I can relate to running to the ER thinking a heart attack or some imminent danger...then relief once speaking to the doctor and then shame after while leaving...thinking it my head that I not only let myself down again but also my family...It has taken me saying you know what-screw it- whatever happens in the future will happen I cannot continue to with the time I have left like this.
I’ve been struggling with this for years now and was wrongly diagnosed with health anxiety! it’s really hard! I finally got diagnosed with ocd this year and got in with an ocd specialist today
My health fear is developing schizophrenia. I had accepted this fear and finally got to a place of acceptance and was doing well. Recently, the fear morphed to my wife developing schizophrenia and I feel 10x worse now constantly checking to see if she is displaying symptoms of the disorder. Any tips when dealing with the fear of a loved one developing a disorder I fear ?
yep same, i deal with schizophrenic ocd as well. my brain is convincing me my creativity is schizophrenic and that say characters i come up with as an author will “tell me things” and “tell me what to do” yep it s a very weird one
Rob, did you experience having "clarity moments" once a theme would latch? I hear almost everyone experiences "the truth" under their OCD, but I don't- once its latched, it feels like the utter truth until I fully accept. Thanks always!🙏
Earlier my theme was stomatic OCD but then OCD just morphed as i stopped fearing the sensation fears changed like to health OCD is really trick and now i 100 percent believe that a small change in my body is cancer
I can relate to running to the ER thinking a heart attack or some imminent danger...then relief once speaking to the doctor and then shame after while leaving...thinking it my head that I not only let myself down again but also my family...It has taken me saying you know what-screw it- whatever happens in the future will happen I cannot continue to with the time I have left like this.
Rob ,this is the best video reg health anxieties i have ever heard ,thanks !! Really helped me atm 💓
Great video Rob, really enjoyed it!
You are a legend
❤
I’ve been struggling with this for years now and was wrongly diagnosed with health anxiety! it’s really hard! I finally got diagnosed with ocd this year and got in with an ocd specialist today
That's great to hear Tiffany! Hopefully this video helps!
@@aguywhohikes1271 thank you
@@aguywhohikes1271 thank you! It did
My health fear is developing schizophrenia. I had accepted this fear and finally got to a place of acceptance and was doing well. Recently, the fear morphed to my wife developing schizophrenia and I feel 10x worse now constantly checking to see if she is displaying symptoms of the disorder. Any tips when dealing with the fear of a loved one developing a disorder I fear ?
yep same, i deal with schizophrenic ocd as well. my brain is convincing me my creativity is schizophrenic and that say characters i come up with as an author will “tell me things” and “tell me what to do” yep it s a very weird one
It’s dementia for me, absolutely petrified of it.
You will need to look at exactly why you are so scared of it and break it down.
What if you actually have illnesses and their not made up
Rob, did you experience having "clarity moments" once a theme would latch?
I hear almost everyone experiences "the truth" under their OCD, but I don't- once its latched, it feels like the utter truth until I fully accept.
Thanks always!🙏
Hey Nicole! What we usually notice is until one develops a stronger level of acceptance it tends to simmer in the background.
So is that true that anxiety can flair up pain through out our bodies? Thats crazy .
Anxiety can do whatever it wants! Took me a while to see that
Earlier my theme was stomatic OCD but then OCD just morphed as i stopped fearing the sensation fears changed like to health
OCD is really trick and now i 100 percent believe that a small change in my body is cancer
Breaking down the fear of the disease is 🔑
Lmao i do feel anxiety in my biceps but probably through the tight pec in combination with tight upperback.
Those are common areas where anxiety activates tension in the muscles.
Whats Rob saying on 40:36-40:40 ? Can't grasp whats he saying. Anyone?
What happened to your hair?
What happened to your hair?
Invention called a haircut 💇♂️
@@OCDRecovery must have been nick with his lawn mower