Anxiety changes

My anxiety fluctuates throughout the weeks and it gets me so confused! One day I have absolutely no anxiety but the intrusive thoughts still remain, but aren’t as intense. The next day, the anxiety rises again and I tend to do more physical compulsions since the intrusive thoughts are more intense. I have no idea if it’s an influence from my daily structure (more anxiety on the weekend?) or if its hormonal or something else. I really don’t get how ocd works sometimes

Username: Ranger_867Ranger_867

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 22w ago

Hello friend. You got it. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to this damn disease. There are massive “ebbs and flows” with it. One time of day is usually better than another time of day (for me evenings are usually much better). One day can be drastically different than another. Don’t overthink the pattern, because there aren’t any. Obviously, if you have an exposure or trigger, it’ll flair it up. I’ve been solid for a month or two and had a trigger this morning, boom. Now, my mind is going through the cycle and I’m trying to decide: should I do ERP or should I say: I see you “intrusive thought” but I’m going to give my attention to XYZ and go on with my life. I think that’s probably the best way to go. Take the power from it.

Username: viluamorim

Date posted: 23w ago

Different themes in one day

Does anyone that is diagnosed have experience having different themes come up in a day? It’s like I ignored one thought and then my mind comes up with another one until it figures out one that is scary enough for me to ruminate. Does it ever make sense? Like today my intrusive thought was an image of me in the space or falling into space which made me also think - this is non sense! Am I going crazy for having such an unrealistic intrusive thought? And then my psychosis OCD comes to play 🫠 it’s EXHAUSTING but I’ve been answering with “maybe or maybe not” and “I don’t care” which is something I saw someone saying that helps and I’ve been using it. I haven’t started ERP yet but hopefully soon. Just this year this came up and I still catch myself feeling so sad and remembering how I was before this. 😭

Young adults with OCD

Username: Anxious⛈️ 🎀

Date posted: 22w ago

Ocd flare up

For the past week or so my ocd and anxiety have flared up when it haven’t been for a long time. All I could think the reason for this is from my period but it hasn’t lasted this long in ages and it’s making me feel so down and anxious and I’m lost on what to do or to ease it.

Username: bribean

Date posted: 21w ago

OCD worse on my period ??

Does anyone else get worse OCD symptoms (for me it’s my obsessive and intrusive thoughts, my two big ones that i struggle with). These thoughts seem to bother me so much more the few days before my period and throughout it and it feels like clockwork that is slowly gets better as time goes on. This week was so bad. Some of the worst. I have nearly made life altering decisions that I would not normally make due to these thoughts that feel so real at the time. It is hard to work on them since they are really bad for about a week every month. I cannot explain it very well. I have obsessive thoughts often but on my period they become extremely debilitating. please does anyone else have this. PS i’m 21 and have had issues with my period and my doctors think i may have endometriosis so idk if my period and hormones are just awful and the reason for this.

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