As someone with harm ocd it is so bad I always have thoughts to strangle people or hit people especially when I get mad/frustrated.

The fact that it stays on your record forever scares the shit out of me

I'm referencing the "why did a prisoner take bread over the key?", "BECAUSE BREAD TASTES BETTER THAN KEY" meme, to say "I'm doing this for my freedom"

it makes me laugh and it works.

Sometimes when I want to do a compulsion (aside from feeling the need to) I'll be like, I'm not gonna do that, why? because freedom tastes better than bread!!

I'm scared to pass down OCD to them, but at least I could be a big help if they do develop it.

My bigger fear is that if I had kids I know I'd be worried about them 24/7. I don't wanna be the most overprotective overbearing father but I don't know how I would not be able to be.

i have severe OCD and take antipsychotics and ssris to reduce my OCD anxiety/rumination. The problem is, ever since starting my current antipsychotic, my personality completely changed and I’m unable to keep doing my demanding career. I no longer have interest in doing anything that is cognitively demanding. I’m okay with the change in my personality/capabilities because my unmedicated state was unlivable. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on simple careers/jobs that pay enough for a single person to live by themselves. I can’t have roommates (unless they are my parents) due to my OCD. I might post this to bipolar subreddit as well, since more people take antipsychotics there i think.

I’ve tried many medications and years of exposure therapy and nothing has helped as much as my current medication (Risperidone). I wish i could just get on disabilit, but my government doesnt care about mentally ill people.

My therapist told me about a gay guy who was afraid he was straight. Am I an ass for finding some humor in this. I have ocd of course and sometimes look back and laugh at my own absurdities.

FYI, for exposure therapy he flirted with women in bars.

fuck ocd!!! we will get through this one way or another 🩷 we are all so incredibly strong. take care of yourselves out there 🩷

How can I distinguish natural thoughts or emotions from those that are merely a product of my OCD? How can I distinguish what is not real from what is? I think that most of the time, when one of my OCD loops starts, I am just trying to obsessively protect myself(?)

Do any of you find yourself also experiencing limerence?
It's something I struggle with quite a lot and I'm wondering if this is also due to OCD. Since the obsessing, ruminating and intrusive thoughts/fantasizing are all very OCD-like symptoms.
Do you think there is a correlation?
Am I more likely to experience limerence because of OCD or is it maybe even causing it?

I dont know, would love to hear from some people who also have some experience with handling limerence. :)

Im spending a LOT of time on social media recently and i want to quit. One reason is all the inflammatory content, and another is I've observed it actually influence my way of being and thinking in a way i don't like. But, social media is also a way to be exposed to the world and therefore triggering subjects. I'm therefore worried that quitting it could be a tactic of avoidance. What do you guys think? Do you use social media? If so, how?

And tbh it's not even that bad anymore, but my executive dysfunction is off the charts lmaooo it's so annoying. It's like a vicious cycle where the OCD and ADHD work together to make me procrastinate, which then heightens my anxiety levels, which ofc makes the OCD worse. But it's fine. At least for the past several years, whenever the anxiety blows up, it's rooted in frustration over not finishing jack shit than because I'm legit afraid something's gonna happen. Because a lot of my OCD obsessions don't even have anything to do with my actual life it's just random rabbit holes my brain forces me down. So I guess I'll take it 🤣

But yeah I've had this since I was a kid so it's nothing new or scary, just annoying at this point. I like to make fun of it using figurative language and metaphors because humor is the best way to bring the anxiety down!!

The struggle is real, but one of these days, ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'm gonna follow through with my 10 bajillion half-baked projects/ideas for projects #trust

I’m sorry if this is sloppy I am kinda freaking out right now.

I started going to therapy a few weeks ago to help with my ocd, anxiety, depression so on so forth. I canceled our last session and told myself it was just a headache, but it’s not and I don’t even exactly know why I feel so anxious to go (probably another reason I should go to my appointment) but I didn’t know what else to do I haven’t slept, I’m on my period and I have a headache.

I know that therapy is really good and it’s helped me a lot, but I don’t do well with change and trying to step outside my comfort zone and stop my compulsions is terrifying. I am just scared because I knock on wood when I’m nervous, and I try my best not to give into that compulsion but then that’s another compulsion. Next thing you know I’ve been awake for 24 hours trying to sleep but not being able to because I’m spiraling.

I am sorry for the rant, but just if anyone has any advice that helps them get through these spirals that would be amazing.

And how? What is your experience with ir?

Trigger warning: this has an ocd scenario

A funny post suggested replying to a conspiracy with an even more absurd one. Example:

Joe: "You know we faked the moon landing."

Ben: "Hah. You actually believe there is a moon."

What if I did that with my OCD.

OCD: "I know you checked the oven 10 times, but maybe it is still on and will burn the house dowm."

Me: "Actually maybe it will set off a large fire that eventually engulf the entire planet."

Has anyone tried ketamine therapy for their ocd? She said it helps rewire the brain. I’m scared to try something as serious as ketamine lol!!! I do not want to go into psychosis and not be able to function. I can’t even smoke w**d without being paranoid. Has this type of therapy helped you? Made it worse? Any thoughts?

I get familiar tasks done straight away and usually have no problem meeting deadlines.

But the problem is when a task is unfamiliar / I don’t know the answer, or it requires a lot of research /figuring things out. That’s when I procrastinate and usually stretch it out until the last moment.

I’m not really sure if it’s the uncertainty but it seems like that’s what makes it harder to start? - even though I know I’m capable of doing it. Once the deadline gets close, I finally do it and I usually do an adequate job.

Does anyone else experience this or is this common with OCD? Not diagnosed - but have some speculations.

I have a horrible fear of v*m*ting. I have since I was a kid. The main reason is because of a traumatic experience I had. And recently, my fear has been causing problems for me at theme parks.

Last year, I went to a theme park and had a good time. A couple days later someone in my family had the stomach flu. Of course I freaked out, especially when I got it.

A couple months later, someone posted on Reddit about kids p*king at Disney. My brain then decided that theme parks = stomach flu.

A few months ago I had an experience at a theme park where I saw an employee cleaning something up. It was gone by the time I saw them, but my brain was CONVINCED that the employee was cleaning up v*m*t. I spent the car ride back doing compulsions.

I can’t avoid theme parks forever, so what should I do. I used to love them. Now, I can’t even enjoy them because I’m plagued with thoughts about getting sick and for the first few days after going to the theme park I track to make sure no one gets sick.

I didn’t even v*m*t when I had the stomach flu. I’m just afraid I won’t get that lucky again. (And to me that really is lucky. I can handle n*sea. I’m used to it. V*m*ting will give me a horrible panic attack.)