Hi guys! I’ve been suffering with ROCD pretty severely recently. I can already feel ERP working and the thoughts making me far less anxious, but am experiencing a lot of anxiety about my OCD never going away, being sad forever and my OCD coming back. Does anyone have anything that helps them with this anxiety? I was prescribed Prozac but am so nervous about taking it.
I feel that way sometimes too. There’s a sort of hopelessness when we’re in it that makes it feel as though we’ll suffer forever. Anxiety about the anxiety or fear about the anxiety or anxiety about the fear are all part of an unpleasant cycle. I am not currently on Prozac, however I will tel you that my experience while I was on it was largely positive, and I saw some effects even at the lowest effective dose.
I completely get what you’re saying. I think sometimes we are so stressed that we won’t feel okay and become anxious, and keeping that anxiety and stress makes it feel worse and feeds the ocd. Learning to live with uncertainty and also just understand that anxiety is another feeling like being hungry or happy or anything made a difference to me. I know it always changes and I just feel them a bit more because I give them the power to. I don’t take meds, and I’m not really knowledgeable about them, but I have been learning a lot about how normal thinking and everything is and once you let go over the stress about being this perfect person who never thinks, you will feel better. You are so human for having thoughts and anxiety and worries and intrusive thoughts, everyone has them, but we created anxiety and stress around them which causes them to stick
@littleApple22 Thank you so much! It’s so nice to hear from people who know and understand OCD!
Worst case scenario, you don’t like the medication and you stop taking it. Once it leaves your system everything goes back to normal. But what if you take it and you like it? What if it makes the thoughts stop or it raises your baseline enough to make everything feel more manageable? It’s worth a shot. Different people respond to different medications but I will say my experience on it was very good. It brought me a lot of relief.
For the past 3 months ish I’ve been struggling on and off with this anxiety and fixation over my relationship. To wondering if i still have feelings for an old friend, wondering if i actually love him, wondering if the thoughts are all real and im just trying to cover it up with ocd. It sucks, when im talking to my boyfriend i feel fine. The words i love you and talks about the future come naturally. I can’t imagine myself with anyone but him. But this constant rumination on my relationship is KILLING me and I’m scared it’s going to ruin what i have. It makes me numb and disconnected which therefore makes me believe the thoughts even more. They just feel so real sometimes and it’s so scary like why can i not just enjoy it. We’ve been together for a while so i know there’s periods of like feelings ebb and flowing but this is so much more. It’s just constantly sitting on my chest with anxiety. My compulsions are coming on this app, looking at photos of us and confessing it to him. He’s very understanding and helpful. I love him so much. I just need help / I’m also just starting new meds as well ..
Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?
Hi guys! I’m new to the community and I’ve recently received my OCD diagnosis (tho I’ve known about it since childhood). I’ve been somewhat spiraling lately as I wait for my first ERP session (hooray!) I was just wondering if any of you guys have received ERP for existential OCD and if it was successful? My existential OCD compulsions are more so mental and have been affecting me in the sense of dream/memory flashbacks and giving me a sort of “uncanny” feeling about everything around me. Any advice is appreciated! Thank you❤️
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