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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
I know I am attracted to women but still why do I think I am gay and I am in denial like the other day i was watching male models on the internet to check if I might get attraced and I thought I got attracted but I am not sure if I was attracted or not. And why do I think I am in denial and don't have HOCD?? And I am still attracted to women. Am I bi?? and why do I have so much fear of being gay or bi even though in the past couple of years I have been in an environment where being gay and all is normalized.
why am i not thinking or worrying about it??? why am i so easily distracted? is this not ocd?? why am i so comfortable and not ruminating nor worrying? why am i so chill??
I'll be in a financial situation later next month, is there a way to lower the $200? Insurance?
Is this pure o why do I keep imaging my dad crying in my arms or me picturing sitting on the floor crying or picturing me hurting myself why do I keep picturing this things in my head like I’m about to do them I never do but I picture it in my head please help
Does anyone else have major depression with there ocd mine quit bad fill like I’m in a dream like state most days and things around me don’t sim reall like a dream
After I past on social medial I feel strange like maybe I should not post what if something bad happens and stuff like this 😓
My head fill like it overactive and a light bulb on in it shining bright it horrible I can’t relax or get tired
Is there anyone here who recently got hocd and no longer has anxiety? Am I alone please help me I'm crying😭
I can feel my heartbeat in my neck, it's not loud but I can feel it. Is it due to anxiety
I hate health OCD. It destroys my life and my summer and I'm only 17.
My best friend and her family love trashing me for being flat chested. They used to not go after me but one day they just started making everything about breasts. I don’t know what to do. It’d be easy just to cut them off but i feel like it’d be a stupid reason. And yet i might have to go to intensive therapy for body image because I’m feeling hopeless unmotivated to go on. They just started doing this out of the blue as if they’re “standing up to me” for something I didn’t do…like I seriously can’t even begin to understand where it came from.
my life is a youtube video and ocd is the unwanted ads with no skip option
Hi, my name is Bridgette and I have OCD, This how I feel I feel alone and not important, cause when I was small I use to walk up to people and ask them to be my friend and it got to a point where my adopted mom had to put me on a leash before it got worse. As I gotten older it started to develop as an obsessive compulsive disorder which I’ll get obsessed with older people that will pay me attention and be nice to me. I can’t understand why I have these feelings about older people but I look up to them as a mother figure. I got obsessed with 5 people 2 was at school, 2 was at church and 1 was on the Handie ride.. but my obsessions with these people was all at once not at the same time. My obsessions was calling, texting and being underneath them to much, I feel guilty cause I push them all away. But the one lady from the Handie ride I’m still kind of obsessed with her like constantly talking about her to my friends but I think it’s cause I miss her a lot cause we did things together and she use to do my hair for free but my ex bf broke us up as mother and daughter.. he was so jealous and aggressive of me and the lady relationship that he call my adopted mom and told her that I was obsessed with that lady from the Handie ride so my mom made me cut ties with the lady all together and I was began to be sad and feeling guilty cause I also I didn’t curse the lady that I called mom out and she was mad at me for that till she told my adopted mother that she didn’t want to deal with me anymore so she had to respect my moms wishes but I still want to talk to the Handie ride driver after 5 years went by but she tells me she haves to respect my moms wishes now I don’t know what to do cause the lady says she still loves me like her daughter but she can’t go against my mom so can you give me advice on what to do cause my heart is broken 💔😢 and I didn’t mean no harm with my obsessions and I didn’t curse at the lady that I called mom. This is how I really feel and I feel so alone and all by myself I need help. Thanks 🙏🏾😭😭😭😭😭😭😰😰😰😰😰💔💔💔💔💔💔
Ngl I don’t see the point. If there was a death pill for sure I would of taken it already. I do not know anyone else friends, family, colleagues etc that is dealing with this. I am not supposed to be here.
I’ve been anxious for the past couple of days, Can’t focus on the present bc my OCD has me thinking of the future and it really scares me. Any helpful tips?
*big inhale* "it's Friday the 13th..." *massive sighing exhale*
Has anyone had that ridiculous fear of running someone over in your car, although you rationally know you never would do something like that or didn’t do it. But your brain keeps telling you garbage that makes you feel like the thoughts are real. I’ve even checked the news before. But that’s not a good idea because I’ll hear about a crash or someone getting run over for real and think I had something to do with it. TERRIBLE guilt and shame for something you know you did not do!
Do you guys ever just wish so hard that you can go back in time to when you were happy
Can ocd be really convincing sometimes. Like to the point where it actually makes you delusional and believe what your doubts are telling you
I’m shaking. I can’t do this much longer. My pocd is killing me and tormenting me. I feel like I can’t go on. please god just give me a break. :((
I'm scared I wanna barricade my room when I sleep, harm ocd is the worst.
Please someone reply or I'll just have an anxiety attack. Is the feeling of having anxiety same as the feeling you have when you're scared? Help plsss I beg you
Have you ever imagine your parents naked to test your OCD if so is it wrong?
