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This happens to me so often. Just last week this happened to me and after my depressive episode my ocd was so bad and it’s a horrible cycle to be in
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There’s another spectrum for people with mental illnesses, it’s mental fortitude. When people have it it seems like they can’t fathom other people not having it. What I mean by mental fortitude is how one can persist through those mental challenges, and getting over them. I think this fortitude discrepancy could cause that toxic positivity you spoke. I’m mostly speculating here but I think that the mentality is like “since I can overcome it so can you and everyone else”.
I think this effect compounds with the fact the people are mortified of others even feeling a resemblance of sadness, with mental health problems. But the fact is a majority of mental health problems inherently lead to sadness. I think it’s better to realize the sadness, and not overdosing on copium.
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Felt this one. Just a week ago my mom said the "reason I have OCD" is because I'm not christian. It really hurts to have your experiences and issues belittled like this. You don't need Jesus, you need support. I hope someone gives it to you, if not your mom. Keep your head up
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Can't I clap instead? I don't like this version of the song.
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Yes to all of them! I would add mood swings, poor impulse control and hyperfixations
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Mine was always a troll that constantly yelling in my head. I like yours though. You’re a great artist! :)
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My dumb brain read “erectile dysfunction” so I was very curious as to how doing chores around the house is difficult 😂
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this literally happened to me last night and i cried for 4 hours 😎
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Holy cow this happened so much in high school. I'd be walking through the halls and I had to dedicate at least half the passing period to checking myself for if I said something that played in my head so vividly.
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I’ve seen you in body mods, cool to see you are a fellow OCD-sufferer! (Well not cool but you know what I mean..)
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Ocd makes me think im a brain dead moron for making a simple mistake.
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What sucks is, if I think of something "negative" when i wake up, before anything else, the day is tainted and I cant do anything. I have to be sure to run through my."positive" thoughts the second my eyes open or my day is ruined
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Yep, this has been me for the last week or so.
It originally started with me getting worried about having headaches pretty regularly (literally half of my family has a history of sinus headaches/migraines), which I took to mean I had a brain tumor. Just as I was getting over that, I had an eye exam where the doctor “saw a spot” on my retina and wants a second opinion - now I have eye cancer/will lose my eye for good.
At this point, I’m noticing little things about my body and having to talk myself out of Googling shit.
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This is a great way to stand up to that bully in your head!
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Reminds me of when I first went to therapy. I knew I had some level of OCD (along with anxiety and panic attacks), but it really clicked when she asked about family issues. I said "yeah, my grandmother is a hypochondriac" and as soon as I said it I realized.
Had quite a few obsessive thoughts around mental disorders. Mostly the OCD talking. When I feel like one might apply, I tell my therapist about it and why and let her figure out if I need anything different. It helps me to mentally move on.
She likes to say. "If the treatment is the same, it doesn't really matter"
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I have this exact compulsion... personally attacked.
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TPBH I've suspected ol' JP to be one of us since his story about apple juice inducing a month of nightmares and anxiety.
It was definitely the sulphides though. /S
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Had to dropout of my PG pharm.chem due to OCD. Keep on smiling
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I'm really late to the party here but OP please don't delete this. I've added it to my saved posts, because this is something I've been wanting to do myself for ages. I think a lot of people in this post are in a similar way and this is a post that's really helpful. Thank you for sharing!
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It really doesn’t. I got the “you need to be more organized” lecture from my mother for the thousandth time yesterday. It made me feel awful when I was younger, and it completely defeats me now.
What works for my mother won’t work for me.
Why is that so hard for people to understand?
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I feel this. I used to have a compulsion that I couldn't go to therapy or take medication aha
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Bahahhaha I love this
I had a horrible manager named carl so this will be extra therapeutic
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What has helped me is giving myself real mental breaks. No technology. Examples: going for a walk with no music, and sitting on the bus and looking at people/out the window.
So even while studying I get up and go for a short walk around the library sometimes to clear my mind.
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I am freaking out. A university an hour away from mine cancelled and another \~3 hours away is about to as well. I don't do well with learning on my computer and I'm scared my grades are gonna tank. I also don't know what I'm going to do with being stuck in the house, I used to walk to class and I'm on a team at my college but now???
