Hi, is anyone else experiencing hocd? I've been fighting this for like 5 months and it started with me losing my job and falling into a depression, now this started and I just want it to go away. I've always been crazy about women, and have always dreamt about having a wife and kids, so that's how I know that these thoughts aren't real and that it's my mind playing tricks on me. But now it's been creeping into my dreams and I've been scared to fall asleep at night, and I just pray to God that this will all go away soon and I can sleep peacefully and go back to normal. But anyway thanks for taking the time to read this.
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Depression it's horrible, isn't it? Nobody deserves to go through it. I have never done better than this. Great job, high position, huge house, plenty of money, two wonderful successful children, both doing masters in uni, lovely husband and looked at me...struggling...depression doesn't need a reason...it took over my life.
A turning point for me in dealing with OCD has been that you shouldn't push away thoughts, don't try to subdue them. When you push thoughts away you give them more power, more strength, and this means that you pay more attention to them; you think that they must represent YOU. For example, if someone says, 'don't think about rabbits', of course you'll think about rabbits! Let the intrusive thoughts float by, like clouds across a sky, alongside all the other 'nonsense' we think day to day, but don't pay attention to. Try the headspace app, it has been quite beneficial to me. And realise that just because we think something, it doesn't mean it's true, i.e. I might think about going outside and shouting at people, it doesn't mean I actually WILL! I might think about how I fancy a co-worker, doesn't mean I will actually act upon it (or even want to!)... Let thoughts be thoughts!
Nice post will try the app thank you
I know exactly what you are going through ...I'm currently going through that and unfortunately not so many people are aware of this type of OCD and there are very few specialists who specialise in it. Please have a look at these links (if you haven't already). They might help:
Thanks for the replies everyone, much appreciated
Are you doing better now?
I still fight it daily, but I don’t think it’s as bad as when it first started.
Same I pray to god everyday in hope that one day these thoughts will vanish and I will come to grow up as woman who has a husband and children one day. Before HOCD came creeping into my life finding a boyfriend or a guy who loves me was the most important exciting thing in my life and now I feel so hopeless. It annoys me everyday cause these thoughts haunt me day and night, so when I go to sleep i feel like never waking up again cause these thoughts cause me soooooo much anxiety especially after I wake up. So you aren't alone and I hope that you will get through this one day, i promise you will.
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