News of Anxiety Disorders

Hi all,
I hope everyone is doing well. So I had a bout of OCD when I was 13 that lasted the summer and then ended. Mostly unwanted sexual or blasphemous thoughts. Eventually they went away for years. Fast forward to when I was probably 22 (I’m 25), they came back full force in the form of scrupulosity as I came back to my faith. I notice when I’m not in an OCD episode I ...

Hey everyone, with most of us stuck inside I am curious about how this has impacted your OCD (if you are comfortable sharing). Most of my obsessions and compulsions revolve around security and cleanliness in my home (a dozen or so different ones) with only a few existing outside the home. I am both more anxious about some things and far more relaxed about others, and it's just in general been a strange experience. If ...

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, I wasn't really sure where else it would fit and technically I have been diagnosed with social anxiety. Anyway, today my issue is that I don't get myself at all. I'm a walking contradiction. On the one hand, I'm terrified of winding up old and alone, on the other I tend to avoid human interaction and be extremely introverted. It's like I want to have ...

Hi everyone! New here and have been having a dilemma for a couple of days now, and figured I'd reach out for some help.

I was attempting to masturbate the other day, and was having a bit of a rough time because I had just taken a Benadryl for my allergies and was a bit drowsy, but still wanted to get off.

Anyway, as I'm trying to get going, I had a moment where an ...

I have been through years of therapy and yet I am still plagued by my thoughts of transsexualism.

I wish I could stay as a man but still these thoughts plague my mind. My mind tortures me every day in many ways. I hate my mind and I am scared of it.

I have seen two OCD specialists and two CBT therapists for long courses of treatment and also other CBT therapists for shorter periods ...

Hi;

I am dealing with unwanted thoughts of killing my bird, I don't want to do it, but the thoughts won't go away. These thoughts have been persistent since either February or March. I cannot tell whether I enjoy them or not, but I know I don't want to harm my bird. I cannot keep my mind off these thoughts because they won't begone.

I don't know what to do anymore, these thoughts are at ...

I'm obsessing over pets.

I lost my dog in November. He was a beautiful golden retriever boy named Chip. He lived with my parents, but I visited often and I considered him my dog. He was loved by everyone and he had a good life. I keep thinking about Chip and how much I miss him. I'm angry that my parents aren't getting another dog for a while. I would totally get one of my ...

I suffer from (what I hope is just) POCD. That is, OCD centered around pedophilia. As you can probably imagine, it's basically a living hell with the intrusive thoughts and often feeling like I really am the monster I fear I am because it just feels so damn real... It's made me very depressed and scared, even after seeing a counselor for several months now.

So, because I tend to worry I'm a pedophile, I ...

Hello all,
I tried meditating again last night, it is something I have been trying to make a routine of.
Every time I do it I end up with worse depression and panic attacks. I also end up not sleeping. Why might this be? It does not relax me, I end up in a hyper-vigilant state when I do it. It was something I was hoping I could do before bed to help me sleep.

Does anyone else feel this way? It seems like I easily get embarrassed by my body's biological needs. For example, if my stomach growls around others. I suppose that one's fairly common, but it seems strange to me. Why get embarrassed over something you have no control over? Why get embarrassed about being hungry? I know it's irrational, yet I get embarrassed anyway and try to hide it. This also goes for other biological needs, ...