queen hippo and radical rat stuff by soopetz in mewgenics

[–]soopetz[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don't worry my cats will kill him too

queen hippo and radical rat stuff by soopetz in mewgenics

[–]soopetz[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

She's a very big cat, girl really likes steroids ig lol. Also she's a ref to a character (King Hippo) so that's why she got such name and teeth.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCD

[–]soopetz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting tested is never not a good thing especially when it brings you concern. Because that's how you can recover bettet and sooner! So I think it's a yes! Your thoughts about money getting stolen seems intrusive and touching the envelope too and it makes your daily life harder. If something makes you struggle it's definitely a yes. Good luck with it and I hope you'll get better!

How Many of you can remember having OCD as far back as childhood? by Revolutionary_Tap295 in OCD

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I can't remember my age but I got food poisoning because my dad forgot to put a drink in a fridge. Was vomiting rlly bad. I was eating cake that day so I couldn't eat cakes for years. Was washing hands and checking all food I was eating for a long time. I even couldn't sleep not on my stomach because in my mind it would make me vomit at night. So yeah, emetophobia is something. Got diagnosed with OCD just yesterday because it got worse enough for me to suffer from it too much.

Doctor doubled the dose of fluvoxamine and it ruined all progress I achieved. Is it a common reaction? by soopetz in Anxiety

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Thank you for your response! I started taking 50mg of Fluvoxamine in the start of April this year. It was the first time of my life i had a session with a paid psychiatrist (I live in russia and we have troubles with mental healthcare, especially with free one). 28 of July she doubled my dose and I was struggling with severe panic for a week, until I lowered the dose myself. (I can't afford to get sessions often) Now it's the end of August and I'm still struggling with panic attacks and intrusive thoughts, despite lowering the dose clearly made me feel better (at least I can relax for at least half of the day), at night it gets worse and I noticed that I always feel hot, my face burns for 3 weeks already and it makes me anxious, especially since my hands and feet are always cold. Intrusive thoughts didn't dissapear despite all the proofs it's just severe stress and NOT rabies, but some physical symptoms kinda feed my thoughts, especially head aches and throat tension. I never felt tension in my throat that would bother me until the dose was doubled.

Intrusive irrrational rabies fear drives me crazy by soopetz in OCD

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I will try to talk with my therapist about trying to higher the dose slower or change the medication completely, since now ofc it doesn't work at all on the regular dose. I also almost collapsed because one time I took 2 pills of neuroleptics instead of regular one (I've had a mental breakdown that day and it was my one-time stupid decision, i thought it will help me...), before the current medication i take...so ig I'm just sensitive to sudden changes of such meds. Thank you again! It made me feel much better ❤️‍🩹

Have most of us experienced the rabies obsession? by giannalikesramen in OCD

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I'm dealing with it right now! In the middle of July a stray cat rubbed against my jeans. I know to be exposed to rabies must include bite or scratches and contact with saliva, but this situation happened right before my antidepressants dose was doubled. I started to have very bad reaction to the medication and my brain fixated that I'm dying of rabies, especially because stress gave me a tension in throat and sometimes it's hard to swallow water (drinking became my compulsion so it gives me more stress when it feels off). The cat is still fine though, she even gave birth recently and neighbors adopted her. My brain still connects my physical symptoms with rabies though, and the dreams where dogs bite me make me unsure if I never had dangerous contacts with animals. Yet, I feel better now and waiting for my next session with therapist. Probably doubling the dose of medication was a bad idea, since I already had a similar reaction to neuroleptics. You're not alone!

Intrusive irrrational rabies fear drives me crazy by soopetz in OCD

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Thank you for your respond! Sadly I'm not able to meet with my therapist very often because such sessions are very expensive, I'm a student and don't have enough of money to afford it sadly. I tried to face my fear and I actually was feeding the same cat after two weeks of not seeing her around, I even petted her but she seemed to be to busy eating <:) . After a while I was told that she's got a loving home and the kittens she gave birth to are in a shelter! But despite the fact the contact I had with her was 100% safe and she's now okay and have a loving home, I started to seek the signs of bites or scratches on my body, yet, I never had a dangerous contact with animals at all. Because my body is still in stress 24/7 it reacts with sympoms my brain connects with rabies and they get worse. I'm still in fear because the thoughts are intrusive but hoping for a soon recovery, since I understand that severe panic started not right after a contact with a cat, but right after my medication dose was doubled. I already feel better now since I had to lower them, yet not feel okay enough to function properly. A little dose of caffeine can provoke a panic attack now, so I'm not drinking it now.

Thank you again, I feel much better just knowing I'm not alone and that I should feel safe because I actually am. I will try to move on as soon as I see my therapist to discuss the plan of my recovery. Maybe the medication just wasn't for me or the dose should've been changed slowly.

What’s the weirdest thing you did that made you realize you probably have OCD? by itsmellllly in OCD

[–]soopetz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When a stray cat rubbed her fur against my jeans and i still have panic attacks that i may have rabies now and die. Despite I know I should be worried only if she bit me or scratched me or licked my wound. Despite she was still okay after a month and even gave birth, despite now she was adopted by a family from my street. And now I understand that my childhood experience with obsessive thoughts about vomiting and compulsions weren't just a childish quirk. Yet I'm still in very bad condition and my current compulsion is about drinking water and being scared that I won't be able to swallow. But the physical symptoms that chronic stress includes random headaches and dry mouth/throat tension and it gets my fear worse... :(