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Strange OCD, that is driving me mad...


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Hello,

I have a long history of OCD and I really had alot of forms of it. I am on meds and I have been doing great till about half a year ago. Then I had a relapse, the old obsessions didn't come back, bit I replaced them with new ones. And there is one obsession now that is really bothering me. We live in a apartmant building, and bellow us there is this restaurant/pub. I jave thos obsession that I keep checking how loud is the music in restaurant and it just drives me crazy of I only think about it beong loud. I walk pass the terrace and keep listening how loud is the music. If its a bit more loud than usuall my brain go into constanr frustrating state and rumination. "what if I will never live in peace here?" "what if they will from now on always have the music loud?" etc... I get anxious and thonk abouit it all the time. It has gotten to a point where I can't be relaxed at home anymore. I keep listening if I hear sounds from restaurant and so on. Help me please,how can I get over this?

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I've never had quite an obsession like that, Onix, but I have had many different types. One of the best pieces of advice I've gotten in therapy is to agree with your obsessions as much as possible. That way you stop fighting them. Fighting obsessions only makes the OCD worse, as you likely know. Maybe you can tell yourself "I bet the music downstairs will drive me absolutely nuts tonight" for a half hour, without any reassurance or whatever compulsions you've been doing to bring your anxiety down. That, or something similar, could be a good exposure.

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Thank you Sodovka for advice! Yea its a strange obsession, maybe its got something to do with me being really sensitive to bothersome sounds like hearing bases from music etc. Its my OCD flaring up and the obsession is, that I will suffer here in this appartement and won't have any peace. I have to stop checking right? :)

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Thank you Sodovka for advice! Yea its a strange obsession, maybe its got something to do with me being really sensitive to bothersome sounds like hearing bases from music etc. Its my OCD flaring up and the obsession is, that I will suffer here in this appartement and won't have any peace. I have to stop checking right? :)

Yes, the best thing you can do is stop checking. And start just noticing your worst fears, rather than fighting them. Maybe if you agree with them a little and then get back to whatever you were doing, you will forget about them for awhile. I hope that helps a bit.

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Thank you for advice. I think the obsession is getting stronger and stronger. We could start selling the apartment, but then I feel like OCD has won and achieved what it wanted. Not to mention its hard to sell apartments in our country these days. Will I ever be normal again?

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Thank you for advice. I think the obsession is getting stronger and stronger. We could start selling the apartment, but then I feel like OCD has won and achieved what it wanted. Not to mention its hard to sell apartments in our country these days. Will I ever be normal again?

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