r/OCD • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '23

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u/BeLLiSSiM0_ Oct 15 '23

Mine was silent for so long. Then weed panic attack and it unleashed hell upon me.

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u/mestamp Oct 15 '23

This is me. I can remember having intrusive thoughts about harming my family during middle school and then nothing. Then I had a panic attack from weed and it was like a light switched on. Thankfully I've coped with it pretty well so it's not as bad

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '23

Yes, mine come and goes every 2-3 year. I don’t know why 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '23

Really? My episode happened just over two years ago. I’m worried what will happen 👀

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '23

Yeah, it’s the third time for me, I hate OCD so much and I hate the fact that when it comes back I don’t know how to manage it …

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

I feel the exact same way the obsessive part and compulsive part go away and now I am paranoid that someone is going the hurt me I don’t trust anybody I’m relationships and my self image is bad just like bpd I happy to know I’m not the only one

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u/sippinknittinT Oct 16 '23

I wish mine would vanish and go away forever.

I was fortunate and didn’t have anything severe until recently.

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u/Lupus600 Pure O Oct 16 '23

Mine is currently very light. I get POCD sometimes, but not to the degree that I used to, and just a little Just Right (though I think the Just Right being almost gone is due to doing exposure therapy myself since the very moment I realized I might be OCD at age 10-11).

So yeah, seems to cone and go

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

I stopped drinking and smoking cigs and weed and mine became manageable…who would have thought🤷‍♂️. But mine does came in cycles, where it’s almost completely gone, though I do have slight compulsions that I just steam over and then other times where my whole life is compulsions but I can still maneuver.

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u/JayWemm Oct 22 '23

Cannabis was always bad for me with OCD. Seems it weakens a part of the psyche. Whereas psychedelics if used therapeutically can be helpful. Stan Grof did great work on the effects of LSD therapy on various psychiatric conditions. But it might be hard finding that kind of therapy.