Coping stratagies

[Guest etselec123]

Hi im new to this , i have been thinking about writing on a forum for a while but have been hesitating to do so. Anyway I have OCD, and recently its making school life really hard, i find myself exhausted during the day , and i sleep during most lessons, and getting ill much more often. I dont know if its just exam stress but does anyone have any ways to cope with the anxiety before school I've tried meditations but most are too long and i end up stopping half way through... Also, my paranoia about someone other than my family being in my house has started up again , i dont know im 15 and im still sleeping in my brothers room because im afraid someone childishly is out to get me and my family. To get to the point i keep thinking im getting better but im just developing new obsessions to counter the ones that died down and recently im becoming just exhausted with it all, i cant talk to my cousins, my best friend, my aunties and uncles, or just about anyone normally anymore let alone face them because my thoughts tend to involve people i care about, and my mother gets really angry with me about this because she doesn't understand, and thinks im being self-centered and silly , which fair enough i am. also on some days i find myself completely avoiding my friends whatsoever and spending the whole of lunch sitting in the toilets listening to music because it gets so bad, and i think when im really exhausted i tend to look extremely angry making my teachers think I dont like them, but really im just tired. Is this social anxiety too?, or is it just an effect of the OCD, and is there anyway to get more comfortable around people, because ive tried spending time with my best friend many times but it is just awkward and im afraid ive lost all my confidence around her. Sorry for just going on about my problems . What im mainly after are coping strategies during school.

Thanks,

Edited July 4, 2015 by etselec123

[ACE]

Hello there & nice to meet you firstly nothing you say is silly& you aren't making life difficult at all as you clearly are battling with so much.It's certainlyvery common with OCD for new compulsipons& obsessions to take over fromoldone's as the brain will always look to try& find something new to want to obsess,ruminate& make you have compulsions over.I think what has helped me personally in coping is try to take moment by moment when you're at school & in class do your best to say ok I'm here right now try to be in the moment I know it's not easy as your mind will try and go away & on to other things,when you get a thought try to say ok there is that thought again see if you can distract yourself as much as possible.Note down always anything that does& or may help you& keep on focusing with applying this :original: .

[Guest etselec123]

Hi, sorry for the late reply, thankyou for the reply!I will try to focus more on daily life , I get what you mean. Sometimes I'm having a conversation with a friend and then I'll drift off into my own world and completly forget I'm speaking to people. The noting down is also a good idea I shall try it,

,Many thanks ,

etselec123 :)

[ACE]

Hey there no probs at all i'm very sorry for the late reply I hope you're doing better with everything keep at it ok hun :original: .