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So I’m going to a new psychiatrist tomorrow and asking her to switch meds. I hear Zoloft is good? Anyone else have a good experience on Zoloft or any other med?
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So I’m going to a new psychiatrist tomorrow and asking her to switch meds. I hear Zoloft is good? Anyone else have a good experience on Zoloft or any other med?
Can I talk to someone about my hocd?? Please!!! I'm very anxious
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I have really bad anxiety and feel like a failure. I’m doing tafe but I feel so overwhelmed like I don’t know why. Like I know what I’m doing but I always compare myself to people. I feel like a constant failure like I ruin everything and I get really bad obsessive thoughts. I feel so drained I’m depressed and all I wanna do is sleep and for everything to stop I hate my life:(
I’m in a crappy mood bc my OCD was bad today and my boyfriend tells me that I’ve stressed him out bc I’m stressed. He got upset with me because I’m so tired and just want to lay down. Now I feel like I’m at fault and I never want to feel the need to apologize for my OCD. But now I feel crazy and such a downer.
Does anyone else feel like although they are diagnosed with OCD they feel like they don’t have OCD. Like when they hear others talking about their ocd symptoms they feel like theirs don’t fit the category? Also the word ego dystonic triggers me because sometimes my ocd makes me feel like my harm thoughts are not ego dystonic to my nature and it makes me feel sick. Also my harm ocd makes me Feel like i want the thoughts and sometimes it can feel very real! Also sometimes when the anxiety is as prominent with the thoughts I get worried because I feel like that might be confirmation that I like them. Does anyone else feel this way?
hi!! i used to be mbr on here but now that i signed up for therapy here it changed my account and i can’t get my other one back 😢 can anyone help ??
Quick question... does anyone know if ERP can help with fear of dying or someone close to you dying? The thoughts consume me from the time I wake up until I sleep. I've always considered myself a woman of faith. Then I think to myself "If My Faith Was Strong, I Wouldn't Even Worry"... and then I start thinking that God is disappointed with me. I've had extreme panic attacks since I was young. It's controlled by rescue med. I've been on antidepressants. I know when I'm on the right one, the need for rescue med decreases. Am I alone in this fear? Does ERP help?
Does anyone else suffer from Borderline personality disorder as well? How do you go about treating ocd and bpd? Please help I just need help. Do I have to have 2 different therapist? They are so expensive too
Can someone just read this i need to get all of this out ? Okay so , my ex broke up with me 7 months ago and it was the worst time of my life , and now shes back and asked me to be friends , then a few days later she asked me if we could try again, and we both loved each other but werent ready at the time . And everything was going good for 2 weeks but now she just said she doesnt wanna talk to anyone and turned her online or offline thing off on instagram and when i messege her she leaves me on seen , and i just mentally can't handel this again and i dont fucking know what to do anymore or why shes doing this to me and i feel like shes only ignoring me not other people in her life and i just cant fucking take it anymore
Just curious if anyone has tried using EFT(tapping) to help manage the big feelings that show up when you do the exposure of ERP or you resist doing compulsions. I tried tapping the other day while do my exposure work and it seemed to help.
it’s when i actually start feeling a little better then i get more thoughts it’s so frustrating
If it’s not fearing that my bf will cheat it’s “do I really love him?” Or “why am I not feeling anything for him?” “Should I leave and be with someone else?”
I tried edibles for the first time and I felt not anxious for the first time in ages but then once I came off the high the anxiety is million times worse the thoughts are constant
i feel like i’m too far gone into my OCD thought and feeling pattern. i feel like there’s no way out. it’s been so overwhelming for a year and a half i can’t see it being any other way :( it completely altered my life and i truly don’t see how i can’t not react to it this way anymore. i can’t imagine a life where i wake up and don’t have the burden of ocd on me.
Is it possible for OCD to branch into delusions? My ocd got really bad and I began to believe that there was a demon following me around that would only go away if I did compulsions. My partner says that is definitely not the case and while I have made big steps towards recovery for OCD I'm still kinda worried about that. I think it might be a last ditch effort to pull me into compulsions again?
Ughh. What a day! I've had anxiety all day. Not kidding. I've tried not to figure out why. Just let it be and feel the anxiety. what the hell. So frustrating when it decides to park in my brain all day. Just venting. On one hand I wouldn't wish it upon anybody but at the same time I hope I'm not alone
Can someone define the word ruminating for me? I have harm ocd, so what would an example of ruminating be? And any tips to do it less? Thanks :)
Is it possible for OCD to branch into delusions? My ocd got really bad and I began to believe that there was a demon following me around that would only go away if I did compulsions. My partner says that is definitely not the case and while I have made big steps towards recovery for OCD I'm still kinda worried about that. I think it might be a last ditch effort to pull me into compulsions again?
