Does anyone else have this combination of mental illness ? I get hyper paranoid that i’m manic because of my OCD it’s lowkey an evil ass combo….

does anyone else convince themselves that they somehow didn’t swallow their pill when taking meds? i always think it somehow fell through the straw of my water bottle and dissolved and then i drink the rest of my water to make sure i actually took it 😭 sometimes i’ll swallow it with only a small amount of water so i can feel it going down my throat

i’m realizing how ridiculous this is as i’m typing it out like ohhh my god

Hi so I(22)'ve been under treatment of CPTSD, anxiety disorder and depression, but I'm wondering maybe I also have OCD. I started to think about it because I came across r/OCDmemes and related to so many of its posts. Honestly I had not enough knowledge on OCD, I've always thought it was only about hand washing or locking the door, but thankfully I could learn much more about it because of that sub.

Here are some symptoms I have which were also mentioned in some posts:

・Believing that other people can hear my thoughts, or people outside my house can hear what I'm talking with my family members.

・Fear of being attracted to someone I shouldn't be attracted to.

・Embarrassing, or sometimes disgusting intrusive thoughts randomly occuring. I need a moment to get rid of them.

・ Excessively checking multiple times the message I sent or the paper I filled.

・Worrying that a completly unrelated event(ex. natural disasters) is my fault.

Do you think it is worth talking about to my therapist? Thanks in advance!

I’ll be perfectly fine one moment and then have a certain doubt-based thought and then think “I’m no longer fine”. Then for the next few hours I’ll be on the verge of a panic attack because I trusted that thought automatically, and now I believe something’s wrong. It’s like I trust my mind over actual reality sometimes. Getting grounded is really the only way out, but it’s rough when this happens, tough for me to get out of. Anyone have any tips on how to deal with something like this when it happens? How to stop trusting what my mind is saying and start trusting reality?

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My dad said "Ocd is Basically just Only depression" and he also said in a Jokingly Manner "When I yelled at you, You used to not have Intrusive thoughts"

And i Laughed, and then I gone in my room to cry.

I Love my dad hes Extremly supportive with Other things, But how do i Make him understand OCD??

It is a well known subtype of ocd , here to listen to your stories

I have severe contamination OCD and not enough money to see a therapist. Can you give me some advice, homework , etc to improve my OCD and csn you help me create an anxiety hierarchy for at home ERP pn my own?

One of my obsessions has to do with fearing that my friends/family are extremely depressed and I don't notice. I used to take even super small things - like my friend seeming really tired one day - and spiral thinking they were 'on a ledge' and about to do something. Over time, I've gotten better at managing the spiral and recognizing what level of worry is okay and what's not.

But one of my friends has confided in me that they actually are struggling quite severely with their mental health. I'm already taking steps to get them proper help, and supporting them as they go through this. It's just been really triggering for me because suddenly this thing that I feared was going to happen and spent years learning to recognize it as irrational is actually happening. Now, I keep thinking, what if my other obsessions are more realistic than I've thought? What if they're actually going to happen?

My usual strategies from DBT like fact checking, distractions, etc are not working because I keep coming back to the situation with my friend. Like I knew she was struggling and thought she was feeling this way, and turns out I was right, so what else am I/will I be right about? Does anyone have any tips on how to manage this?

I already convinced myself in the past I had als. How can I know if I'm a lesbian or my attraction to men is gone because of ocd????

I always hear of checking ovens and hair straighteners and that kinda stuff, but I’ve never heard of anyone having similar issues to me lol. One of my weaknesses is my wallet or phone if it has my debit card in it😭 I know it’s normal to check it once or twice but gang I be checking 50 million times while I’m out like let me live bro

If you feel alone and hopeless, listen to this song. I just discovered it and it’s incredible. Incredibly real, exactly what it’s like in my head.

