OCD Action

Rena32
Member

I had a severe OCD attack this afternoon, I was doing so well and then out of the blue, I had a great fear, that I had misread something on a paper, and then in search for it, I could not find it, then more fear set in, as I thought it was lost, well, I found it, but the anxiety leading up to finding it was overwhelming and I did not misread it after all.

Sat Mar 27 2010 2:16:40 #
Cuthbert ffoliott
Moderator

Sorry to hear that, Rena. I hope that it's a singular attack. Please keep on writing about this, as it might alleviate your stress, however little.

gi[oawifjjgtju9]05ujjgrhjhghn'va.... there: I wrote that at random on purpose. It's horrible. No one can interpret it. I shouldn't have done it. But I did. Do I feel guilty? No. I just wanted to cheer you up a little bit... :lol:

Sat Mar 27 2010 10:36:59 #
Rena32
Member

Thanks Cuthbert, It did cheer me up. I felt better today.

Sun Mar 28 2010 4:17:45 #
Daisy Vine
Member

Hello Rena

I so relate to the experience you had yesterday, it is horrid isn't it - I personally call them my OCD 'meltdowns'. I too have worried about paperwork and even been known to drive back to work to check I hadn't done something wrong - so far the journeys have turned out not to be unnecessary, but it's helped me gain peace of mind which is far more important.

The high adrenelin rush of panic isn't a nice experience is it all the time you are looking for papers, re-reading them as fast as possible, only to have the massive high of relief that you needn't have worried in the first place. I'm no medical expert but surely the pumping of adrenelin and a racing heart during this 30-60 minutes could be my (excuse) equivalent exercise regime hehe

Daisy

Sun Mar 28 2010 23:12:33 #
Daisy Vine
Member

Ooops, re-reading this I spotted a mistake I made in my post a moment ago - the rush of panic feeling I was explaining just hit me. I should have said 'turned out not to be necessary' (not unnecessary). Can you believe I did re-read that post and changed it to this mistake!!! Oh well, it is late so I'll try to blame being tired.

It's good to get my first typo blunder out of the way writing on this forum - I'll try not to whittle too much about it as no real harm is done. Thank goodness I don't have a responsible job like a doctor where a typo can cause danger to someone's health.

Blushing Daisy

Sun Mar 28 2010 23:21:17 #
Rena32
Member

Hi Daisy, thanks for your reply. I to have drove myself back to work to make sure that I had not made a mistake, which turned out to be a waste of gas and time, as I had not made a mistake. The way you explained it in your posts above is just how I felt. I like your name for it OCD meltdown, that describes it perfectly.

Mon Mar 29 2010 3:18:31 #
jon
Member

I can relate to the driving back to work thing: I once drove back to work on the night before going on holiday in order to file away an invoice I had left in my car. The anxiety faded, but the following day at the airport I found another invoice on the back seat in a note pad - my anxiety shot through the roof - too late to drive back to work now - holiday ruined.

Mon Mar 29 2010 12:38:22 #