I keep making mistakes at my job and today was the biggest in a while. I left a water pump off that was supposed to be on because it’s VITAL to the life source of the corals I’m taking care of. I feel like “the problem intern” and I’ve been at this long enough that I shouldn’t be making mistakes like this. I wouldn’t be worried about this one trip up if I didn’t mess something up almost every day on the job. Now i feel like I’m going to be fired because of how i keep disappointing.
Is it possible to start ERP remotely? I am scared to try but if I could start by discussing with the therapist first that would be great. I have germphobia but need to be evaluated for ocd.
Can you have OCD with obsessive thoughts but no compulsions?
I find quite often I will imagine future conversations with my partner - often these conversations are in relation to something bad, e.g. imagining my responses to her breaking up with me. In this case, I think I see that's some form of rumination; I'm trying to control the fear and uncertainty that I might get broken up with by imagining it to control it. But I also spend time imagining good scenarios and imagining our conversations and what I would say in them. Is this still rumination? Something else? It's trickier to be aware of it, in a way, because it feels like a positive thing. And yet I can still waste hours of time doing it.
It's hard to explain but let's say I am uncertain about something unnecessary but my OCD makes it "important". Would it be a compulsion to attempt to find an answer towards it?
I think my ocd is spiraling me into a panic attack. I have a really bad cold and I’m scared of dying
If your thoughts feel real, this video is very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcpkyABuU4
Hi guys! If you're anything like me, your OCD terrifies you because you believe that you WANT to do these awful things. You might even think that you HAVE done awful things, and maybe you have a behavioural control disorder rather than OCD. If you are experiencing this, THESE ARE OCD SYMPTOMS, and these videos explain it really well! Urges: at my lowest point, I thought I had an impulse control disorder rather than OCD because I believed I was actually DOING things rather than just worrying about them. URGES ARE OCD too! This video explains this very well at 7:09, but the entire video is helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FTHSSpHLF4 Feeling like the intrusive thoughts are TRUE / like you WANT TO DO SOMETHING BAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcpkyABuU4&t=40s I hope these help!
i keep bringing up feeling derealized to my therapist and he never expands on it no matter how much i bring it up. it’s really affecting me and he keeps doing it
i’m kinda freaking out. so last night i had a brief moment of dizziness. i’ve had that before through my life and it’s only happened like 3 times, but now i feel kinda dizzy frequently but i can’t tell if i’m just anxious and thinking about it
I’m having a hard time letting the thoughts pass while still practicing mindfulness and compassion with myself. I want to respond with compassion to rewire my brain but I feel like that’s not what I should do. Thoughts?
being at home has really eased my OCD and thoughts. they're so quiet or just not there (excluding today; it was tough). there are less triggers when i'm home, so maybe that's why i'm feeling okay. i'm dreading going back to my student accommodation and having to face it all again
okay so i’ve been worrying about being trans for a while now (i don’t want to be a boy but i can’t stop thinking about it). i don’t know if this makes any sense but when i’m reading articles about trans ocd and it’s symptoms, if i read something that proves it is just ocd my brain goes “ok but maybe u really do wanna be a boy” like the second i start to believe it is just ocd my brain is like r u sure cuz u actually do just wanna be a boy. idk if that made any sense but im just so tired of this. i just wanna be able to love my boyfriend and not hate myself. Even just typing that made me think we’ll maybe u wanna be a boy like it actually feels like there’s not proof that it is ocd anymore
Hey does anyone know of Any OCD support groups online ?
Okay I’m a little freaked out right now. I had the weirdest sensation happen to me, like the top of my head felt weird but I can’t properly describe it. My ears felt like it was ringing momentarily or stuffy, everything felt weird, and I don’t know if it means that I’m going crazy or developing schizophrenia. Someone please help.
Ali Greymond on YouTube has extremely informative videos all about ocd. Watching her videos has really helped me understand how ocd works, all the ocd tricks and how to deal with them. Strongly recommend! Knowledge is power and once you understand ocd and how it works it can help relieve a lot of guilt and sadness and fear.
I cant keep dealing with this I want to disapear
Looks like I’ll have to force my freedom and stop doing compulsions in order to get rid of this ocd no matter how much it HURTS
I don't do ERP because I wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything because I would be triggered constantly, and I can't really concentrate on anything because I haven't done ERP to solve it
cheating ocd and false memory ocd. PLEASE HELP ME IM TIRED
I feel like I have all the answers I need. To share anything here or to ask questions would be seeking reassurance. For me to post this is a waste of time.
