Jan111

Hey @Hw19865 you sound like me! I got covid over Christmas and the OCD came flooding back! And the anxiety and depression. I would really recommend medication. I’ve never been one to take medication but almost feel like I can feel it working this time round and I’ve gone from not wanting to be here to feeling a lot better. Then the thoughts start it’s like my head just kicks them away x

Hey @Summer9173 glad it helped! I’m on them tablets too and they can also make you hallucinate. I try to take the in the morning will give the calm app a try! A podcast I love on Spotify is ‘let’s talk about mental health’ also don’t drink caffeine before bed xx

@ThomasOCDthat description is anxiety.

Hey @Summer9173 I always say this but my fave quote is ‘you make life hard by always being in your head. Life is simple. Get out of your head and into the moment’. when you get the thoughts in your head try saying that quote over and over and then get up and do something for yourself like make a drink or put a face mask on. we all do things we aren’t proud of and it’s the fact you aren’t proud Of it that shows you’re a good person. We all do things in the past we may regret but another quote I like is ‘we don’t make mistakes we only make positive accidents’ so you did this thing but it’s taught you isn’t something you like and it’s not your character as it’s something that is causing you distress. Let it go

@Cora if you told yourself you liked them why were you so upset and distressed? Because you aren’t a bad person. Your a person suffering with OCD. You need to get up and start the day. Play an uplifting podcast, do one thing for your self care, have a healthy breakfast. Start the day right. Get out of your head and into the moment.

Hey summer! Have you tried going to sleep with an uplifting podcast on?

Offload all you want to me @KaTiee your never alone and writing does help! I’m glad stopping the medication has helped your other health conditions. It’s a shame they can’t find something that will help our ocd and not affect you in other ways. I take fluoxetine and last time round I wasn’t sure if it was the tablets helping or just me. But this time I know for sure I have a serotonin problem and the tablets have helped my ocd. I seen mind last time this happened to me and they where so helpful so that will be great for you!! I agree with this!! No one round me really knows what ocd is I think. I didn’t until it happened to me. It’s honestly mad and it’s crazy how little we are educated in it. At the moment I’m doing okay. A few weeks ago i just wanted to not live anymore but I’m doing loads to try better myself. How are you feeling now?

Hey @Bmat94 That sounds really tricky. I had a thought like this once and I know it might not help but the amount of distress the thought bought me new I wouldn’t harm anyone. if you did something to hurt someone else would you really feel so anxious and distressed about it? You just wouldnt do it in the first place if that makes sense? Say you think you punched someone and the thought is absolutely killing you. Do you really think you’d do it and then feel so worried wondering if you did do it? Our minds are tricky places and they literally take over us but I think deep down you know you haven’t done anything and if you are going back to check then you know yourself you didn’t because why would you need to check? But the checking is going to worsen the thoughts. are you on any anti depressants if you don’t mind me asking?

Hey @KaTiee im so sorry you are really struggling at the moment. I really feel your pain. If you don’t mind me asking are you on any anti depressants?

Hey @Catherine X You now have me to talk to! Never feel alone because you aren’t. Drop me a message on here and we can just chat everything will be okay you’ll get through this x

Hey @Bmat94 Hope you’re okay? may I ask what it was you went back and checked? you’re not alone x

Hey! @KaTiee But look though even though it’s terrifying you still did it and you should be proud of yourself. Think of the little wins in your day when these not so great thought pop in to your head. oh yeah 100%!! It gets you when you are alone. I’m the exact same. It comes back when we have isolation or lock downs. I seen a quote the other day thought. ‘Get out of your head and into the moment’ so every time I have an intrusive thought or something that doesn’t please me I say that quote over and over and go and do something! Whether it be make a drink or read a page of a book. Anything no matter how small. Give it a go also with you worrying so much I would suggest saying that quote to yourself and thinking you are safe. You can’t spend your days worrying about what might happen you have to just enjoy each day like it’s your last. here if you need to talk xxx

Hey @KaTiee did you manage to leave the house though to take your daughter?

Hey, @thistooshallpass1996 this is me to a T!!! I can do fine for a year and not even be bothered by the thought and then wham! Out of nowhere it consumes me again. Do you take antidepressants?

Hey Lewis! I’m the exact same. I wake up awful and feel a lot better by night. I think maybe it’s the worry of knowing we have another full day ahead of us. But we got through yesterday and we will get through today.