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kaheath80

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  1. I’ve just been signed off work sick for 2 weeks due to work stress/burnout, it’s tough. Definitely consider taking some time off.
  2. Thank you ? and it’s definitely a compulsion. Not that I don’t ever feel desire, but it’s much more about feeling I need to do it.
  3. I was about to say ‘that sounds exactly like me!’ But was it actually me? ? I still struggle with this. We’ve just got a new puppy and due to time looking after him and lack of sleep we’ve not had sex for 3 weeks now and I am struggling. I sympathise.
  4. Actually ‘just right OCD’ is what I’ve heard it called. Couldn’t find anything called ‘get right OCD’.
  5. I have traits of OCPD, and I have OCD. You have to have 4 traits to be diagnosed with OCPD and I have 3. But this means I almost have it... In my case it’s sometimes hard to figure which one is which. I have very obsessive and rigid routines, which is more OCPD, but sometimes I do them because I worry something bad will happen if I don’t, so that’s more OCD. I think they are a bit meshed together in me. Do you have OCD too?
  6. Second day of working from home and I am struggling so much that I ended up having a minor breakdown and freaking out my manager by telling her over Skype that I was suicidal. She advised me to take half a day’s sick leave.
  7. Yes I’m struggling with this too. My work just tells us to Skype each other but it’s not the same.
  8. Same here. My therapy group is likely to be cancelled too so less support as well as the disruption to routine.
  9. I’m more worried about losing my job or my wife losing hers, I know this is maybe a general worry but for me it’s part of my OCD.
  10. Relieved that walking will be allowed- just work panics now for me ?
  11. Thanks Ashley. If I’m not at therapy I will have to work and I am scared but logically I’m not able to get through all my work at the moment plus colleagues are struggling, so this is probably very much OCD. But I was struggling with that last week before all the virus stuff got worse so I know I will feel very anxious at work in the coming weeks. I do have an exercise bike but my OCD says I need to exercise and walk. I do have a garden but I usually do more than 5 hours walking a week and I can’t imagine doing that around the garden! I am more worried about the work situation, though. Sorry to hear you’ve been unwell.
  12. I don’t suffer from contamination OCD and am not hugely worried about hand washing or catching the virus. However, it is affecting my OCD in several ways. One of my biggest OCD worries is around losing my job. This has led to compulsions of me avoiding doing my work in case I run out and they make me redundant. My wife’s job was a bit insecure recently as they didn’t have a lot of work coming in. Now with the virus going around it might affect their business and she keeps saying she’s worried she might lose her job, which has really made me panic. I only work 4 days a week at the moment because I am in a long-term therapy group on a Monday. People there are starting to panic about the virus and they may have to suspend the group for a bit. Work is paying me sick leave for the therapy so if I don’t go I’ll have to go to work instead. I worry I won’t have enough work for 5 days and will get fired. Finally I’m stressed about the possibility in the future of having to go into isolation as one of my compulsions is to do a certain amount of walking every week. I’m worried I will get fat if I have to stay in.
  13. I’m not worried either! You’re not the only one. I’ve been feeling a bit guilty that I’m really not worried.
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