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ThomasOCD

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  1. Hi! I have ocd and other personality Disorders and my therapist wants me to do a ADHD tests because She thinks I also have ADHD.
  2. Hello, does anyone else have this scary ocd symptom? The more I get triggered, ocd makes me stop having an urge to do physical compulsion so the I get anxiety and question myself more „why I don’t feel the urge to do a compulsion when the trigger is so strong? It probably means I like it” it gives me so much emotional pain.
  3. Hello, I have this problem whenever I have intrusive thoughts or I ruminate about stabbing someone (harm ocd) or kissing someone (hocd/pocd) after that thought I get intrusive memories, and feelings that are associated to this memories. For example I think of harming someone and then right after that I get a memory and feeling of some place that I felt good in, and I know it gives me anxiety like false attraction, You get attracted feeling and it gives You mental discomfort/anxiety.
  4. Why ocd makes me feel like I enjoy groinal responses and thoughts when I check to see if I won't get aroused by them, there is no physical arousal at all. But my ocd makes me belive that I like enjoy this thoughts and groinal responses. It gives me anxiety and mental discomfort
  5. I was doing compulsion which I thought I was doing erp at the begining on my own. I was creating groinal responses to a thought of having a climax to someone that triggers me, and while I was doing it I was trying not to react. I tried to disregard be like "whatever, I have this feeling it means nothing". Then while having intimidate moment and in the middle of real climax I had intrusive thought of doing this compulsion and I had this urge/feeling for a second like yeah it's a perfect moment why not and I realised it's a real climax and I was trying to disregard but this scared me so much and gave me more urges so I had to stop. My anxiety is really high.
  6. Do erp, it will help You forsure, find some good therapist
  7. @Summer9173Not at all, first day or two was a bit wierd because I was anxious if I'm going to fall a sleep or not, but I did fall a sleep with no problem. I was taking 12,5 mg. The lowest dose produced was 25mg, I was taking only half of a tablet. Quetapine is a antipsychotic,it used from problems such as bipolar, major depression to ocd and anxiety it's really safe people take this medication in doses up to 800mg. My dose was 12,5mg just to fall a sleep easier, no addiction and less intrusive thoughts
  8. I was prescribed quetiapine, in the lowest doses for about a month which also helps in OCD, it helped me a lot with sleeping issues. I only used it for a month. Now I have no problem falling a sleep. Now I only use escitalopram 15mg as my main tablets (SSRI) before sleep.
  9. It's typical OCD intrusive thoughts and urges, the percentage of possibility of this happening is 0%. You start to think about sexual assault because you are confused and You are trying to figure this out, we as a human beings are problem solvers. If You think that this would be fine to do this things and move on it's just thoughts, you know you feel bad about it so nothing bad is going to happen. Thoughts are not actions. Go outside, let the anxiety and thoughts be and it is going to go away this is the best way to make this go away
  10. I use esctalopram here in Poland (lexapro) I started with 5mg then 10 mg now I'm on 15mg and it helps me for about 70% of my ocd. Maybe You should change the dosage before changing meds ? For insomia you should get some another meds for first few weeks, but what's the point of changing meds just to get more meds. Speak with Your doctor, tell him/her how you feel about it.
  11. Does anyone else have intrusive urges to do things to make sure you don't want to act on them or that you are not aroused etc ? For example today I had an urge to what a scene of a movie that triggers me, so I watched to make sure that I was not aroused, or sometimes I watch a scene that involves harm so I can make sure that I won't hurt anyone
  12. @Bismah OCD-UK Volunteer Thank You for these tips @dgold44Sometimes yes, but it's more like mental discomfort which is the worst but also anxiety ,groinal responses, guilt and shame
  13. Hello, does anyone know how to beat false attraction ? I'm currenlty doing erp on my own, I look at a trigger and I try not to react. My session lasts 1 hour a day
  14. I'm seeing my therapist from time to time, I wanted to try to get rid of this obsession on my own
  15. Hello, I have been having a problem, few days ago I saw a picture of a man that was transformed into a woman. It reall triggers me, my eyes see a woman but I know it's a man and this gives me false attraction, mental discomfort and anxiety. Everytime I look at myself in the mirror, especially when I look into my eyes , it's really wierd. I check if I have erection and I check what I feel, if I like it or not. I know it's just OCD easy to say, but does anyone have any tips how to overcome this type of OCD ? ? What I do, I try not to check but then I get intrusive thoughts and false attraction even more. I tried to do erp by looking at myself in the mirror and I try not to react to this thoughts and let them be. I even bring this thoughts myself and I try not to react to them. Is this enough ? Is this going to help get over this obsession ? ?
  16. @Chirpy I used to have this as well, it made me affraid of having schizofrenia. When I saw something with the corner of my eyes I thought I was having hallucinations. I started to check every sound if anyone else heard those sounds. Pareidolia was the worst because I saw faces in objects, my therapist told me that this is because of anxiety and nothing to worry about. Sometimes it happens to me when I am anxious but nothing to be affraid of, once I realised that it started to disappear.
  17. @PolarBear You know what I did with this picture? ERP everyday I'm looking at it and I resist my compulsions and I can see it getting better everyday.
  18. Hi, I have been trriggered by a picture and I don't know what to do. I saw a picture of a man wgo looks like a woman with make up and everything. I realised that this is a man but when I see it my brain keeps bringing this unwanted feelings that this is a woman and it makes me anxious, I feel gulit and worry, does this make me gay ?
  19. I have OCD and OCPD and I have hoarding problem, with colognes, shaving and beard equipment also with mjolnirs and other norse jewerly.
  20. I didn't want to take meds for at least 10 years, now I know this was a worst idea I had because my ocd developed and I went down the rabbit hole. Now I'm on 15mg Escitalopram for about 4 months now and I wish I took it when it all started. It was the best idea to take them. It takes about 3-6 weeks before You feel the diference, I felt it in third week.
  21. Best if You quit drinking, because Alcohol drops your seratonine level ?
  22. @VeryblueChange your psychiatrist and therapist and tell them how you feel, how this hurted you even more because of wrong diagnosis. I know its hard to look for good therapists in UK. Here in Poland we have really good psychiatrists and therapists
  23. Hi ! I see You are doing better ? Your brother need time to recover himself before he can be with family so it's best for him to get some peace with professional help. I used to think about going back to awful emotions and obsessions too, but they are long gone. Now I see them as demons I defeated and there is no point of leting them come again. Besides I understand those emotions and feelings that caused me to have so much problems that I am not affraid of them, so this keeps me away from them. It's like with panic attacks the more you think of them because you are affraid, they are going to comeback, but once you understand that you are no longer affraid of them there is less chance that they will come back. Understand them or if you need help to understand them, get some good therapist to help you. Keeping positive and not looking back at this moments is the best way to stay healthy. You should get more involved in Your hobbies and social life and thing will change for better. ? And of course don't forget about our ocd community
  24. @melody I agree with @PolarBear CBT is the key. I have suffered from this as well, even when I was falling a sleep my subconscious was still checking my breath and heart rate. Then I realised that when I fall a sleep my breath gets shallow and my heart rate drops and this natural and this is how its supposed to be. I even used to wake up in panic trying to catch my breath and checking my pulse quite often whn it was totally dark, trust me it was a nightmare. Therapy and medication helped me to get rid of this obsession. The more he is going to check his heart the more selective attention he is going to put on his heart and OCD is going to trick him that something is going on with his heart. Does he have any hobbies? maybe You should help him get more into them to occupy his mind. In addition he is going to feel more loved if you show him support like this, so his obsession can go away and get him to start CBT which is going to help him.
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