Does anyone else struggle with this?

I was diagnosed with OCD 2 years ago and have struggled with it nearly my whole life. I’m 17 and the thing I struggle most with is thinking other people, mostly people I look up to or famous people are “watching” me or “listening” to my thoughts, specifically my intrusive or embarrassing ones. Although I know it’s not true it really affects my daily life. I believe this falls under magical thinking OCD. when I think of an intrusive thought, I think these people can hear it especially when I’m doing an action so I have to re-do that action over and over until I do it without thinking of that intrusive thought. This also affects things I enjoy doing, I’ve been really wanting to exercise but when I go to do it I get so embarrassed cause I think I’m being watched by a famous person or people I see as above me that I can’t bring myself to do it. I’m sorry if this is lengthy but I was just wondering if anyone else suffers with this and if you do, do you have any tips? Thank you if you read this much.💗

Username: HanzoHanzo

Date posted: 27w ago

I too struggled with this between 16 and 17 years of age. I would talk myself out of going places or doing certain things most if not all my friends for anything social. I would even talk myself out of what I told myself I needed to get done. Would be more than happy to chat with you about it, if you are willing. I might be able to share a few tips that’s helped me finally overcome 2 years at war with myself during high school.

Username: Courage2ContinueCourage2Cont...

Date posted: 27w ago

I don’t really get this with famous people, but I do assume everyone else knows what I’m thinking and feeling all the time, so when I get an intrusive thought, I feel like I have to confess everything a million times and reassurance seek by confirming to see if they think I’m weird/bad/crazy. I wish I had more tips on how to deal with this, but I have to just agree with whatever weird dialogue my brain comes up with. I think Nathan Peterson has a really great video on 25 things to help your OCD (or something like that)

Username: Sophia413Sophia413

Date posted: 26w ago

I really appreciate both of these comments so far and I will definitely check out that video, for me I think realizing other people struggle with the same/similar things I do will really help in the long run.

Username: ek25ek25

Date posted: 22w ago

i’m also 17 and i totally struggle with the same thing. for me it’s not celebrities it’s more like people in my life who stress me out a lot like if i have a crush on someone they’re constantly in my mind and im always paranoid that they can see everything i do. it’s really hard dealing with this because it’s so irrational but feels so real at the same time. let me know if you find any things that help you feel better, and reach out if you ever want to talk about it :)

Username: monica<3

Date posted: 24w ago

ocd is controlling my life

hey everyone. i’m not sure if this app will help me or not, but i feel the need to try anything because i can’t keep living like this. i struggle with obsessing over everything in my life. it feels like everyday my brain picks a new thing in my life to obsess over. for the past couple days ive been obsessing over my interpersonal relationships. for example; “do i like the people im with” “do i like my friends as more than just friends” “do i actually love these people or am i lying to everyone”. it’s been really messing with me and making me question my support system. i can’t stop stressing. i’m even afraid to talk about it with my therapist because i have those thoughts about her too. i’m new to my OCD diagnosis (got diagnosed last month) i was hospitalized for a week because i couldn’t function. i also obsess over my sexuality and nothing i pick for me ever feels quite right. i recently started a relationship with someone who’s trans, so maybe that’s why? does anyone else go through this? my brain tries to convince me that i do this to myself and that im making it all up. but who would want to feel this way? uggghhh

Username: malevvolent

Date posted: 17w ago

pleas help me

I dont know if I have ocd really but I think I do because I have the intrusive thoughts and I always try and do things to soothe the anxiety. I've been dealing with this for a few months and this is a debilitating cycle and I wish I wad normal. when I first spoke to my therapist about it, she said that people with ocd like to clean and count a certain amount of tiles and stuff like that. I really want to get tested because I want help but im scared that if they say I don't have ocd then that means my intrusive thoughts are true and that I'm the person that my mind makes me think I am and it scares me. I mostly deal with symptoms of pocd so I try my best to avoid kids and sometimes I won't even want to go in public because of it and I count in my head a lot and try and see if my body is reacting any kind of way. I also try and just push the thoughts a way and do research and sometimes it makes me feel better but in reality it's just a cycle and it's terrifying so can someone please comfort me or give me advice and tips to help me feel better because I really need it. I just want to get help and stop this cycle because it's slowly killing me. I don't want to be the person my head thinks I am but in my head it's just constant fear anxiety and uncertainty.

Username: MagicOCD

Date posted: 15w ago

Magic ocd

I know this is insane but please, PLEASE hear me out. I just need someone to tell me they relate in some way or something. Does anyone else feel like they have some sort of 'magic' that they accidentally manifested from 'wishing' too hard during a traumatic time and can't feel like you can control it now, which is pretty anxiety inducing since it feels like it would make people be able to feel or see your ocd thoughts? Or use your muscle tensing as part of your ocd? Like if you have an intrusive thought while tensing a muscle, you feel like it's going to come true so you have to 'correct' it by thinking a good thought then tense your muscles again? Because I have both of them. :(

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