Does anyone else’s ocd cause physical things? Like I pee a lot and idk if it’s a health thing or a physical thing. I can’t sleep if I have to use the bathroom and I go to the bathroom sooo many times before bed. Also I have to pop my knuckles if I can feel my bones if that makes sense. Like I can feel each area in my fingers that needs to be popped until I pop them.
100% feel this post! I pop any bone in my body that feels like it needs it. I do pee often as well both during the day and at night, while sleeping. I will wake up because I have to pee or I will be peeing in my dream and that’s how I know lol. My entire life though, I have had a skin picking habit that stems from my OCD. Obsessively popping pimples, picking scabs until they’re gone, and the worst is I pick the skin off my lips until they’re gone bleed because the skin feels “weird” or like it shouldn’t be there. It’s strange, but yes physical symptoms do occur. Hope this helps!
@sillyferret4567 Omg I relate to most of these. I obsessively pop pimples, and they clearly aren’t ready and need to be left alone, but I do it anyway, and it makes them so much worse. I also have such a bad habit of biting my lips. I’ll start biting them, and then the skin feels weird because some of its chewed, and then I have to keep biting until it’s smooth again but that’s not how it works so they’re just chapped, chewed, and bleeding
Currently dealing with the frequent peeing compulsions, waiting until you absolutely cannot hold it anymore has been helping me, I try to wait atleast 3-4 hours in-between each time or else my brain will tell myself I have to go just Seconds after I've already went
@rebecca9925 This is reassuring, thank you!!
Did you ever find relief for this. Currently dealing with it
Yes whenever I have groinal responses I tend to pee a lot and I get really bad headaches and my stomachs been hurting recently as well
Yes yes yes. Sometimes I lay in bed unable to sleep because I think “do I have to pee?” “Will I have to pee in a few hours when I’m asleep?” And try to pee multiple times before bed. Which sometimes causes me to feel like I have to pee when I don’t even have to. Do I have a solution? No :/ but I’m right here with you. Same with the skin picking and nail biting. Ughhhh OCD.
English is my second language,so please bear with me if there are any shortcomings. My OCD is manifested in the need to go to the bathroom before going to bed every time, but after each urination, I worry that I will have to go to the bathroom again because I feel that I seem haven't finished. This will affect my sleep by repeatedly entering and exiting the bathroom. It takes me more than half an hour to go to the bathroom before going to bed every time, and I have to fight with myself to tell myself that I have finished and don't have any more urine, so I can sleep peacefully. However, it takes countless times to comfort myself.I tried to quickly finish urinating and then immediately step out of the bathroom, but every time I had the thought of "I still feel like I have a little more urine, should I squat again?" I felt like I was nailed to the toilet and couldn't get out. (Our toilets here are squat toilets), which greatly shortened my daily sleep time. Moreover, after using the toilet, I would continue to use my phone to relieve anxiety and develop a habit of staying up late, which undoubtedly exacerbated my symptoms.It's like a process of constantly pursuing certainty, making sure that I have completely emptied my bladder, but this pursuit is morbid, and I can't accept its uncertainty.I don't know what to do. Do you have any solutions?
Hey. So I’ve been experiencing a lot of anxiety with my bladder. Every time I urinate I feel the need to completely empty my bladder and it has to feel “just right” so I’ll sit on the toilet for more than 10 min straining every last drop out. And then on the other hand I’ll hold in my pee for a long time because I dread going to the bathroom knowing I’ll take a long time. I’ve also noticed I’m getting bloated more often and this in turn makes it harder to get the rest of my pee out. I’m worried that I’m causing health issues with my bladder so I’m thinking of seeking medical advice. Has anyone else had similar issues?
Hi I’m new to this group. I’ve had ocd and very bad anxiety disorder since I was a kid and only got progressively worse as I grew up. I’m 26 now. I had some somatic/sensorimotor ocd while growing up and feeling or worrying about health concerns that aren’t actually there… anyway about 5 weeks ago I randomly started feeling like I had to go pee all the time? I don’t have any pain or anything just the horrible constant feeling like I need to go pee. I’ve gotten checked for a uti multiple times. My pcp suspects it could be being exacerbated by the anxiety because it’s so distressing to me it’s almost all I think about. My ocd has convinced myself that I now have some chronic bladder problem. I notice it’s not as bad at night when I’m relaxed (thanks to medication) and about to fall asleep. I just am so scared that it’s never going to go away and I’m going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life and I can’t do that…. Was just wondering if anyone else ever dealt with this symptom? I know our brains are powerful but sometimes it just feels so real. 😣😣
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