I also heard that pharmacies might not be reliable soon, and how am I going to get my meds?
I feel you man I hope we can all adjust.
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This was my first symptom as a kid. I remember my brothers would always ask me why I’d do it and I never understood until late 20s.
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I never realized what an ocd central episode this was XD
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I have an (unpaid) internship going on and I am working remotely from home due to covid, I’ve been given a few things to do, but all I did yesterday was scroll my Reddit feed and play LoL... Today I woke up late and here I am, doing the same and I should be sending in the work I’ve done to my supervisor in three hours....
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I’m a business administrator grad and all we did was planning and talk to people and get them to work together to finish the job. Turns out it’s perfect for me with ADHD because it’s a lot of planning and helping. Productive procrastinating, I guess.
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Wow! This is a perfect analogy imo. Bravo!
I've been struggling with how to explain to other people what's going on in my head lately. This is perfect timing, and I'm going to use this analogy for the rest of my life
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While I have not been able to go through the whole thing but I will for sure check it out later. Thank you for doing this and helping others. I wish you good fortune and all good things, kind stranger.
One thing that I would recommend to add if rules do not say otherwise: since I see a lot of people forgetting their login information that they end up using the same password for almost everything which is not secure in the world we live in today, I would recommend using a tool for that. Most browsers now have such feature, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox at least, and there are more dedicated services that come in both free and paid versions and are highly encrypted and they are available on different platforms so you can use it on your phone to get the info you need if you are not using your computer at the time. A simple web search can show up a variety of such apps. I have been using LastPass for I don't know how long, maybe 7 years or something and while I forgot my master password often, I recommend using something that you can remember, a date with a name that you associate it with, maybe use a part of the date as special letters that correspond with the numbers on the keyboard, so it would be both secure and memorable (at least after a few trials you would get it right).
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I’m feeling this type of thing right now and also never realized it’s my ocd. I’ve been thinking and dreaming nonstop about a conversation I had with an old friend that didn’t end well and neither of us even did anything wrong, it just ended amicably. I can’t stop thinking about texting him to apologize and clear the air though and it’s so insanely horrible because I don’t want to but I feel like I might literally die if I don’t. I had a panic attack 2 nights in a row because of it. Im not going to text him because I don’t want to give in. But I’m going to his parents house later (he lives alone) to babysit his younger siblings and I think that’s why I can’t quit thinking about it. All a long way of saying thank you for posting this because it gives me a lot of peace to know it’s just my ocd!
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Best of luck to you. I was in essentially the exact same situation a decade ago. I was 22 and noticed a lump and shrugged it off for awhile until eventually I was losing my mind over it and kept me from sleeping. It was 13 months from when I got diagnosed to when I was in full remission and the best advice I can give is surround yourself with supportive people. It's a tough ride but trust your doctor and have faith in the progress we've made in medicine.
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MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
like for real. i am at a point where i am close to just give up on things i want to do because i allready know that it will end with me failing and just having a rough time filled with anxiety again xD
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If I'm not interested in something, this happens every time.
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Seriously. I’m keeping up on my teeth mostly because dental work is expensive but my sleep schedule is completely shot. I’m sleeping in four hour intervals around the clock.
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Yup. If I tell myself, “I will watch my favorite show after I’m done with this task,” I can’t focus on the task because I’m too preoccupied thinking about the show.
What works better for me is, “I will watch one episode of my favorite show before work, to put myself in a good mood and to feel like I’ve had my share of fun already. Then I will do my work. Then when the work is done I will watch another episode or two of that show.”
But I 100% agree with you. It’s much better to use intrinsic motivation to do a task rather than extrinsic
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Has anyone here suffered from insomnia being on stimulants?? I’m on straterra which is a non-stimulant but I’ve also been on concerta and they both make it impossible for me to sleep.. not sure what to do
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Does anyone deal with false memory ocd from childhood?
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As a 32 year old who has only now become aware that I probably have ADHD despite it affecting me I think my whole life (well actually realised months ago but only just seeing a doctor about it today) I absolutely agree with you.