I wake up in a panic every morning and my brain says “I’m a pedo” and I’m bombarded with a million other intrusive thoughts, and I have a strong urge to figure it all out before I can move on with my day . :/ anyone relate?
Hey guys, do you know what happened to the OCD free groups? Was looking for some extra support but don’t notice them anymore on the app-
Anyone have nightmares about exes after you’re starting to heal and find peace? Really sad today.
My friends are making feel real guilty cause one of my other friends was talking about looking up their tops in Gym class and I didn't say anything to his face. I can't justify his actions at all but it would just have been awkward and I was probably outnumbered and they're shaming for not doing something that's just not fixable now what am I meant to do
Do you have to talk I’m support groups? I never joined one before and was thinking about joining the one for today but I’m kind of nervous to join
Anyone wanna be in an OCD support group on Instagram?? Leave your user below to join! I already posted this but I just wanna see if more people would like to be part of it :))
i'm not sure if this has been said before, but personally i view my ocd similarly to grief. at first it was the denial that i had an actual illness, and that i wasn't a monster, denial about the fact i have such thoughts, instead of anger for me then came depression, over the fact i have these thoughts and compulsions, over the fact that nothing is the same anymore. then came the bargaining, praying for these thoughts and feelings to go away, to go back to normal, to the way things were before ocd. now i'm just angry, angry at it all, angry at ocd for taking so much away from me. but i am sure that acceptance will soon follow, where i can live my life again, and be happy, it will still be there, but no longer as gruelling
Does anyone else have a fear of values not aligning in your relationship
on my second day of 5 grams of Lexapro! i’m nervous but eager to see if this will help me at all. i know i’ll have to wait a while to find out, though.
If you want something to work out with Someone, does that mean you like them?
People always say that you know deep down that your ocd is irrational but mine doesn’t feel like it is? Does this mean it’s real :(
Does anyone else’s harm OCD convince them that they are going to act on their thoughts and it just feels so real and scary?
i got another phishing email and now my anxiety and fear is back for the day. i hate thinking i have done something i haven't. i hate this. i can't calm down
So I recently think I have developed a new OCD. It’s called Tokophobia, which is the fear of getting pregnant. Right now I’m having symptoms of what I thought to believe is a UTI (TMI I’m sorry) but my mind is telling me their symptoms of pregnancy and it causes great fear and anxiety for me to the point where I do not know how to function. The people in my life think I’m being ridiculous because I am trying to be safe but I’m always afraid of that 10%. Are there any other ladies that have the same OCD or understand maybe where I’m coming from?
Finding today rather hard with the ERP and trying to get my anxiety down. I was doing really well last week but I will persevere. Do you find that after the first few days the thoughts seem real still ? I know they will feel less and less real as time goes on but goodness it is so hard particularly as my obsession is what people think of my OCD! I know as I persevere though my mind will realise these are OCD thoughts...it is just rather confusing at the moment! Any help and support would really help right now. Thank you x
Did something stupid yesterday and now I have extreme feelings of guilt which is probably worse because of my ocd how do I deal with this feeling?
From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for all the amazing OCD activists and therapists who directed me to this app, thank you to all the wonderful kind souls who took time out of their days to reply to me and help me through what used to be a mess. I feel so free, and while I do have wobbly moments, I have such a better understanding of this now, largely thanks to you guys, and I'm able to finally live again. Thank you so much. If anyone has any questions on how I managed to get to a better place, please let me know. I'm still not perfect but I'm in a place where I can move on with my day again. Thanks everyone :)
Compulsion or not? Sometimes when I'm with the boy that I'm seeing, I feel a lot anxious and stressed, because of rocd. The fastest way to get rid of that feeling is crying for a little. But is that a compulsion? If I cry for like 5 minutes than I will have fun for the rest of the date again, if not I will stay always stressed!
Any ROCD stories or experiences anybody wants to share? I suffer from it and I enjoy hearing stories from other people. No judgement here whatsoever!!! cause I love relating with everyone!!!!
I think I’m having a mental down. Life doesn’t feel real nor does it consequences. I keep laughing at inappropriate things and have sudden cry outbursts. I making medication for my patients and I’m keep messing up. Literally nothing feels real. I just realized that that my pants are inside out. I’m laughing on the outside but screaming in the inside. I need help and I need to go home... But yet I keep laughing. Btw I’m not thinking about doing an form of self harm or anything to my self or others I’m just trying to figure out what I’m going through
I've read where change, adjustment is hard for those with OCD. Boy, is it!! I lived at my daughter's apt for 3 months and now back at home which is a good thing other than difficulties with my husband. I'm glad to be home but I feel like I'm losing my mind. I can't think. Any suggestions other than give myself grace?