How do I let go of the past when ocd just keeps bringing it up
I just feel like sleeping whole day .I cant get out from the bed and i hate it .I just waana get out from bed and do my things normally but it feel so hard to so it .
Anyone out struggling big time with somatic / health OCD? It’s incredibly difficult to tolerate any sort of bodily sensations without thinking “oh no what’s this?” Or anything out of what I may think is ordinary? Anyone who has recovered or can shed some light on success ERP 2with somatic / health OCD would be much appreciated.
I don’t know if this is a compulsion (well i know i do but i’ve been doing this consciously) where i do research on OCD and the theme i have. I’ve been doing this for a bit now because I know I’ll feel better even though the anxiety and intrusive thoughts come back. I’m too scared to stop because I don’t want to sit with the thoughts. I actively avoid them and then I feel better after but then I feel bad. Idk if I should start doing ERP on my own because I don’t have a therapists and haven’t been diagnosed because we don’t have insurance. Is it okay if I do? How do I start and How does it work?
TW: Drugs/psychedelics I’m not sure if this is the place to ask this but does anyone with OCD have any experience with psychedelics? I’m taking shrooms tomorrow (probably going to microdose) and I want to know what other people’s experiences with them are. Do they help with OCD? Make symptoms worse? Any tips?
I feel like i dont like guys and i like girls & that i dont wanna like guys and wanna like girls, but i dont wanna feel that way 😞
I hate being on my period my ocd is so much worse during it smh
Does anyone else feel invalid because they don’t do as many compulsions as others? Like I don’t feel the urge to confess to anyone and never do research on the internet in case I find stuff that might prove I’m a bad person and probably more. So it makes me feel like I just don’t have ocd
everyone has different opinions here and i don't know which is true
Ok, so I have this cat. And I also have this friend, his humor is kinda... No, very mean. Anywhere from "jokingly" body shaming me and friends, to laughing at suicide/depression jokes( he does not have depression or anything of the sort) and one time I said something that IG upset his whiny ass.... And this fucker had the audacity to say "I hope mochi gets curbed stomped." ..... That's my kittens name. I take words very seriously and to heart, my cat is basically like my emotional support animal and she means so much to me, but here's where my ocd comes in. This happened almost a month ago, and I cannot let it go. I'm worried it created bad energy towards her or some shit, and I've been so so so anxious about it, and regretful that I didn't get upset at him for saying that. It's the fifth time I've cried just thinking about it.
One unwanted thought comes to your mind and boom you feel attracted to everyone including old people and kids.
I’m really scared that I’ll lose myself and lose my happiness and lose my passion/interest for the things I love. Honestly just feeling really hopeless and scared right now
I start therapy. Then as soon as the ocd therapist want to start erp after about 1 or 2 weeks, i quite on them.
Anyone suffer from compulsive starring and peripheral vision issues?
i’ll being doing so good and then i’ll go on tiktok and something will trigger me lol😀
I’m having trouble shutting my mind off to go to bed. Does anyone have any tricks or routines that work well for them?
Got my meds prescription adjusted so I hope I can soon feel better
Is it possible that there are no original intrusive thoughts with ocd? sometimes I fear my thoughts aren’t what other people who suffer from pocd have but something tells me there are no original thoughts and it’s more than likely someone out there has had the same or similar thoughts.
Does anyone else get like hot Flashes go through their body when they have an intrusive thought? Almost like an “electric” or “fluttery” feeling because it causes you so much distress? If I think “you may be getting sick” or whatever the thought is, these waves of anxiety shoot through my body and it’s so uncomfortable. What do you guys do for relief if you experience this
Hello, i have been suffering from ocd for 15+ years before my diagnosis. I have several themes and cognitive distortions. Hi.
For those of you who pray could I please ask for your prayers. I feel I'm on my last leg. Thankyou.
My OCD makes me think that a bat is in my house even though all evidence points against that idea.
I have 7 good days and then I have anxiety for the next few days. On the anxiety days, I feel like I've completely turned gay, there is no feeling towards women . On the non anxiety days, I atleast know that I'm not gay. Does this happen with anyone?
OCD brains are like adrenaline junkies... but anxiety junkies 😒 (Side note: Idk why we say "junkies")
Does anyone else experience OCD in waves? Sometimes I feel almost completely fine and unaffected, but then other times I feel exhausted and overwhelmed.
I had a really shitty intrusive thought and it won’t go away and now it’s the only thought scaring me right now.
Does anyone here want to be prayed for tonight? I’m a Greek Orthodox Christian, so if you don’t agree with what I believe, I understand. I just know that many of you are struggling- like I am- and could use a little something. 💛
anyone else misses how confident in their sexuality they used to be?
