Anyone here a parent? I'm sure I'm not the only 20-something with OCD that feels very intimidated by parenting and afraid of my mental health taking a nosedive with that much on the line.
Nobody's pregnant yet...but my fiancé and I would love to start a family at some point in our 30s.
Any insights or experiences shared are welcome!
Anyone here a parent? I'm sure I'm not the only 20-something with OCD that feels very intimidated by parenting and afraid of my mental health taking a nosedive with that much on the line.
Nobody's pregnant yet...but my fiancé and I would love to start a family at some point in our 30s.
Any insights or experiences shared are welcome!
I get these panic attacks that are absolute horror. I know you all know the feeling, but these panic attacks have a much more cognitive than physical emphasis. I just feel absolutely petrified and get fed an intense fear of helplessness and pessimism. I get so scared that I just want to escape, and that leads to what my mind interprets as intrusive thoughts about self harm. I'm so terrified of self-harming and wanting to self-harm. And this reinforces the cycle.
Just sobbing, being terrified of being in my own mind, and trying to escape.
I actually just had my latest one today during a therapy session. My therapist coached me through it and told me to simply just breathe through it, and I did. It was so hard, and I'm still shaken hours later. I'm afraid of being re-sensitized and needing to handle myself with kid gloves again now.
Does anyone relate? What has helped you?
I get these panic attacks that are absolute horror. I know you all know the feeling, but these panic attacks have a much more cognitive than physical emphasis. I just feel absolutely petrified and get fed an intense fear of helplessness and pessimism. I get so scared that I just want to escape, and that leads to what my mind interprets as intrusive thoughts about self harm. I'm so terrified of self-harming and wanting to self-harm. And this reinforces the cycle.
Just sobbing, being terrified of being in my own mind, and trying to escape.
I actually just had my latest one today during a therapy session. My therapist coached me through it and told me to simply just breathe through it, and I did. It was so hard, and I'm still shaken hours later. I'm afraid of being re-sensitized and needing to handle myself with kid gloves again now.
Does anyone relate? What has helped you?
I have OCD and I get these panic attacks that are absolute horror. I know you all know the feeling, but these panic attacks have a much more cognitive than physical emphasis. I just feel absolutely petrified and get fed an intense fear of helplessness and pessimism. I get so scared that I just want to escape, and that leads to what my mind interprets as intrusive thoughts about self harm. I'm so terrified of self-harming and wanting to self-harm. And this reinforces the cycle.
Just sobbing, being terrified of being in my own mind, and trying to escape.
I actually just had my latest one today during a therapy session. My therapist coached me through it and told me to simply just breathe through it, and I did. It was so hard, and I'm still shaken hours later. I'm afraid of being re-sensitized and needing to handle myself with kid gloves again now.
Does anyone relate? What has helped you?