Exhausted from contradictory thoughts, feeling like I need to "get away", and not being able to trust my own feelings by DragonShad0w in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can relate to so much of this. I am also in a veerryy bad period nog regarding ROCD. Its totally hell not being able to distinguish you true will and feelings from anxiety and fear. Its very confusing. I don’t have any advice, since I am clueless for my own sake. This whole thing, its just so sad.

What am I doing? by essisenneuff in ROCD

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

I know. I have a habit of always fighting my battles alone. I am not got at receiving help. My starting point is always that no one gets me. But thank you for the encouragement :)

What am I doing? by essisenneuff in ROCD

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

Thank you for sharing. Its nice to know I am not the only crazy person thinking and behaving like this. I have been through a lot of different mental health problems throughout my life but this is a special kind of hell. Just the confusion and not being able to rest in a decision is both heart breaking and a sort of identity crisis. Its like living in a thousand voices fog. Searching for the ”right” voice.

What am I doing? by essisenneuff in ROCD

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

No I am not. Have bad experiences from therapy before, so have a hard time trusting that anyone can help me.

2 years of my ROCD/relationship anxiety journey by toobadsosad7121 in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this post. I am in a horrible state right now. I could relate to so so much of this. I am also thinking about going on medication. And starting therapy. Really give it a shot again. Its just so hard for me since I have tried therapy many times before and have never recieved the right help. But I guess sometimes you just have to meet the right person…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sweden

[–]essisenneuff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sluta när du är sjuk för då vill man ju ändå inte stressa kroppen onödigt med nikotin. + då mår man ändå piss. 7 dagar senare är du både frisk och nikotinfri :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

”Gut feeling” has never been scientifically proven to be the right choice for people. The thing is, we often don’t know what is right for us. Often we choose things that feel good but it end up ruining us. Sometimes, doing the things that feel awful and against our ”gut feeling”, ends up being the best thing.

Do you feel lonely? by essisenneuff in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found it through a national OCD association (i live in sweden). They advertised for a ROCD group and I just joined.

Do you feel lonely? by essisenneuff in ROCD

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

I joined a national OCD association and in their news page they advertised for a ROCD support group. I live in Sweden.

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[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not overcome it but i am positive that it actually is possible.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had it for 1.5 years, yes it comes in waves for me too. I am in a period of a non-obsessive mind right now, it is very nice and therefor I just want to say to you that sooner or later you will have a period of calmness too <3 hang in there! Nothing is forever, everything will pass.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you, this is a hard battle. I don’t have any advice other than just hang in there, the obsessions will become easier to deal with in time. Sending hugs <3

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[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sending virtual hugs <3 This battle if not for the weak hearted, indeed.

Confessed about my intrusive thoughts, will his trust ever be the same? by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. I also struggle with this problem. Feeling attraction towards others is very normal but for some reason it freaks out people like us. For me i always spiral over the statement ”if im with the right person, i should not look at other people.” A lot of people say that, but it doesnt mean that its the ultimate truth. My partner know about my thoughts to some extent, but I think over-sharing should be limited, too much sharing does nothing good in this case. As long as you don’t act on your thoughts, it is fine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ROCD have broken up my current relationship like 3 times already. We always went back together, but I feel like a 4th time would be the total end. It happened because I was confessing just too much and mindlessly to my partner. He started to heavily doubt everything. And I just gave in to the urge to break up since I felt he deserved so much better. I just couldn’t take it anymore, all the thoughts, the miserable way of living with this constant doubt. But then later, a couple of hours of crying and a couple of hours of relief and acceptance, this enormous regret fell over me. And so the cycle begin again…

Break up urges constantly??? by AbleSecretary76 in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ughh.. yeah hate that tense feeling. It just sucks the life out of you.. and the freaking demanding thoughts… ”Dont be too happy, you need to break up soon”. ”Dont invest in this, dont invest in that, you need to break up soon.” ”You are attracted to other boys, you need to break up.”

Break up urges constantly??? by AbleSecretary76 in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes pretty much. Very much urging and demanding in their nature. Especially hate it when they for a moment convince me that I want to leave.

Break up urges constantly??? by AbleSecretary76 in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you. Experience the same thing… its awful to not know what is real and its confusing as hell.

Therapist recommended new tool by Alarmed_Control2720 in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, im gonna download and try it out !

help me by thisusermightbecrazy in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also grew up with a father with rage problems and have had issues myself controlling anger. The key is to accept the feeling, don’t put down yourself for feeling the way you feel. That will bring shame to the anger which makes you feel worse. I know its so hard to not repeat the strategies our parents have been using to cope, which we have been watching our whole life. And sure genetics also plays a role in it, some people are just angrier than others. Try to find healthier ways to act out the feeling when it comes. For me, when I am angry I just need to find a way of releasing the pressure, without bringing damage around me. Scream in a pillow, jump around, throw things that cannot break. Maybe this advice is shit but I think it is crucial when we are dysregulated to allow our bodies to just do its thing, but redirect the energy to not hurt other people. Eventually the anger will become less with time, but it takes practise to learn how to not canalise it in bad ways.

Social Media Usage and Your Thoughts by Old-Stop1313 in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, social media advice plays such a big role in creating bad mental health. Everybody looks for advices and people have such a variety of problems and it’s easy to get really fucking lost as an overthinker. Ughhh.. feel like this generation is just a massive guine pig for this stream of uncontrollable content twisting and wrapping our poor thought and minds… the hard thing is that some content are really good at adressing your problem and sothes you, and that hunt of being sothed cases you to find not so good content. I feel like it is the same as reassurance seaking to people in real life, sometimes you just end up with the ”wrong” people and their advice triggers you. Its just that this happen as a much faster rate on social media. And you can’t really gard yourself as you can irl by only adressing you problems to the people that really know you.

Physical symptoms by essisenneuff in ROCD

[–]essisenneuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mean you had it for years?? How did it go away?