbian

Do any of you have any tics? I don’t know how to deal with them. I don’t think it’s Tourette’s... but what if it is?

This past week I’ve been so good with my hocd and just tonight I spiraled grrrrrr I’m so over this My friends and I were doing this thing with the magic 8 ball and my ex bf left me 4 months ago and we asked it if I’d ever find a man and it said no 3 times than a yes, than my friend (who doesn’t know about my hocd) said “maybe ask if you’ll find a woman” and I just laughed and didn’t ask but it triggered me so much

I don’t even know what type of ocd this is, but I’m obsessing about molesting my family while I’m asleep. And having intrusive thoughts about messing w children and my dogs. I can’t sit by people or touch them further than a hand shake. Even that causes so much distress that I feel like I’ve hurt them or assaulted them or violated their personal space without knowing it or maybe I liked touching them (even though it was only a handshake) and I’m committing incest. I cannot live this way. It’s not okay.

How do you overcome porn addiction? This Ocd has made me lean on porn a lot and sometimes it triggers me because i don’t feel like I’m focused on the girl alone but on the guy too...... I’ve never ever gotten hard while thinking about gay related stuff but I would think about sex with my ex girlfriend and get hard or any other girls I slept with This is so hard to deal with

Hi, everyone! I’m 21, and I’ve experienced just about every type of OCD in the book, but I’ve also recovered from everything. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me; however, I am not a professional.

will depression, anxiety OCD and other things i got goin on will be gone completely after i heal?

My daughter has ocd. The therapist ask us to set limits, but she reacts with severe anger attacks, like hitting her little brother, her parents and destroying things. How do you stop the circle of violence?

What does it mean when you have no anxiety but also not feel no emotion for girls or guys I still want to be with girls so much but ocd is stopping it but I also don’t get anxious a lot anymore

I have a crippling obsession with only being to see the world from a first person point of view and it makes me feel scared and trapped all day long. Ive tried meds and they help a little and exposures can help calm me down but reading and tv are my only real outlets. Just always obsessed with how I can only see the world through my own eyes and my body from my perspective. Very distressing. Its been going on for months now and I have no clue what it could be other than a sensorimotor obsession. Someone please have some advice!

Hi everyone! I would just like to share something that I learned in ERP that has helped me immensely. It’s called the three r’s. 1.RECOGNIZE that it’s ocd (thoughts,feelings,urges,sensations,actions,rituals) remember ocd operates on DOUBT if you are questioning or find yourself saying “what if” it is more than likely ocd 2.REFRAIN from rituals or avoidance You need to talk back to the ocd (this can be in forms of risk statements or sarcasm but be careful! Don't reassure yourself!) remember that living with an acceptable level of risk is the goal. 3.REDIRECT your attention to something that actually deserves your attention. Such as pets, family, anything that makes you happy. I know this one sounds so difficult because ocd can glum onto everything! But remember you are not your ocd, ocd is a little gremlin lying to you, telling you things to gain power. Don't give it that power! Talking back: Risk statements- ”I have to take the chance that today is the day X will happen” the goal is to live with the thought of this, eventually the power will be taken away from it. Hope this helps! If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Disclaimer: I am not a licensed therapist or psychologist. This is just some things that I have learned from the latter and the technique has helped immensely!

Okey now I'm afraid that I may have emotional dependency towards my boyfriend, and that because of that I'm not "in love" with him for real, but "addicted" to him.. And that in order to feel better I have to leave him... And here we are I'm crying..

Guys I'm scared. It was finals week this last week, so I've had to do a lot of studying and preparing for tests. This has kept my mind busy and my ocd hasn't been nearly as bad as it's been. Now that the week is over, I fear my ocd will get exponential worse, as it tends to do when I get bored or have nothing to do. Any tips? I feel like forcing myself to be busy will just make it worse, because then I'd be using it as a compulsion.

The response prevention messages on this app are ridiculous. “Maybe I have an std I’ll accept the uncertainty and move on” Uhhh excuse me? I think the fuck NOT. I DO NOT accept this. How is that helpful? I mean I’ve been tested negative my entire life but to see that written in front of my eyes makes me want to rip them out. Ridiculous to expect us to accept things like that.

My mom passed about a month ago, she was 65, a alcholic, i am also a alcholic, with awfull thoughts, my mind is telling me i didnt really love her, i dont miss her enough, i feel numb a lot, but when my mom was here how muched i loved her, never would have come up, very very close, this has made me more numb, more depressed than i ever was, really hurting