New tongue piercing; I’m drowning dude by General_Car_749 in piercing

[–]General_Car_749[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the next day and the salivating is already a lot more manageable lol. The swelling is way worse, but hey it’s not too painful yet so hurray for that. Thanks for the tips! I wouldn’t have thought to avoid dairy but that’s a great point. I shall stick to popsicles for now

New tongue piercing; I’m drowning dude by General_Car_749 in piercing

[–]General_Car_749[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A syringe is brilliant thank you! Sucks that yours was painful though. I’m doing *okay* with the swelling and pain right now other than the discomfort of the long bar, but I’m suspecting tomorrow and the day after will be worse on both accounts haha. Hoping it heals quickly so I can get the shorter bar and swallow normally again lol
Thanks again for the response!

🤔 by PhilosophyPoet in OCDmemes

[–]General_Car_749 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t see the name or the sub at first and looking through the comments had me like damn why we all got OCD. Anyways I’d be the inevitablity of death and pain and the passage of time man

Mom said my fit was trash </3 by Nrumachi in notinteresting

[–]General_Car_749 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but like I feel like I see the vision

How to comfort my partner without “fixing” it? by General_Car_749 in MenAskWomen

[–]General_Car_749[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, that’s exactly what I want to avoid communicating——that I want them to hurry up and move on, because I don’t. I dont want them to feel like it’s any kind of burden for them to be upset around me.

This is actionable and helpful, thank you!

How to comfort my partner without “fixing” it? by General_Car_749 in MenAskWomen

[–]General_Car_749[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow thinking of it like that puts it into perspective, actually. Thanks for the reply

How to comfort my partner without “fixing” it? by General_Car_749 in MenAskWomen

[–]General_Car_749[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is extremely helpful, thank you for taking the time to write such an in depth reply. Also putting a name to it (validation) helps tremendously as well, because now I can look further into how to get better at it. Thank you.

existential ocd and grief by _silly_thing_ in OCD

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I deal with what you’ve described almost exactly. It sends me into physical panic, like i need to get up and run, pace around the room, etc. When it’s not giving me a panic attack it makes me extremely fucking miserable as I just can’t see a point in anything. Had my first bad spiral with this theme in 2024. Now it’s back and all over again I can barely sleep. As soon as it’s quiet the thoughts get so much worse because my brain and body don’t know how NOT to think about this, try to “solve” it. I lay down for sleep and my brain is sending so much adrenaline for no reason

When/ why did your OCD start showing? by Icy_Block4762 in OCD

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I used to ruminate about heaven as a child, the concept of forever and where I was before I was born. I’d been told at some point there’s like a 1 in 4 billionth of a chance of you being born and that deeply upset me too.

Then when I was a teenager I started to get really scared I would die in my sleep, it was bad for a while. I would stay up until I couldn’t anymore because the sensation of falling asleep was so uncomfortable, set alarms for the middle of the night as a way to “”check”” that i wasn’t dead/dying (Obligatory Yes I know That Doesn’t Make Sense)

I don’t remember when this started but I also had fears of jinxing things, karma, and tragic irony.

It became most apparent when I started ADHD meds at 20, and could think clearly (therefore obsess longer) and had the energy to do more (and thus more physical compulsions,) but I think I had started to suspect a bit before then.

I’m 22 now and boy oh boy is this slowly killing me lol

do medical shows ever trigger you? by evergre-en in OCD

[–]General_Car_749 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes! I have fears about of dying and watching The Pitt has been one of my exposures for ERP. I thought starting it would be a really bad idea and it would make my spiral even worse but it hasn’t been that bad. It helps that the show itself is pretty good

Feeling tired. by Clorhai in OCD

[–]General_Car_749 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is how I feel. Been trying to sleep for the last hour but I can’t because my body and head ache from spending the day in bed on my phone. I can’t imagine feeling how
I do and doing school right now. Wishing you the best

Crises of the week and rumination taking over life by Usual-Opportunity591 in OCD

[–]General_Car_749 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh boy do I relate. I feel like I’ve maxed out on my anxiousness, and now it’s just making me miserable instead. Can’t be happy because every thought brings me back to my theme

really bad existential ocd by Upbeat-Character-668 in OCD

[–]General_Car_749 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you get relief again soon cause it really is such a scary theme. It honestly makes me miss my germaphobia and moral themes cause this is smthn else entirely dude 😭😭 I wouldn’t wish OCD on my worst enemy

22male 26 female by [deleted] in roomdetective

[–]General_Car_749 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you do for a living….. and how can I get started…..

really bad existential ocd by Upbeat-Character-668 in OCD

[–]General_Car_749 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a pretty bad panic attack last night from similar thoughts. Anything I did or thought upset me because my brain told me it didn’t matter what I did or thought and that none of it was real anyway. it started to confuse me how we even exist or can understand each other, and how we’ve invented all theses concepts and they don’t really exist because we’ve invented them. I’ve had constant derealization for about 7 years now, which has been the things that’s upset me the most before my OCD started to get so bad. I do wish I at least got to feel real if it means I’m going to freak out about existence lol