- Date posted
- 32w
How do you all do this? šŖ
I posted this last night(the next paragraph) and iām still feeling horrible. Sitting with it until it passes rather than ruminating and trying to disprove it feels like a constant feeling of doom and gloom. Iām so depressed. Has anyone else been through this? I feel horriblešŖ I developed ocd as postpartum so my ocd has always latched onto my children. It started as harm and stayed harm for years but then when I was finally able to overcome that theme it switched to pocd and it disturbed me so much that my ocd has stuck with that theme. I was finally able to overcome my ocd and it was mostly gone for many years until a recent stressful life event 2 years ago. Iāve had it under control since it came back until a bad flare up last month and I got through that and have been okay for a couple of weeks but itās starting back up and iām scared it will get bad again. It switches back and forth between my son and my daughter. I know my only true thoughts and feelings towards them are genuine motherly thoughts and love. They are my world but my ocd twists everything into something horrible or inappropriate. It can feel so real sometimes even though I know itās not at all real. Itās so painful and upsetting. I donāt understand my brain. If I know the truth why do I get so stuck on these intrusive thoughts and feelings? I just want to go back to looking at, thinking and feeling about my kids the way I actually do and not the way the ocd says I do. Iām really struggling. I know other moms/dads experience this but very few post and it makes me feel so alone. Iām here if anyone needs support and I can only hope to get support also.