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lightTalker6898
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dealing with coincidences
OCD & Related Behaviors / by lightTalker6898
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 March 4th
...See more i know being oversensitive to coincidences is a big part of OCD, so normally i try to watch out not to get sucked in. but within the last two weeks, i've been experiencing truly bizarre coincidences every single day and i'm starting to really freak out. the thing is, they're not related to my fears or anything, or they're not "bets" that i do with myself like "if x happens right now, then y is true". they're just little things, like something obscure that i haven't thought of in years randomly popping into my mind and then seeing it on my feed just a few minutes later, and similar stuff. i won't bore you with examples but it's something new literally every single day. and i try to rationalize it, think about how bizarre it really is to try to break it down, but some of them are truly inexplicable. anyway, long story short, does anyone have any advice on how to deal with coincidences when OCD is making me freak out about them? i keep trying to tell myself that "it's just coincidences, they don't mean anything", but the more they happen the harder it's getting for me to believe it.
OCD + health anxiety (hypochondria)
Anxiety Support / by lightTalker6898
Last post
 October 8th, 2023
...See more anyone else’s obsessions centered around their health anxiety? ocd is already pretty tiring to live with, but when it merges with my health concerns i feel helpless. i spend all day performing compulsions so something bad won’t happen to me. i won’t feel relaxed until i’ve seen a doctor, and even then there’s lingering doubt that they missed something. health anxiety on its own is scary, but when i feel “responsible” for my health it’s constant fear. wondering if anyone else feels like this?
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