It also makes it really difficult to discuss with anyone ("how can you be ADHD when you're rarely hyper and you pay attention to things all the time, just never what you're supposed to!" - my wife) and ("if you had ADHD I would have known but you always did alright in school, ADHD kids don't" - my now retired 'special educational needs' head teacher mother). I'm just glad I found this reddit and hope the doctor is more clued up than your average Joe. (and admittedly scared that I'm wrong and just looking for an excuse for being lazy and failing at life or something)
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I don't know much about the chemicals, but your examples have explained exactly what works for me in terms of being productive/completing school work.
Setting a cozy temperature, my weighted blanket, chill, relaxing music and coffee. I also leave my phone downstairs. For me, another big one is taking the time to organize my thoughts. Writing out a simple step by step guide or organizing the ideas I want to convey in an essay and connecting them together before writing. It makes actually writing much less frustrating and actually can be rewarding as I get into the flow of what I'm doing - which I can't do without the environment and removing the frustration elements.
Well said. Thanks for bringing this up, I hadn't really thought about it this way before.
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The first one is very accurate, I've always described it as loosing the floor from beneath you and it's replaced by a type rope, you are always aware that you are very close to falling and need to watch where you're walking so you don't fall into the abyss, the type rope is always shifting and you always feel like you're going to fall. Meanwhile, you see regular people walking on solid ground around you. You're trapped in an unstable stasis where the threat of imminent crashing is always there. You feel very unstable.
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i get this everyday and it hurts so bad, but when i don’t wash my hands i can like physically feel dirt on them
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Complete opposite has happened to me. I've been waaaay more on schedule with those things now, lol
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Jesus, lmao it’s crazy how much I can relate. I didn’t even think this was an ADHD thing, its reassuring that it is.
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I wish I knew what it was like to not think like this anymore.
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Is this a sign of ADHD? Genuine question, I do this every day
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Oh my god it is an ADHD thing??
Last Saturday, I had my bf’s mom’s bday party and offered help to set up. I got anxious about it when I work up that I was physically sick. Throwing up, stomach started to cramp.
I used to love planned things, but I would get so much anxiety now just having to wait!
Told my bf that I literally don’t care if he’s earlier at family for a BBQ, just please let me come earlier cuz of my anxiety! 🥲🥲
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I hate this shit so much. As if OCD is as trivial as being neat and tidy. If it was, then not only would my house be a lot nicer but I wouldn't have been suicidal over my obsessive fears and endless compulsions.
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I dealt with the void today, eventually gave up and did the fun thing which was play Pokemon Shield and catch like 60 new Pokemon, but I feel good getting that out of my system and will probably turbo work tomorrow.
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Is it like rinsing off one hand and leaving the other dry. Yet after doing that now the other hand feels dirty and needs to be washed.
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My ocd says my school bully will win lottery if i dont wash my hands 5 times in a row. Lol
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That’s me with my whole life lol. When my boss talks to me, talking to my girlfriend , class lectures, podcasts 😂😂
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I don't like how y'all are living the same life as me holy hell
/s it's kinda nice to know I'm not the only one but that won't finish my pending assignment now would it
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Frozen fruits and veggies save me. Honestly. Great for snacking and mixing in things too :)
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This is me every weekend. I bought a Udemy course for learning Mandarin so I can make better conversation with my family but also with a woman I have a crush on, who are all Chinese natives. It's been months since I bought that course with barely any progress made on it, and every weekend I literally just do nothing and feel dead inside because of it.
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😂 my wife just shared this post to me...because I didn't listen to her (again) after she said it's time to go the fuck to sleep. So relatable.
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Me: You gotta do the thing.
ADHD: But not right now.
Me: Okay, but when do I do it?
ADHD: Later.
Me: But when later?
ADHD: Never.
Me: But...
ADHD: Shhhh....shhhhh...here's an article on the expansion of the universe. Build your self-esteem around being smart instead of actually accomplishing anything.
Me: Ehh.....well..okay.
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aw lol. mines just a fucking little demon gremlin. i should draw a character for ocd too, thanks!
