Concerned for my sanity

[bruces]

I think somehow I maybe losing the plot,it's just a nightmare at the minute I don't know what to do with my self I feel so confused and lost,minor tasks and decisions are nearly impossible I don't know what it is,some days I want to die and get it over with,some days I'm scared of death and worry about my health,I'm seeing a therapist but she doesn't seem to be able to figure me out

[oetegenn1976]

Sounds a lot like me at the min, so your not alone. You know its ocd, so challenge these these thoughts and let them be. I know easier said than done. But thats all they are, just silly thoughts that take over, these thoughts dont even mean anything, they just stick and cause havoc because we let them. Their just thoughts!

[bruces]

The anxiety is massive at the moment it's unreal

[Ashley]

The anxiety is massive at the moment it's unreal

A question I always ask, what are you doing to change how you feel. You talk about therapy not helping you, is that because the therapist is not the right person to help you or is it because you are not applying things yourself? Have you reviewed the specialist self-help books for OCD like 'Break free from OCD'?

[Stefano Musilli]

I'm feeling in a similar way. Yesterday night was a nightmare, I thought I was going to lose my sanity and my grip with reality. It's better now, but I still have an OCD thought that's worse than normal. I'm trying to put it away, but I keep coming back to it because I can't get it to leave me alone.

[oetegenn1976]

The more you try to extinguish a thought, the more it will fuel and carry on, to get rid of a thought so that it doesn't no longer bother you or creates anxiety, is by letting the thought be there.... And think of it let it be, dont ignore it, the more you think of a thought it will go, the more you try to stop it, it won't!

[bruces]

I've had a little walk and mixed with friends but never seems to lighten up it's the situation I've made for myself

[bruces]

All hope seems to have gone I can't see me having a normal life

[snowbear]

Then stop hankering after a normal life and start enjoying the life you've got. Sure, you've got some problems, who hasn't?

See your problems as what makes you an individual, makes you quirky and interesting. Stop seeing them as some impossible hurdle you can't possibly get over.

'Normal' is a myth, and it's a myth you've well and truly bought into - just like people think life in Disneyland is 'perfect'.

As long as you keep holding onto some mythical idea of what your life might be like if only you were 'normal' you'll be full of woe and struggle to maintain hope.

Let go of the fantasy there is such a thing as normal, Bruce.

Edited May 1, 2016 by snowbear

[bruces]

I probably worded that wrongly when I say normal everbody has wishes mine are just I didn't have these problems