CAH_05 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi everyone, although I have been doing slightly better the last month or 2 I am still not we’re I want to be. hearing the news of Caroline Flack over the weekend made me incredibly sad. It’s truely an awful thing that has happened to this poor woman over the past few months and my heart breaks for her and her family. i knew my ocd would be triggered as soon as I heard it as suicide is my theme. I have tried to not engage but today I feel myself slipping. I keep looking for differences and similarities between myself and her. I can’t stop thinking about her and it’s just everywhere at the minute, the news, social media, tv, people talking about it. So I have tried to treat it as an exposure but I am starting to struggle. any advise on what to do at this moment? I feel really down and anxious Link to comment
PolarBear Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Stay away from Google, the news and social media. If you are constantly reading about this story, it is a compulsion and it is making your situation worse. Link to comment
BelAnna Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Me too! I wasn't at first- I just felt sad for her but I had some intrusive thoughts about suicide after a really bad day (and I have never felt truly suicidal I've only had OCD about suicide) and now it's playing into some of my other OCD! Hope you're okay! Remember this is an OCD fear and it doesn't mean anything. Link to comment
CAH_05 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Thank you both for your replies. i can see the pattern here. I have been triggered and have started looking for similarities and the rumination is in full force. It can just feel so real sometimes. also my anxiety is mild/moderate at the moment and that is causing backdoor spikes. Like I’ve de sensitised myself to the idea of suicide and therefore I am going to start thinking it’s ok. any advise for this? Link to comment
Bewildered again Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I was triggered by this aswell Link to comment
PolarBear Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 My advice for this is the same for all forms of OCD. Work very hard yo stop your compulsions and get on with your life. Link to comment
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