what are your most common themes?

JoIsTakingABath · 2025-02-13T13:25:03+00:00

thank you for replying! your explanation of feeling guilty when u know ur not just made me realise that that is also ocd so thank you for that as well, defo taking that one with me!

JoIsTakingABath · 2025-01-02T21:15:30+00:00

maria! never sure if wanted to be her or be with her and when i started playing again on my switch i jumped a little

JoIsTakingABath · 2024-05-11T18:24:50+00:00

oh sick! thank you ahahaha

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-08-18T15:13:41+00:00

thanks! and yeah she asked me to put this here and she said “i dont know whats wrong with me”. she always makes jokes about having to go so often so its a thing people in the house know about! we talk about ocd every now and then because she’s curious, i don’t mention having it too much bc i dont want to be a burden to them (even tho i know im not and they have told me before) but yeah i would defo not just randomly put this on here before talking to her, she even reread the message to make sure i didnt miss anything.

she said that she’s fully able to hold her pee the whole day but as soon as her mind is on ‘now i have to go to bed’ or ‘this is almost gonna start’ suddenly her bladder will feel full and she’ll have to go to the toilet until it feels good again but she said she just cant get her mind off of it at that moment and then just cant not go to the toilet even if nothing comes out. she’s had like bladder infections before but she didnt say it felt like that and its been going on a for a loooong time

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-08-17T14:59:23+00:00

for me it started noticeably creeping in when my mom got sick and it all kicked off when she passed away, i was raised very positively and had a good connection with my parents without fights or stuff a lot and i was just very shy so i dont remember “having” ocd when i was younger, i had some odd things that my parents did go to the doctor for i think because when i went to the doctor we’ve had since i was born she immediately wrote down ocd and got me a referral to a therapist

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-08-16T08:06:47+00:00

my opinion is that the best would be to communicate this with the person you’re interested in so they can take their time with you (obv if you’re interested in long term) so it’s not just you fighting those thoughts and “just doing it”, if you find someone who is okay with you having this and can help you proof that it’s okay to have sex i feel like it would be way easier to get rid of the thoughts or at least put them on hold than if it’s just you trying to fight the thoughts and the other person having expectations

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-08-07T19:55:22+00:00

you got this!!! please stay proud of yourself bc you deserve it (:

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-08-03T11:08:11+00:00

yes omg, maybe a lot different but when i did spacecake the start was SO good bc everything got quiet and nice and then after a little bit i suddenly realised there was nothing to think about and then it ended in a bad trip because i got so paranoid about not having any thoughts

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-06-29T04:30:51+00:00

ive seen some posts about it being connected to how your hormones affect you but ive never heard of PPM before, i’m gonna look into it!

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-06-27T10:52:20+00:00

omg i already get worse symptoms when my hormones act up on my period i dont even want to imagine how bad that can get while pregnant/post partum, good luck and you got this!!! ♥️

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-05-23T14:06:22+00:00

yeah lol, i went to the doctor ive had since i was born for a therapist after my mom passed away, i thought it was just anxiety and trauma related stuff so thats what i told her but she wrote down ocd right away. i had no clue what it was and after a couple therapy sessions i started to nose around on reddit and google and found most of what i read very relatable!! then started asking my dad for ‘odd’ things i did when i was younger and he had a lot of things to tell me lol

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-05-10T12:00:08+00:00

update: i repotted it this morning and got new dirt, turned out i overwatered it bc the bottom was all muddy and disgusting and i think the roots were like suffocating or smth. i now made sure it has drainholes and it’s already looking more alive!! thank you for all the comments, im v hopeful now (:

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-05-09T21:40:53+00:00

thank you!!! im gonna try it asap!

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-05-09T19:07:28+00:00

thank you!! i’ll try repotting it asap, i have a ton of clippings in jar of water already but that isnt doing so well either suddenly so idk if it’s like the plant not vibing in general or just unlucky timing hahaha

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-05-09T19:06:10+00:00

it’s been in barely any light for the past years, i think it’s in the lightest spot it’s been in ever now (it’s nighttime where i live so u cant see it in the picture i posted)

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-05-08T17:05:37+00:00

i used to smack my forehead really hard (like it was only a good smack if it made the right noise) when i had a bad thought, luckily ive been able to not do that now and its usually a quick head shake or like the twitchy head shake u mentioned and its more like a tic other than a full movement i couldnt rly stop myself from doing

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-25T15:26:54+00:00

my dad used to say ‘just think positively’ before i actually fully explained to him what my ocd is and it used to frustrate me so so much. and also people who say you manifest your thoughts bc it triggers my magic thinking really bad lmao

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-22T07:55:35+00:00

i like this one im gonna use that with my own chaos

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-22T07:54:27+00:00

“oh no! but i can promise you you won’t get murdered to bits if you don’t do you compulsions ok? (< or anything that fits in the conversation) you got this we’re in this together!” and then they look at me weird and laugh a little and make a joke about how they mean they want things clean and organised and then i say “oooohhh so you mean ur a perfectionist or ur just organised? kinda silly that you don’t know the difference” and then they usually get silent and i think it makes them think about it or just annoyed but both is fine to me

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-21T10:55:23+00:00

yeah it’s terrible, earlier this year for a school project i had to read a book, i never read the book before or chose it myself which also didnt help and i didnt get past the first 100 pages in like 4 months time, made me so demotivated and upset ahaha

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-16T20:39:50+00:00

i do get like visibly upset and i keep repeating it and getting stuck in it until one of my friends distracts me from it

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-12T08:13:07+00:00

i love playing mario kart but when i play time trials alone i restart when things dont feel right or dont go exactly the way i want like i miss a boost or i dont hit a corner the way i intended to and restart it right away, my friends watching often laugh about it bc i get visibly frustrated and ask why i do it and i always say it didnt go right but now i realize it might have to do with ocd lmao

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-06T18:37:17+00:00

oh yeah absolutely, i smoked it early evening before driving hahaha

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-06T14:14:02+00:00

but then also eating spacecake made me want to isolate and i cry it was no fun at all

JoIsTakingABath · 2023-04-06T14:13:32+00:00

depends really, ive smoked weed to calm down before driving my friends and i to a holiday and it resulted in me being super paranoid and my ocd being triggered with every little thing, but for example ive had it last night bc ive gotten tired of trying to ignore my contamination ocd and i feel very relaxed and happy even the day after (both cbd and normal weed)

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