sugartastic
New member
Hello, I am new here. I have OCD, agoraphobia and panic disorder. I'm eighteen years old.
I need some help, please. Anything, any information would be appreciated more than anything.
Let me explain:
I've had OCD for a long time now. I got the obsessive thoughts about killing my family, hurting myself, and hurting someone accidentally. Those fears scared me for the longest time. I thought I would kill myself or my family and I am NOT suicidal and I would NEVER do these things. Once I learned they were just frightening impulsive thoughts I was fine and they went away.
However, I need to know something else. I have interests in games and shows and things. There's lots of these things I'm a big fan of, and they were one of the only sources of my happiness and my escape from the constant pain of agoraphobia and OCD. These games/shows/books made me HAPPY.
Lately, though, I thought, "What if I lose interest?" and suddenly the whole cycle starts again. I'm so scared to even try to get attached or love the games, shows or even the characters in them. The things that made me happy. Because I'm afraid that I'll lose interesting or that I AM losing interest.
HOWEVER -- here's the thing. I STILL have interest. I still love these things. I just won't allow myself to. I KNOW this has something to do with my OCD. I'm overanaylzing and now I try to force the happy thoughts of the things I love from my mind, and I don't know why! I'm scared to death about losing my source of happiness and peace of mind.
Is this normal? Is it part of OCD?
Please, please help me! I've been looking on Google forever about this kind of stuff, and can't really find anything... Please help me!
I need some help, please. Anything, any information would be appreciated more than anything.
Let me explain:
I've had OCD for a long time now. I got the obsessive thoughts about killing my family, hurting myself, and hurting someone accidentally. Those fears scared me for the longest time. I thought I would kill myself or my family and I am NOT suicidal and I would NEVER do these things. Once I learned they were just frightening impulsive thoughts I was fine and they went away.
However, I need to know something else. I have interests in games and shows and things. There's lots of these things I'm a big fan of, and they were one of the only sources of my happiness and my escape from the constant pain of agoraphobia and OCD. These games/shows/books made me HAPPY.
Lately, though, I thought, "What if I lose interest?" and suddenly the whole cycle starts again. I'm so scared to even try to get attached or love the games, shows or even the characters in them. The things that made me happy. Because I'm afraid that I'll lose interesting or that I AM losing interest.
HOWEVER -- here's the thing. I STILL have interest. I still love these things. I just won't allow myself to. I KNOW this has something to do with my OCD. I'm overanaylzing and now I try to force the happy thoughts of the things I love from my mind, and I don't know why! I'm scared to death about losing my source of happiness and peace of mind.
Is this normal? Is it part of OCD?
Please, please help me! I've been looking on Google forever about this kind of stuff, and can't really find anything... Please help me!