I feel like my heart beats so fast all the time and it’s so hard not to focus on it because my whole body feels so weird and it makes me really nervous
Anyone with rocd relate? I’ll get triggered and I’m trying to work through it feeling very uncomfortable. Then my partner will send me a sweet text just because and suddenly I feel relief bc I’m taking the random sweet text as reassurance even though I made sure I didn’t seek it… I guess I could re-expose myself at this point
Having ocd thoughts about my ex when I love my gf so much anyone else experienced this ??
Is thinking about why you feeling this or that way is a compulsion?
My life is hell man. Idk who to talk to. It feels like nobody understands me. Ik its not true at all but it really feels like i go through the worst mentally. I just really can’t do this anymore
I had a dream I can’t remember, but for some reason I think it was about pedophilia?!!? But I can’t remember so idk. Kinda freaking out .
I'm a self pity addict. I'm tired of it. I need to change it. Any tips? Books?
Any advice for harm ocd sufferers who are struggling to accept the uncertainty regarding their fears of whether or not this is ocd or the idea of will hurt someone when it just feels very real?
Hey everyone, I could really use some support today. I’m definitely going through it.
Would writing a script for real event OCD look like writing a script describing the events?? And exposing myself to it?
Hey guys! I was doing very well a couple months ago but within the past few weeks I have been ruminating a lot more often. I have scrupulosity and am constantly making sure what I hear, say, think, and do is right. I am a Catholic and strive to be a good person and know I am not perfect but I’m constantly in my head about what I have previously mentioned. Any tips on rumination?
Happy holidays everyone hope you eat lots of food and turkey haha it's early because I'm gonna probably forget to day it on the holiday lol
I bumped into a curb and scraped my car tire but I’m really proud because I’m working really hard to move on from the situation
Idk if im the only one who goes through this but it feels like everything that i like and enjoy is starting to trigger me. Its like i cant do anything anymore, idk how long i can go through this. If anybody has any advice for this on how to help it’d be greatly appreciated.
I put myself into a compulsion loop and I just feel awful. Instant false memories started to come into play and I just feel like crying.
My calmness and peace have collapsed due bto my severe Rocd. One day i try so much and make it quite good and the other i fall again in ruminations and fears. Today I feel more crushed and down than ever. I cried, was anxious and yelled. The voices inside me were so loud. I couldn't make a move and felt numb. I don't know if i csn make it anymore. Its like i am done. I have enough of it, Ι I cant try anymore...no matter how i try there is nothing that takes away my pain. I suffer so deeply and i try and try every day to make a move ahead. I always go back to zero. I fall and hurt so much. I sm trapped in these thoughts. I can't see an exit right now.
I gave into my confessing compulsion AGAIN 😞 Whenever I find another guys attractive I have the urge to tell my boyfriend and I did and not I just feel bad..... I know it's natural to find others attractive but ocd makes me feel like it isn't....
Warning, could he very triggering. I have relationship OCD, but I also doubt that I do a lot of the time. My boyfriend and I had a huge argument before a Thanksgiving party, resulting in me running away and never turning back. This has happened on many occasions and I always end up going back into the relationship. I feel sick, confused, torn, and ready to escape somehow again.
I feel like I’m better but I’m not? Feels like I can do my normal activities and act like I’m okay but I have this horrible feeling and thought in the back of my head that I’m gay. Ugh
i want to get help but my fear of rejection and intrusive thoughts about people judging me are getting in the way...
I haven’t been getting enough alone time in my relationship and I’ve been googling all weekend and now I’m just upset and sad.
Hi ya'll! I completed my exposures with the train and vaccine video yesterday. The last two days have been very taxing physically with helping my partner move from her old house to her new house, so rest is needed. My exposures today will be more exposures to vaccine videos/information, responding/reading a reply to someone who I cancelled plans/set boundaries with and potentially reinforcing those boundaries. Since I will be spending time to myself resting, I will use non-engagement techniques to not engage with intrusive thoughts. I hope y'all are well today!
I can't recognise where are my real feeling and where is ocd
Anyone else having "moments of clarity" after feeling jealous? Idk how to describe it, but it feels like I somehow perceive my boyfriend differently. Unusual sensations for me🤔
I've been experiencing a load of different thoughts in just two days. These thoughts have themes that I've never encountered before, is this a sign of something?