- Date posted
- 1y
What happens during an episode of OCD?
For me it’s quick flashes of images and racing thoughts. It’s really scary and I feel alone
For me it’s quick flashes of images and racing thoughts. It’s really scary and I feel alone
I also see detailed images with my ocd. For example I see me shooting myself with blood and brain chunks on the floor. The images make me feel great distress , I even have cried from some of them. I have images of hurting others too , I hate the images but I have slowly learned they are just fear and do not mean anything. The images still do scare me sometimes. Sorry you have the images with your OCD, It’s like you are in your own horror Movie for hours sucks.
@Brooke cookie My images look so weird. As if I’m seeing it with my eyes but I know I’m not. They are hazy but look real and they suck me out of reality for a moment
I don’t like when I get those. They happen so fast and leave you feeling horrible but I will say they get better. I seem to get them more when I am having stress and anxiety about something or a lot of in uncertainty on something too. I had one doc that described it to me as having a circus 🤡 in your head that sometimes just comes out with stuff we don’t like and we should just laugh when we get it.
@Schoolie93 The images are so weird and wacky. Makes me feel like something is wrong with my head. Feels like I’m seeing it with my eyes but I know it’s imaginary
@ObsessivePenguin Yeah, the images feel real its really creepy. I don’t know why but pure OCD feels real when it’s not , it’s Terrible.
You are not alone, unfortunately most of us on this app are fighting the same fight. For me, it’s intrusive thoughts that trigger anxiety and endless rumination.
@Anonymous Do you have the image flashes? They’re so fast and vivid :(
@ObsessivePenguin Occasionally! But you are not alone, we are all here for you
@Anonymous The image flash has made me feel mad
i’m back in a cycle of having harm related OCD thoughts and feelings and urges and i get these episodes where it’s like i’m disassociating and feel like i’m about to snap and go crazy violent. does anyone else experience this? i need help
I had a horrible thought and it was my own thought. I feel awful. Also my heart is racing all the time
idk why this is such a recurrent thing for me , I get so scared through the day when I’m not distracted when I think about psychosis. or being put in a mental hospital that it gives me bad anxiety, one time I had a panic attack at the thought of having it 💔 I can’t pin point if it’s intrusive thoughts because it’s a fear of mine .. or not. I think this is the worst thought / fear I have
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