Thank you, you’re right. It’s just been hard for me not to get myself into the whole OCD spiral again, I wonder when I’ll finally be over it. Even when I felt better it’s like the thoughts were always in the back of my head, so I hope one day they just completely go away. I’ve never tried any meds before! I’m kinda scared to try them too because of side effects
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Agreed we won’t be like this forever! We will get through this! I am going to start signing at the bottom again idk why I always don’t and I think there’s a few of us that are active at this time just to be able to keep up better. I wanted to let you know that I also struggled with the thoughts in the back of my head also. So much so that during this setback I was convinced that I never truly felt better at all! I haven’t tried the medicinal route either because of my fear of how that may affect me! I do believe that once we truly overcome this we will be stronger than ever! Rooting for you all always! -kay
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That’s exactly how I’m feeling, it’s as if I forget that I ever felt better! Ugh I hate it. I won’t go into detail about my thoughts but it’s like my mind has been forcing me lately into thinking about the thoughts/images I used to have when this all began. And my period just ended so I’m assuming it might be because of that, I’m not really sure. All I know is I can’t wait for the day I’m fully recovered lol this is so exhausting
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I am with you on that, I’m currently having a hard time with morning anxiety or just waking up and feeling anxious all of a sudden and unfortunately it’s attached to a lovely intrusive thought today in particular I was able to dismiss it and go back to sleep, however when I woke up to actually get up I just felt the weight of anxiety on my chest. Hoping it goes away soon as I feel like the feeling itself just brings about the thoughts :( even though I’ve been dealing with this for quite a while it still truly feels like such a strange experience, sometimes I can’t even explain it!
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Same here!!! I didn’t have the morning anxiety for a while but now I am. Today I’m not feeling as awful, but just the fear of being anxious makes me stressed. And then from there it’s like my mind convinces me to think the intrusive thoughts in random moments. It really is such a strange experience
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We are literally on the same damn page of the book lol! I remember going through this long ago and I remember it being the stage before the anxiety started to kinda fade last time so I’m hoping it follows that same pattern!!! this is so freaking stressful! Are you currently working or have you been affected by the pandemic?
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I relate so much to everything that’s being said here! I wish none of us were dealing with this, but it’s really nice to know I’m not alone. It’s especially frustrating after having several good months where I really felt like I had overcome this. Just makes me worry that I’ll never be fully recovered. - Katie
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I hope so too! I’m currently not working so I have all the time in the world to overthink lol. I did lose a closed loved one to the virus in April and it’s affected me a lot emotionally and mentally, but I’ve sort of come to terms with it. Now I’m just in the midst of this setback which I think is hormonal lol. I feel better than I did last week, but now I just want the lingering anxiety to fade.
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I totally get you but I’m so grateful for the sense of community you guys give me not quite sure how this all would’ve planned out had I not found this forum. -Kay
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Me too! I’m so glad I found it at the start of all of this and I hope more and more women who go through it end up finding it, it’s so helpful
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I am so sorry for your loss that’s such a difficult and challenging thing to go through I’m glad you’ve made it out on the other side of that! I also suspect mine is hormonal because I was ovulating this weekend and there’s a variance in the length of my period idk if I’m reaching but all I know is this setback was baddddddd -Kay
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Thank you so much!! And omg it’s scary how similar we are in this experience lol this setback was my worst in a long time. Are you feeling better since it started? I was losing my appetite and stuff and felt really panicky for about a week but now I’m feeling a bit better. I just started taking a good iron supplement 3 days ago and that’s when I began to notice improvement, I wonder if my levels contributed to the anxious feeling
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Yeah I was barely eating and I would throw up pretty often also! I am starting to feel a bit better these last two days at work I was actually able to focus the days prior to that I was such a mess I couldn’t even focus.
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