- Date posted
- 13d
This ocd is fucked man
Everyone around me says I look ill and that I’m a shell of what I used to be, I’ve had it up to my eyeballs OCD has completely sucked the life force out of me
Everyone around me says I look ill and that I’m a shell of what I used to be, I’ve had it up to my eyeballs OCD has completely sucked the life force out of me
I totally get that. Fortunately you’re still breathing, so the life force isn’t gone and you can claim it back. I know this to be true because in my darkest it had taken me completely over. I didn’t even know i had ocd. I was just so wrapped up in depression and so fucking lost and confused about everything. I had believed everything anybody ever said about me or to me that was bad. I only saw the worst in me. I had no forseeable way out of it and was ready to make a final decision without regret. I felt it was the only option i had because nobody wanted or needed me, i ruined everyone’s life. Fortunately, i had a moment of clarity and decided otherwise. I decided after that i would figure out what the hell was going on inside me. It took a while, but i started therapy. I’ve learned so much since, so much i misunderstood, so much bullshit i believed to be true, so much i hated about myself i have since learned (am learning) to show compassion for. It’s been and will continue to be a journey, gladly. The comments i used to get were much like what you hear because in all honestly, it was taking everything good in me and for me and fucking it all up and i looked like i felt. I was angry, confused, sad, lonely, and in my case, was mostly self inflicted because i believed the lies i told myself, what others have told me throughout my life. When i learned to have compassion for the me i hated, it lifted the veil over my heart and eyes and i could finally progress towards who I’ve tried to be my entire life, honest with myself. That’s a lot, sorry it wasn’t short and sweet lol, but i hope what i shared helps.
@Someonemaybe It’s okay I appreciate the comment, I hope one day I can recover like you :(
@Fcukocd Start today, even in the smallest most seemingly unnoticeable way. Are you in of any of the support groups they have here? By the way, this post you shared, that’s another way to start. You’re showing up for yourself, looking for answers, reaching out. Keep doing that. Btw, i fucking love your name fcukocd, awesome!
@Someonemaybe I’m not, I haven’t been able to find a way to access them unfortunately, and thanks, wanted my username to reflect how I feel about OCD
@Fcukocd It does, perfectly. Wish I was as creative😁. To access the groups, go to your therapy tab, scroll down till you see support groups, then click view groups. There’s several different subjects. If you don’t see several different ones, let me know. I’m not an admin, but there’s an issue with some people’s support group views. I can reach out and try to get it corrected. If you can, join one and even just listen in. It’s so worth it! I didn’t think it would be. I pictured a bunch of people whining about their lives. Not very nice i know, and i was wrong. You don’t have to talk, but they do appreciate you having your camera on and mic muted unless there’s something you want to say or share. Let me know if you have any issues, I’ll do what i can to help any way i can.
@Someonemaybe I’ll have a look, thanks!
@Fcukocd Awesome! You’re very welcome
@Someonemaybe Hi I can’t find the support groups :(
@Fcukocd I’ll will see what i can find out for you. Do you have the latest version of the app? You can definitely ask your therapist about that in the meantime. They should be able to contact an admin on your behalf.
@Someonemaybe I don’t actually have a therapist on here because I can’t afford it, do you think that may be why I don’t see the support groups? Do u think if I had the 15 minute free consultation that the support groups would appear after that?
Actually, yes, that may be why. I think you could do the free 15 minute consult and ask, for sure. It’s you can access them after then awesome. Though i do believe you would have to be a patient. But you’ll certainly find out if you ask. There’s all kinds of resources for financial help with treatment, especially anything mental health. If you’d like, i can look up some info for you. The therapist in the consult may have some resources as well. Do check into that for sure.
@Someonemaybe I’ll try and book an appointment and see if it appears after
Awesome! And I’ll see if i can find some resources for you. That’s so good, I’m glad you’re making that appointment. Carrying ocd around without knowing what you can do about it sucks. There are things you can learn and do that will help and the therapist will be just the person to help you with that. And us as well, just not at the same level.
Never feels like I can fully put my mind to rest. The problem with OCD for me is once I'm over one worry there's another buried deep into my mind that I'm not fully over. The two events I'm not completely over is when I tried to help a 17 year old with POCD when I was 19 and the topics unfortunately were detailed and even then I explained to them I wasn't comfortable with talking to them. I guess I just had a hard time saying no to someone needing help but it eventually made me so uncomfortable that I stopped talking with them altogether at some point. Then the other thing is being so worried that I committed a crime because my elbow touched someone's behind when I didn't want that to happen at all. I didn't want to listen to my OCD by saying move my arm or something horrible is going to happen so I didn't and then something bad actually did happen. I thought it would just be a light touch while zipping a bag up but then it was worse than I ever wanted it to be and it was so awkward and I hated it. I feel like I just won't be able to get back to the way I was before OCD started all of this. Aside from that I've just had extreme health anxiety but am too afraid to reach out to a PCP even though I need to. Something deep down is telling me I should do this but I'm just so anxious and embarrassed about sharing things to them. I can't even enjoy the things I used to do because this is constantly just messing up my life. I'm hoping I get a start of positivity next time I see my therapist. This just sucks. Feels like others around me are doing so much better than I am and I'm just kind of stuck on these same problems and feeling absolute shame and guilt from the past over and over again. I'm just so sick of dealing with this every single day so I just use escape whenever I can. Even that doesn't really work. I just wish I could go back in time.
My symptoms are clear as day and they literally have disrupted every single thing in my life but I ask for help and they tell me to just change ,stop doing that,stop being weird,or they tell me it's in my head Im going crazy here and I don't know what to do.some one please if you have any advice id love to hear it Thank you.
I’m so tired. I’m so tired. I’ve lost so much weight due to this mental illness. I sleep 18 hours a day to escape these thoughts. I grieve my old self so much. I miss crushing on men, I miss loving men, I miss dressing up nice and get compliments from men, I miss listening to music and daydream about my dream man. I miss wanting to get married and have my own kids with my dream husband. All of those things… I’ve desired them so much and I’ve daydreamed about them so much. My OCD is telling me that it’s all fake. I miss my old desire and love for men. I’m so tired of being alive. I’m so tired of seeing multiple posts where people who apparently suffered from SOOCD became their fears. I’m so tired. Cause y’all probably didn’t even have ocd in the first place idc. I will say it again, has it been someone with pocd or harm ocd and their obsessions/fears became true NONE of y’all would’ve had the same reaction. Stop normalizing soocd obsessions becoming true. It is someone’s worst nightmare. People are out here attempting because of it.
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