I’m scared that I’m a sociopath monster because of my thoughts and selfish need for reassurance.
im not doing well tonight. i put too much work and expectations on myself this week as well as having my first real ERP session. i had a work shoot today and made a new friend and feel like i over shared aggressively and told her too much and possibly did a confession compulsion. im so anxious that she doesn’t like me now and is just pretending and is going to go talking about what i said to her. im spiraling and can’t calm down. my first ERP session was based around oversharing and feeling like im not a good friend which wasn’t a huge obsession for me before but now i feel like it’s becoming one. ugh :( I feel a breakdown coming on and im just so tired in general. i hate living like this.
I went on a trip with my ex (not exclusive but I feel the need to be) and at one point a guy riding a carriage looked at me and I looked and we smiled and he looked back and we still were smiling and then later the next day I wanted to pass by the carriages but my ex and I didn’t end up doing so and now I feel extremely guilty that I cheated on him and that he does not deserve such a bad ex girl that is now talking to him again. I just feel so much tension and guilt, I want to tell him.
I’m still trying to understand all of this. Can people give me examples of compulsion and what that and rumination means. Thank you !
I was a week away from hitting three months without doing my major checking compulsion, and I gave in, god damn it. Here we go again!
Do any of yall with ADHD and OCD have success with taking ADHD stimulants such as ritalin, adderall or vyvanse
My ocd tells me I sent an email when I really didn't. It feels so real. Is this even ocd?
you know that feeling where you want to punch everything because your anxiety has turned to frustration to pure rage👏😐
had a few drinks and getting some intrusive thoughts. Need some motivation but no reassurance!
https://discord.gg/GpgR7sHF Here's a link to a supportive OCD community on Discord. Everyone is welcome!
Has anyone been struggling with germ OCD with covid going on? I deal with allergies often and I struggle with thinking it maybe covid and not my allergies.
Has anyone really overcome his OCD, I feel like my OCD is always there
My ocd makes me afraid to text cuz I'm afraid I'll say something wrong don't know what to do help please
i am constantly postponing rumination and it feels like the thoughts are "problems" stuck in the back of my head that i keep running away from, which makes it feel more like denial
My deep depression is probably what makes this so much worse. It’s always so exhausting
Do you worry if you get over your current terrifying theme you'll be plagued with a new completely equally terrifying one? Any tips to relax my mind from thinking this way!?
Treatment is scary but it works. I have suffered with OCD tendencies for years until the pandemic brought out the full-blown disorder. Ever since April, I have been in and completed treatment with NOCD. I can say for sure that I am a thousand times better than months ago, and that there is absolutely hope for every one of us out there. 😊
i don't get it i was doing better during the day, and now i am getting some thoughts but barely any anxiety :( like where's the going crazy over these thoughts that used to eat me up?? is this not OCD????
it wasn't posting so i screenshotted off of the notes app
Does anyone else feel really bad when they try to stop feeling bad about the thoughts? Because that just makes me feel really bad. Like maybe the thoughts don’t bother me in the first place.
I wish I were as good at taking my advice as I am giving it. Bahaha. It does give me purpose though to connect and try to encourage others on this app. Not much else to do when your too sick to work
I can't stop comparing myself to others and wishing for things I don't have. I don't recall this ever being a serious problem for me. Where is this coming from? On one hand I know it's going to make me miserable, but on the other hand I feel like I'd be lying to myself by pretending or ignoring the fact that I want more. I try writing in a gratitude journal, but can't help but thinking other people have better things to write.
Any OCD success stories on here? I guess we could all use some motivation.
How do I look up something in my feed? I can't find a search bar.
Why do I get reallllly anxious about guys who show interest in me who I am not sure about or don't like? Could this be OCD? One of my brother's friends just asked him if I was single and now I am freaking out inside 😐 idk why. He is a nice person I just don't know how I feel about it
PSA: Awesome ocd accounts to follow on Instagram: @the_ocdproject @obsessivelyeverafter @pureochrissie @peacewithocd
SOOCDs fun when you’re convinced you like the same gender and now have to do a 180 of your whole personality
I had a truely horrible thought that I wouldn't want to ever believe to be true. And if you ask me now I'd tell you that it's 100% NOT AT ALL TRUE. It's about believing a horrible thing about close people in my life. But recently I made a joke about it in front if that person. He didn't get it or whatever but I feel so guilty because I felt like I really believed it at that time! And making jokes about is like acting upon it. I feel so bad and guilty about thinking this way of that person. I keep acting like I believe that thought and feel like I actually do but the feel SO GUILTY.
Also, is anyone else experiencing something similar: going back to the past and making sure you had ocd tendencies to make sure you’re not just faking it now and not just in denial
i pull my hair because i like the textures... it kind of calms me down, but i dont pull it out. I just stroke my hair 😂 Is that still Trichotillomania?
Just putting this out there but its totally okay laugh at your OCD sometimes Of course OCD is very distressing, but sometimes the thoughts are also so outlandish theyre just plain hilarious, and its okay to laugh at how ridiculous they are