- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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Not reassurance seeking but is it possible to feel so overwhelmed by your thoughts that you feel like you are going insane š«
Not reassurance seeking but is it possible to feel so overwhelmed by your thoughts that you feel like you are going insane š«
I feel the same way, having harm thoughts around the ones that I love and are the closest to me. Feels like you are going insane. This is OCD and you need to fight the compulsions, mine are mostly rumination and over analyzing. Donāt do any compulsions, physical or mental.
Feeling this right now, itās almost like you feel like you need to do something but you donāt know what youāre supposed to be doing, like something is wrong, but you donāt know what, so you donāt know how to fix it
@Anonymous Exactly - I have felt like I need to āthink something all the way throughā and if I donāt, well⦠something bad will happen. Hate it - but true itās obsessions and the best think we can do in the moment is refocus
Yes... feeling like I need to commit myself. I feel like I'm insane right now. I know what you are feeling
Yes! Sometimes so much noise and sounds and images and strings of conversation and radio static and just like so much going on in my head I want to scream ābe quiet!!ā Itās the worse and made me feel like Iām going to lose it.
Oh my gosh yes š it is a terrible feeling and you are not alone
@sunshineandrainbows I feel like I need to go to the psych ward or something
@Anonymous I can tell you right now that it does get better! You arenāt alone in those feelings and yes itās scary but you are most definitely not alone
Yup
@Santo123# I feel like Iām actually going crazy and Iāll lose control
@Anonymous OCD feels as real as it can get. I struggle with harm OCD and have this same fear of losing control. Disregard all thoughts, feelings, sensations over and over again and slowly itāll get better
Iām going through this as well. Itās almost as if youāre not inside your body.
Yes going through it rn
How are you now?
@Lilly2442! A lot better
@Savhatesocd Any advice that helped because I feel the same way you did šš» I have a fear of losing control
Thatās kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just canāt make my mind up about something and Iām using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? š
OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? Iāve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered āchecking,ā but it doesnāt feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. Itās not like Iām trying to check anythingāit just keeps showing up, almost like itās terrorizing me every time. I canāt seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know itās going to horrify me. I donāt think Iām actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesnāt it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now Iām hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really donāt feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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