Had a really good day today in which I didn’t engage with many of my worries and didn’t ruminate, but of course that’s left me feeling like I’m just missing something to worry about or I need to look harder because I can’t just feel okay. Any tips?
Omg this is the exact same thing I was going through or better yet am. Like we can be having a good day, being happy being ourselves and not worrying about anything that has to do with ocd because yes we can’t just feel okay then bam it’s like we fall right back into the cycle again is that what you are experiencing?
@kd88 Yep pretty much! I’ll be like in a good place, you know, recognizing that all my worries are what-ifs or a product of doubting and I have no concrete evidence. But then I get this feeling like, well, if you felt so bad yesterday and a week ago you must have done something horrible and you don’t remember! Or you forgot the thing that was bothering you! It sucks because I’m back on wanting to ruminate and find out why I feel like I’ve done something wrong or gross because it’s just a gut feeling again.
@Stormyskies Yeah I get it, it’s almost like God for bid you fkn forget you ocd right! Like hey don’t forget me I’m here. Me I can be fine but the minute I realize I’m not in my idc brain 🧠 bam it’s like I’m back to square 1 again. It’s almost makes me feel like what is the point of trying ti get better if the minute I remember ocd it’s like I’m back at it again. It’s just so frustrating like what are we to do at this point?
@Stormyskies Are you on medication?
@kd88 Currently I’m not. I’ll be seeing a psychiatrist soon though in hopes of such
ERP would say to respond with something like, "Maybe I'm missing something." or "Perhaps I am forgetting to worry about something." Something like that. I haven't done ERP so I'm no expert lol. But it seems like the OCD's next attempt at getting you to worry or ruminate about something. I absolutely deal with the same thing. On days my depression isn't as bad I start to freak out and I'll even find something to worry or ruminate about to fill that void. So I would say do your very best not to engage with those "meta worries" as I tend to call them.
It’s learned behavior
Any tips on what to do in situations like this??
@kd88 Personally I just sit with the feeling and let it pass. Sometimes voicing the worry out loud makes it seem less serious. Like saying “I know I haven’t done anything, but I feel like I have…” It sounds stupid. Like, why am I wasting energy on what-ifs when I could be happy in the present? Sometimes it works. Other times it’ll pass on its own. Constant cycle
@Stormyskies But how do I get over this hump that I’m going through like u are?
@kd88 I don’t know if I can give a definitive answer for that because we’re all so different. If the hump is feeling better, then worrying all over again because getting over it feels wrong or like you’re ignoring a problem, maybe try to accept that your thoughts or what ifs simply aren’t tangible. I don’t know your situation and I’m not a professional, but if you’d like to talk more I’m always open to connecting with a fellow person struggling through this.
@Stormyskies Thank you, that is exactly how I feel like it feels wrong, like it doesn’t let me feel like myself.
@kd88 Yeah, I completely understand. It’s hard to feel normal especially with SUCH a taboo theme. It makes you feel like you’re just a bad person and makes living life normally so difficult you become used to not being normal
@Stormyskies Yeah because you are stuck in your ocd head so when u are doing good you feel like are missing something
My obsessions have subsided but now I feel off, like I should be thinking about something. Like I don’t have any of those bad thoughts right now and it feels so weird to not be stressed out. I’m very confused
I keep getting a random feeling of anxiety, I’ll be doing good/better and then it randomly pops into my head. It’s not a specific thought it’s more of like an uneasy feeling that I can’t wrap my head around. It feels like a deep sense of doom/fear or something like that. I’m not sure if me trying to figure it out is a compulsion/ my ocd just wanting to figure it out or if I should just sit with it and let it be.
Hello everyone. So, basically every time I feel any kind of peace/pleasure (simple ones, like hmm today I’m enjoying a song, I felt good with my sleep, etc) my ocd tries to convince me something is wrong and then I get anxious because I was feeling good. It’s so messed up. Anyone been through this?
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