Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 18d

Anybody have ocd that actually bothers people?

This is the worst one I’ve ever dealt with. I have conversations with people and I need them to repeat their answers until I feel satisfied. Or If I didn’t hear them, I can’t just let it go, I have to ask them to repeat themselves until I know for sure what they said. I’ve had people asking me … “why do I always have to repeat myself??” And someone told me “you need to get your hearing checked” …I don’t mind suffering in silence by myself but since I have to bother others and involve people with this particular ocd it’s very exhausting. I’m trying ERP but it’s so difficult with this one. I feel like if I don’t get confirmation of what they said I’m not gonna ever find relief

Francisco96

Date posted: 18d

Are the people in question aware you have the condition? If not, and you're comfortable, I'd just let them know it's a compulsion you have and maybe explain it to them. Most people I've told have been very encouraging

Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 18d

@Francisco96 A few close friends know… but as far as like my co workers, they don’t know.. they just kinda get frustrated with me or they’re like… wtf is wrong with you?

Francisco96

Date posted: 18d

I would just let them know. If it enables them to better understand you it may help your working relationship long-term.

Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 18d

@Francisco96 Yea I started opening up to a few people… others just may not understand or refuse to understand

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 17d

I was doing this too and you’re right people get very frustrated with you. Now when I catch myself doing it, I recognize that it’s OCD that’s causing me to do it and stop myself.

Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 17d

@Anonymous Can u give me some examples on some of the things u did? Like were u doing this with strangers or just people u knew? I do it with strangers too, like cashiers at a grocery store etc . Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who has this type of ocd and it’s frustrating and exhausting.

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 17d

Mostly, it was asking for reassurance from family members. Sometimes it would happen at work when I would ask somebody to repeat something because I thought I didn’t understand it when I actually did.

Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 17d

@Anonymous Oh ok. Did u practice ERP with it? and just stopped asking people to repeat themselves ?

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 17d

Yes, I used ERP and stopped asking.

Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 17d

@Anonymous Sorry , last set of questions for you… did u find it difficult to do the ERP and sit with the discomfort of not asking to repeat themselves? Did it cause a lot of anxiety trying to stop? And after doing the ERP did it help ?

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 17d

Yes, it was difficult and caused some anxiety when I tried to stop. The exposure was being in a situation where I asked once and the response prevention was when I didn’t ask again and sat with it without asking again for reassurance unless I truly did not hear the person. That was the nature of the ERP and it helped because I do it a lot less and don’t get the, “I’m not repeating this again” response from my spouse nearly as often, lol.

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Date posted: 17d

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Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 17d

@Anonymous That’s good to hear. Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my post and my questions. You really have helped me a lot

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 17d

@Anonymous Sorry for the repeat posts. The app kept telling me to retry so I kept pressing reply!

Cali_Guy_41510

Date posted: 16d

@Anonymous Oh that’s ok… it did it to me too.. I had to delete them. I noticed u replied with two separate answers but they were similar. I thought maybe u said it twice but in two separate ways because maybe u thought I was gonna ask you to repeat yourself again haha 😂

Anonymous

Date posted: 20w

Gotten worse

My ocd them has gotten worse and I’m trying my hardest to not look for reassurance. Why does my mind play these tricks on me that I’m saying my thoughts out loud????? I’m trying my hardest to ignore it but it’s making me depressed. When I’m ignoring it my brain will go to “everybody will talk about you” “you said something bad” “you said it out loud and when you’ll live a terrible life”. I don’t know what to do anymore

ocdrecovery198

Date posted: 17w

Feeling alone with OCD

Sometimes I feel like nobody really gets me. Nobody knows what’s going on in my head. I try to explain in vivid detail, but my ocd immediately reads the other persons face and registers that they don’t get it. It’s a very isolating experience. Anyone else have something like this?

KAW1007

Date posted: 11w

Extremely bad OCD

How long do you guys have to sit with a thought for it to go away? I have sat with thoughts for days and days before and the anxiety was crippling to where I couldn’t eat or sleep. Until I asked. And especially something I’ve already asked about before that upsets my husband but my brain was like did I hear him right? Yada yada. That’s about where I’m at right now. I feel so sick from anxiety

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