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Symps07

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About Symps07

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  • OCD Status
    Living with OCD
  • Type of OCD
    Rumination, Checking, Reassurance.

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    Male
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    United Kingdom
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    Music, Gym, Reading, Walking.

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  1. Happy Birthday OCD UK forum! Thank you Ashley and everyone else who made this possible and helps out
  2. No, I won't say so I may experience. I just feel that I am more able to respond to them in a assertive way, rather than be overwhelmed by them.
  3. I take Sertroline 10mg and find it gives me a 'concrete base' for my mind I.e. I feel my brain is stronger at dealing with my OCD and I don't fall to pieces if I spike. I personally don't notice any side affects. Perhaps that is due to the low dose? But if you are worried about taking medication, it would be worth discussing this with your GP and requesting a low dose to begin with (you may find, like me, that's enough). I did used to take Citalopram, but I did think that made my head spin a little but again, I'm happy now on Sertroline. So it may also be a case of getting the right medication for you.
  4. Glad you're feeling better and I hope you're assessment went well.
  5. Morning Maggers, How are you feeling this morning? Symps
  6. Merry Christmas to everyone on this forum, volunteer, member and guest a like. I hope 2024 is kinda to you and thankyou to Ashley and all at OCD UK for your hand work, time and dedication
  7. When I was originally diagnosed, I was given Citalopram but it made me feel nauseous. This time I requested something else as I told them it made me nauseous so they gave me Sertraline 20mg and Propranolol (for the aniexty) and I don't get nauseous and I find it keeps my head more stable.
  8. Hi Beeko, Is the worry surrounding the dark brightness or the thought of causing a nuisance should you make the changes? (I am wondering which matter the obsession is about?) If it's the brightness, then why not continue as you had previously planned? As you must have believed this to be correct originally. Symps
  9. Hi Mulligan, I get the loneliness side of things. So often I feel responsible for so much going on in my head and it removes me from daily life somewhat to the point I don't feel part of events. But I also feel a lot of people do, whether they have OCD or not. Everyone's dealing with something in their life and it's good to remember that you haven't been singled out for punishment. It's good that you have identified what you wish to do to get better, if I had to add one to your list it would be, try not to be so hard on yourself and remember you are fighting a battle the best you can I'm not sure what your partner knows about OCD but could you discuss it with them and make it clear that you are not wanting reassurance? Or maybe just explain to them how it makes you feel and that sometimes you just need them to be there for you? Symps
  10. Perhaps not but I can see it's the evaluation of having had these thoughts that you are stuck on. I get it. With me it's not the fact I had sexual thoughts, it's that I questioned what they meant and how they reflected on me and who I was (and also, that I can't always control them or let them go). It sucks that your mental health team isn't much use. I've been trying to get a hold of my GP all week for a referral to be tested for adult ADHD, but can't get through due to so many calls and when I do, all appointments have gone Can you self reffer to see a counsellor?
  11. I used to find someone attractive and then fantasize about sexual activity with them. But now I try not to fantasize. It's almost as though the fantasizing aspect was a testing compulsion or that I 'had' to engage with the initial sexual thought as otherwise I'd loose that experience/feeling. Perhaps that's part of addiction, I'm unsure. But accepting that I can find someone attractive and leave it there, is helping me overcome it.
  12. Could the 'fantasizing' be a compulsion? When I used to get a sexual thought about an attractive woman or man, I would engage it and even masturbate which led to me feeling anxious and ashamed. It's taken me a long time to realise that it is acceptable to be attracted to someone but you can leave it at that and move on with your life without analysing those thoughts. I now treat those initial fantasy thoughts just like OCD thoughts and not engage with them and I feel so much better.
  13. Hi Nolightleft, Sorry you're still going through all this. After having gone and still going through similar, I just wanted you to know that it can get better but you have to address the meaning that you're giving these thoughts. You are beating yourself up for having natural thoughts and then doing so again for having intrusive thoughts and it's the meaning that you are putting on these thoughts that is hurting you. I also wonder if some of these fantasies are caused by OCD? As I used to think about sex and scenarios a lot more when my OCD was a lot worse and even at the time, thought there was something obsessional about them (an urge to play them out, a need almost) it was addictive. But they always led me to feeling regretful and ashamed. I also think when you deal with OCD and the anxiety and depression that comes with it, having sexual fantasies and masturbating gives your brain a distraction and a dopamine hit, which in itself can become addictive, leading to a minefield when you believe you are enjoying the thoughts for themselves and not just for the self produced antidepressants they release . I agree with you in regards to the crisis line and A&E, I went through that in lockdown and got sent on my unmerry way. Best thing was seeing a CBT therapist. Are you seeing one or able to get referred? Symps
  14. Hi Phillev, I have not read all the responses, so forgive me if someone has already covered this. My interpretation of exposing yourself to the thought, is that it challenge's the meaning that you are giving the thought as most of the time we try to ruminate to try and work out why we are getting the thoughts or perform a compulsion to relieve the anxiety, but we don't actually 'accept' the thought (as just a thought) as this causes our anxiety to go up because of the meaning we have attached to the thought. So by agreeing with the thought (I may harm this person) and leaving it like that, proves that the thought alone isn't harmful and allows us to detach the meaning we originally gave the thought (ie, I'm a bad person for thinking this, what if I mean to harm this person) I hope this makes sense? Symps
  15. Hi Mat, Welcome to the forum! I can only suggest to treat it like any OCD or anxiety and not engage with the thoughts and give them credence, as the more you do, the more these thoughts will persist. Also, as much as keeping a regular sleep pattern is a good thing, declining offers from your friends to go out as to keep these patterns seems like performing a compulsion and therefore only reaffirms belief in the obsession (as well as impacting on your social life), so next time, if there is no other reason than your anxiety to stop you, go out and try to enjoy yourself, you'll be able to socialize with your friends and break a compulsion in one go Symps
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