I'm so relieved that everything finally has a concrete explanation. I'm not some horrible monster or sick freak, I just have a freaking disorder that makes my brain wig out and try to convince me of terrible things that simply aren't true. Now that I know, I can properly work on strategies to cope. Hooray!

does anyone else get really weird about their back/spine/posture? i freak out whenever i notice my back isnt completely straight and get really panicked trying to straighten it/crack it/ stretch in some other way. its driving me insane to the point where the feeling of my spine being inside my body makes me physically uncomfortable all the time. sometimes i start sweating or even cry over it which makes me feel grosser lol. anyone else?

About 80% of my intrusive thoughts (I’m 28F, if that matters), circulate around this theme. However, I’ve never been able to find it covered in an article about OCD or even in this subreddit (even though I joined recently).

I have intrusive thoughts about people secretly hating me and wanting/plotting to harm me (or my close ones) in some way. I’ve researched this topic a lot, but all I find is about “harm OCD”, which circulates around you having intrusive thoughts to harm someone. Mine is reversed. I don’t have thoughts about hurting myself or others, but them hurting me.

Some examples:

• Whenever I have even a small inconvenience/disagreement with someone, I get intrusive thoughts that they now hate me and want to hurt me. Usually if it’s a stranger I think they’ll physically attack me, and if it’s someone I know - they’re plotting a way to make me look bad/turn everyone against me/cause bad things into my life. I get the same thoughts if someone close to me gets into an argument with another person and start obsessively worrying about them.

• I’m hyper aware of my surroundings when I’m outside. When I see someone visibly drunk (or looking inadequate for any reason) I get intrusive thoughts that they want to harm me, which makes me feel unsafe.

• I’m pretty private with everything, mainly out of fear that it can make someone jealous.

• When something unfortunate happens to me or a close one, my intrusive thoughts contribute it to either my negative thinking, or someone “wishing me bad”.

Does someone else experience this as well?

Hey guys, just wanted to say that I had debilitating clinically diagnosed OCD growing up until I was about 21. It was so bad that I had severe depressive thoughts and tried to act on it a couple times. I would be stuck in my room obsessing and doing compulsions the entire day crying because I couldn’t break free from my brain. I am 26 now and am free from OCD as I’ve learned to manage it. I still have urges and sometimes overthink but I live a normal life. I’m posting this to give hope as I wish I could have read this when I was a kid battling this beast. The way I beat it was gaining every bit of strength I could and doing a ton of exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy every chance I could (both naturally arising during my day and also artificially exposing myself to trigger an obsession) and eventually my brain kind of “rewired itself” and I got less urges and was able to resist the urges that popped up more easily. I also realized and internalized that none of the fears or obsessions I had came anywhere close to the actual threat that OCD poses to my life and well-being.

I’m not a therapist but if anyone wants to talk and needs support I am here for you.

I got triggered and am dealing with awful intrusive thoughts and when I try to listen to music it feels numb

My rocd has started flaring up again and suddenly i just had a thought that my ex looks or acts very similar to the main character of my fav show suits except that he was also a horrible person. But i recently confessed to my boyfriend how i find that main character so hot 2 days later this happens and now i cant stop feeling guilty about it. Its probably just the dimple and cocky personality that he stole from the character but i dont know i even tried looking at his picture once to confirm but that just lead to more guilt. Ive been having thoughts of how my ex is much hotter and better just because im associating him with the character because i know hes not a good person my boyfriend is. And now i cant even watch my fav show without feeling shitty

Are you supposed to avoid the having the thoughts, or are you just supposed to just let the thoughts be? What’s the difference between engaging with those thoughts and just letting them exist in your head without trying to get rid of them?

I just can’t sit with my swallowing when it gets where I’m involuntarily swallowing nonstop. I’m working with a specialist and everything but none of it matters. I just can’t resist going for reassurance cause eventually it all feels unbearable. I get an adrenaline feeling in my stomach as well as non stop swallowing. Someone please help me. Im considering trying a new med as Prozac doesn’t help me but I kind of wanted to recover with ERP solely.