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I hit my head or scratch up and down my arms till it hurts 🥺
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Me: but nows not a good time
OCD: do i look like i give a damn
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Yeah it's happened but not during sex. I've forgotten what I was doing halfway through welding a four foot pass on a water tank but not while taking my wife to pound town
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My Alexa told me to "plank and treadmill fat ass" every day at 8pm for like 2 or 3 weeks before I dismissed it. No, i didn't plank or treadmill.
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I don’t think you know how many people you’ve reassured with this.. 😌🖤
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Literally me in the car today. Checked it about 25 times
(No i wasn't driving)
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Yes, yes, yes! That's me, all the time! Thank goodness-- I had thought it was just ME.
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I did this too when I lived alone in Korea. I wish I had one for college too.
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I do this every night, 2:30am last night scrolling through reddit > youtube > reddit > youtube ... dont know what I'm searching for but I was on a forum about a band I like and then fell asleep listening to a new song of theirs
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If there is a God, this was his message to me today. I just found out that I didn’t get that job that I thought, for sure, I did. I’m wallowing in massive self-pity wondering where do I go from here. I’m trying, so hard, trying, to help it get better but it’s just so hard.
I’m so sorry for your loss OP. I will take your message to heart, today and tomorrow.
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I like it the way it is. If you feel that you need to change it, start another masterpiece.
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My mom finally accepted it as a real condition. I just slowly started sending her articles from places like webmd, (sometimes the site were not allowed to say that sounds like attitude), etc. A lot of it about how teenagers with untreated adhd have anger issues, get in trouble, kids getting hurt a lot, losing stuff... y'know, the stuff we always got in trouble for.
9 months later, I have her conpiliy a symptom list from my childhood (because I don't remember really). Now I really I've had ticks since childhood, have been forgetful since the beginning, always been a motormouth, etc etc.
Sometimes, the first step is learning how much of your behavior and regrets are due to something out of your control, accepting it, and learning to face it head on.
THEN, and only then, did I include my mother. (Didn't bother with Dad). You have to know what you're talking about and be able to show the difference before you're gonna convince anyone else that you're giving them the real truth.
I know this sounds like some normies advice, but....have patience. We may not have it easy in that regard, but it's a necessary evil for situations like this . They'll come around eventually. If they don't? All you can do is gently remind them, and try to understand that they won't understand.
My girlfriend has a master's in mental health, and she still didn't really get it until about a year in.
Also, there's a great book we've been reading to help with personal relationships. It's called "is it you, me, or adult add"
Tl:dr: send some articles that explain your childhood behavior, and how symptoms manifest in your life now. Be patient, it takes time for people to understand. Try reading "is it you, me, or adult add". It's $20 on amazon.
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Literally used to happen way too frequently for me. I switched to showering at night and I also started setting an alarm at night to plan out my routine on paper for the next day. If I don't write down every single thing, step by step, it's like I never planned anything at all.
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I tend to hyperfocus a lot, and in some jobs that has been really helpful. Once I get the general feel for my workflow (after the inevitable speedbumps), I LOVE going 1000 mph while getting things done. It makes me feel so accomplished at whatever it is I’m doing.
Unfortunately, 95% of all bosses I’ve had tend to read that as “this is great, lets give him more tasks!”
Fast forward a few weeks, and I’m completely burnt out. I’ll put up with the mistreatment for a while, but after I’ve become disenchanted the hyperfocus fades too.
I’ll never forget quitting Safeway. I came in for a shift to cut fruit (for those little grab-n-go packs). While I spent my whole shift working, 3 of my coworkers played foot hockey with an avocado pit, a fourth was vaping in the freezer, and my supervisor was crushing a pack of cigs out back. Clocked out and never came back.
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Sometimes I just imagine gunning down my OCD and it helps for a bit.
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This is that weird combination of funny, depressing, and empowering, because I think we’ve all been there regardless of how severe our OCD is. I’m currently going through a month-and-a-half long relapse after seven clean years, but this really made me smile and find the humor in it. OCD really is just a persistent, petty little shit isn’t it!
