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- BrainNotBrainin
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 32w ago
Health OCD
Hey!! I have health OCD wondering what everyone else struggles with and how you cope with things? Just seeing if there are similar story’s out there! 😊
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- rango rango
- Date posted
- 32w ago
I also have health ocd!! mixed with a few others haha. I struggle pretty hard with the aspect of always thinking there will be some form of illness or infection, and I will be too late to catch it. I’m still on the learning how to cope end of things. I luckily have a very kind partner who will talk me down when I start to spazz. I have to refrain from giving into my compulsion- it gets 10x worse when I do lol
- Username
- BrainNotBraininBrainNotBrainin
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 32w ago
@alyssaw Thank you for sharing!!! If I have a pain in my chest which is normally caused by my anxiety I resort to the worst thing possible and spiral out of control. You are lucky to have a partner that understands!!!
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- Ocd_beanOcd_bean
- Date posted
- 32w ago
I convince myself atleast 2-3 times a week I'm dying. I will freak out about if I'm having a heart attack, stroke, or any other random thing.. I usually just spiral and freak out until I either come to peace with dying or just convince myself I'll be ok. It's not great coping mechanisms really but I haven't found anything else that eases the paranoia/anxiety.
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- Jib.exe
- Date posted
- 1y ago
People with health anxiety, tell your story.
I’ve been struggling with health/allergy OCD lately. I’d love to hear some stories from everyone to help me cope and move through this.
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- angiew58
- Date posted
- 46w ago
Health OCD Struggles
Hi, im relatively new to the community. I’m hoping I can reach out and hear from some people who have health ocd. I used to have perfectionism, or “everything right” ocd, but ever since an incident involving a health issue last year, it’s manifested into health ocd. It may have exacerbated by the death of someone close to me, as it was cancer-related, and that’s what my intrusive thoughts seem to be about most of the time lately. How do you deal with it, especially when you ARE someone that’s prone to health issues?
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- hannahgrr
- Date posted
- 29w ago
Chronic illnesses with OCD
Hi! (first post lol) wondering if there is anyone else here that also deals with medical/ health concern type of OCD with also having chronic and sometimes scary health issues? if so, any advice on how you might help yourself through a OCD flare up and fears over symptoms and unknowns? (But mostly it would be great just to know that I’m not alone in this <3)
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