News of Anxiety Disorders

I’ve listened to this 33 minute podcast twice so far. A lot of good info here. Short answer of why people hoard: it’s complicated. Trauma, genetics, heritability, other addictions, anxiety, depression, adhd, & dementia.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ASneI-Mh5fQ

Hello everyone.

Three years ago, I was affected by a classic HOCD. Intrusive thoughts, constant anxiety, fear of being in denial/becoming gay, and all that kind of stuff. I managed to get through it on my own, in about a year. Everything got better for about two weeks, and then, overnight, I lost my ability to find women beautiful (my aesthetic attraction). The anxiety was very low and even disappeared, but nothing came back in ...

Hey everyone,
I joined this forum as a place to hopefully allow myself to get my feelings out without being judged. I can't go to my friends or family because I have such an intense fear of them finding out about the mess that goes on in my life and my head. I've been feeling extremely hopeless lately; I dread every single day waking up and I haven't been able to find therapy or help ...

I struggle from social anxiety. I am trying to get over it by doing behavioral experiments. There is a problem now with social distancing certain types of experiments with approaching stranger are being advised against. Anybody dealing with social anxiety this way.

Hi peoples, I'm currently struggling with what I believe is OCD and anxiety related issues and was wondering if anyone can relate from experience that could potentially help.

Long story short I recently had a "memory" pop up into my mind from some kind of weird sexual behavior with a sibling when I was a kid/young teenager (approx. 15-16 years ago). From what I can remember clearly (or most confidence), I think i asked him ...

(Again, i tried to write this post 3 times and i don't know if i succeeded... Sorry if i'm spamming, i don't do it on purpose but it logs me out after i submit)

Hi everyone.
I'm a young italian woman, i'm 23 and first of all sorry for my poor english, as it's not my first language.
Anyway. I'm having a hard time right now.
I've been locked at home due to quarantine since ...

So this is really just a question to see if anyone else experiences this sort of thing or if it’s linked to ocd/anxiety. I don’t think it’s really relationship ocd but it’s just easy to group it in this way. Anyway, countless times over the last year or so I will convince myself of something I.e. my girlfriend doesn’t want to have sex with me or she doesn’t find me attractive, or she’s only with ...

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Long and detailed analysis of my time with pure ocd, I still suffer but mainly mildly. I told myself when I got better I would share my story to help others so here it is.

Before you get started, I want to let you know that there is a t.v series on channel four called pure - if you wanted to showcase how ocd affects you, it might be worth showing ...

Yes, it's me again; Sorry.

Today hasn't been the best... As you can probably tell by the title, I've been having moments where it feels like I want to think about the intrusive images I've talked about before.

Now, for anyone wondering, yes, I have been diagnosed with OCD, although it was my counselor who came to that conclusion (not sure if it matters, but I felt I should clarify).

So, I once again ask ...

I've posted a few times on here and I'd really like to know the perspective of other people born female going through these themes of OCD. I'm worried it's not OCD and worried that I'm not worried enough that it might be OCD. I'd really love to talk to people who might be having the same and see if the experiences are similar - I know it's reassurance seeking, but I am really concerned