Pure O - New problems, new worries every single day

Hi all,

I've got a bad case of the Pure O and it only seems to be getting worse. Almost every day something happens - someone says something or looks at me the wrong way or something just pops into my head - and I worry about it day and night . . . I turn good things into bad things; as soon as something goes my way I almost immediately find something that will surely lead to disaster. It's almost a form of paranoia, really. I either think people are out to get me or I think I've inadvertently done something that will get me into some kind of trouble (my latest fear is that I'll be fired for something; I can't shake it - for the last few weeks I've obsessed over this, though rationally I know I'm a good emplyee and that I've done nothing wrong)

It's starting to drive my wife up the wall. I don't want to ruin my marriage. My doc has got me on Lexapro, but I swear it's not helping . . .

Anyone else out there like this? Is there any hope??

Flips

your not the only one i dont work but i know exactly where your coming from at the moment im obbsessed with talking to myselt in my head its as though im testing myself kind of as though its some one else talking to me im hoping this is just another obbsesion ive got and nothing more serious but for weeks months ive been like that worrying real bad about things that i know deep down would probably never hapen ive just started on fluoxitine to see if they will help have you got an msn and if you wanted to leave it i will talk to you on that if you want

You really need to get therapy if you can, meds on their own can only alleviate symptoms to an extent. They can't cure it. There is hope, I used to have Pure O and am now recovered.

Hi black Sheep,

How on earth did you cure yourself of 'pure o'? I have the same thing at the moment, and its really affecting me. Apart from a year or so when I seemed to lose all symptoms, Iv'e never come across a cure that worked for any length of time.
I'm probably very badly informed - is there any info you can point me to?

srichie1 wrote:your not the only one i dont work but i know exactly where your coming from at the moment im obbsessed with talking to myselt in my head its as though im testing myself kind of as though its some one else talking to me im hoping this is just another obbsesion ive got and nothing more serious but for weeks months ive been like that worrying real bad about things that i know deep down would probably never hapen ive just started on fluoxitine to see if they will help have you got an msn and if you wanted to leave it i will talk to you on that if you want

'm so glad to have found this forum. i do the exact same thing and i thought i was crazy or weird or something. i overanalize everything that people do or say and obsess over disorders or problems that i think i might have. sometimes i'll stay up for hours at night reliving the day and things that could have gone differently. i'm also avoidant personality and have no close friends. i don't think i'm socially inept, i'm just afraid to become close to anyone for fear of being left or of them thinking i'm stupid or wrong or something else bad. so yeah basically the same as most of you guys.

i thought i might have ocd but just never seemed to quite fit all the criteria. however, i have always had many tics and habits. i have a very obsessive and addictive personality. sorry for the rambling i just need an anonymous place to vent where i don't have to worry about people's reactions. thanks and good luck. hang in there, i know how you feel.