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Screenshotting this- should be on my desk at work. Thanks!
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That’s why you turn around and bash them with the cattle prod
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Yupp then i think “i was faking it this whole time”
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I do this all the time, then sometimes half ass the last tiny thing and make mistakes. Makes the act of finishing it MUCH less rewarding
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I had a 2pm work meeting today and feel this hard. I forgot to eat all day and got almost nothing accomplished with work aside from attending said meeting, which itself went great and now is making me feel shitty for fixating on it so much today. I work for a UK based NGO so I tend to have a lot of morning meetings, which actually usually works well for me since I don't have time to panic about them beforehand, but today was just a constant stream of anxiety and inability to do anything that wasn't "preparing" for this meeting - which had very little to prepare for.
Thanks for the post, it was very validating in this moment to see I wasn't alone in this.
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"I'm so OCD"
I always cringe when someone says that...
Some people can actually be pretty dirty and filthy with OCD.
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I typically have over 100 tabs open for this reason :(
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I don’t know if this helps but the car doesn’t let you turn it off if it’s not in park.
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This is me, unless I’m on vacation then I try to stuff a bunch of stuff in for the day. Dont get me wrong, it’s extremely planned, but I think it’s because I don’t procrastinate on stuff that is actually fun and entertaining to me.
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I feel abnormal in the way that I am not very worried about this. And that worries me because Im thinking Im abnormal for not freaking out over it like everyone else is... this is my struggle right now and it definitely feels like no one else is having this worry...
I am keeping myself in check but that’s only for the consideration of others around me. Otherwise I wouldn’t be worried.
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Or I give an answer but have to follow up with "but I'm not fully sure" and start doubting it myself
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I’m messy as hell. I just constantly obsess over thoughts, patterns and people :/
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No im the opposite it distracts me.
The other day I was told to put red peppers on the shopping list then they asked what others want to eat and I heard someone joke lobster so my brain went red lobster to put on shopping list instead. Any discussion is a distraction to me
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I love responding in a hyper exaggerated way when people say shit like that.
**A NOTE??!? YOU DON’T SAY! HOLEEE SHIT! I CANT BELIEVE I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE!?**
Ditto for: Write it down, set an alarm, use post-its, put it on your calendar, and my absolute favorite…**Just don’t forget**.
I swear sometimes I think my eyes are going to roll so far back they stay that way.
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yeah, because picking at your skin until you bleed, not
being to eat certain foods cause of smell/texture, and having to pee anytime you feel even the slightest indicator that your bladder isn’t empty is a blessing,, she can have all of that if she thinks so highly of it 🙄
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Gotta say bye to my birb a few times and hear him respond a few times.. it doesnt bother me that much tho
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I love this acc so much!! I’ve been following her for a few months now and she’s absolutely fantastic :)
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I don’t do multiples. I just wash my hands until I feel like they’re properly clean which can range from 1 minute to 10 minutes
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Holy shit I didn't know he was one of us lol. I loved his movies
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My dad had (undiagnosed but extremely prevalent) adhd w comorbid depression and it literally took a crisis before my family even found out he had cancer (we didn’t live w him) because he never went to the doctor about his problems. Definitely left me w some hypochondriac-tendencies/anxieties, so I’m getting genetic cancer screening right now as a teen 😅
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I check the receipt from a store i shopped at like 4 xs yesterday just to make sure i rang everything up at the self checkout last night. I had to find the receipt twice it was awful. So i can relate to this.
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I have an Element and very similar OCD and IM PROUD OF YOU
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I used to use the rule that I had to get to 20 points. Washing any item was 1 point, drying an item was 0.5 points and putting it away was 0.25 points. I just had to wash until I got to 20 then I could do something else for a bit. This was pre-diagnosis. I now have a dishwasher, a wife and a prescription so it is much less of a problem.
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once someone pointed this out to me, i haven't put my camera down. it really does make a world of difference, especially when reflecting on old pictures and how much you've changed since then
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OCPD and ADHD means I make lists upon lists. This unless I write everything down.
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When I went to go get diagnosed for ADHD the doctor told me that depression and anxiety usually comes along with it
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