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About thistooshallpass1996
- Birthday 07/04/1996
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OCD Status
Living with OCD
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Type of OCD
Not just one type
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@Caramoole The thoughts are bad enough but what really scares me is the false memories that seem so real. I have images of doing horrible things and I can’t convince myself otherwise. I have moments where I feel like I have absolutely no control over what I might do. I lie awake worrying about it constantly. Also I’ve started taking sertraline to try and regulate my moods but it doesn’t seem to be doing much
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@howard I think if I’m worried, I could take a course of action and maybe go to the doctors or to a hairdresser that actually knows stuff about hair. That way I get get a second opinion from someone who isn’t going to just tell me what I want to hear. working on my confidence alongside that would also help but I’ve associated my confidence with my hair so I need to look at changing that.
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@howard yeah there’s a lot going on at the moment. but yeah I appreciate men also care about their hair which is valid. I think because it’s my hair I notice it more but yeah I have a tendency to obsess. I feel like my posts are usually productive but now I’ve had a minute to read the post back, I think this post was pretty pointless as I’m mostly asking for reassurance that‘s impossible to get. I just don’t want to add this to the cocktail of chaos that’s already happening in my life at the moment
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@Nolightleft I’m sorry to hear this. I’m also offering to listen if you need to speak to someone
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thistooshallpass1996 replied to Worto's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
@Worto i know you mentioned on my post you were struggling with this at the minute. It can seem scary because it feels real but we just need to remind ourselves it’s not and learn to let go of the thoughts more -
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thistooshallpass1996 replied to Worto's topic in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
@ocdjonesy i literally have this exact issue at the moment. I’m constantly monitoring my hair and on top of that I’m a woman in my late 20’s with ocd. maybe not the Hannibal part though -
I’m a 27 year old female so naturally my hair is important to me. I used to have thick hair and then when I was a stupid teenager I burnt it all off with bleach. It took a while for it to recover and was never quite the same. it got to a point where I was happy with it again, I had reassurance off boyfriends that it was fine and I just stayed away from dyeing it. I wouldn’t go to the hairdressers either. Recently I went on holiday to Greece and I was reading up on their water and how it’s harsher. I showered every day before going out in the evening, this included getting my hair wet. Some days it would be a quick rinse and other days it would be a proper wash. I was on holiday for a week. when I got back, I could see my hairline looked different. My hair looked thinner and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. All I could think is not This again. I’ve ruined my hair again. Now I can’t even look at photos of myself before the holiday because I’m terrified I’ll be able to see a difference. My confidence has dropped completely. I can’t work out if it’s in my head or if this is actually happening to me. Hoping someone can relate