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Spinoff to a few recent threads. Anxiety?
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Eireann
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Re: Spinoff to a few recent threads. Anxiety?
I’m also claustrophobic; my triggering incident happened 15 years ago. I feel like no one can understand my sheer panic at the thought of getting in an elevator. Thankfully, I’m usually able to avoid them. This summer, my BIL booked a hotel room for us overlooking Niagara Falls on the 17th floor...don’t you know I walked up and down 17 flights every day!!
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Re: Spinoff to a few recent threads. Anxiety?
I have had undiagnosed OCD for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, I remember, for example, not being able to fall asleep because I would have to get up and touch certain things in my room many, many times over and over again. I would feel that something awful would happen if I didn't perform these rituals. I guess my parents didn't notice because I kept it private. I felt ashamed of it.
As I got older, I was able to find ways to navigate the situation and cope; I suppose I have essentially performed exposure therapy on myself to an extent. I definitely do still have episodes, and I will, maybe once per year, experience a period of time that is difficult to endure as a result.
I don't really tell people, and I have never told anyone in my family. I have kept it hidden for close to 30 years, so when I do tell people, I think they think I am exaggerating since it is really not visible. Therefore, I don't tell people anymore.
DH is really the only one who knows, and, even then, I don't think it is possible to fully explain the mindset of OCD to someone who doesn't have it.
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MaZz
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Re: Spinoff to a few recent threads. Anxiety?
Posted by oldtimerocknroll
I have had undiagnosed OCD for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, I remember, for example, not being able to fall asleep because I would have to get up and touch certain things in my room many, many times over and over again. I would feel that something awful would happen if I didn't perform these rituals. I guess my parents didn't notice because I kept it private. I felt ashamed of it.
As I got older, I was able to find ways to navigate the situation and cope; I suppose I have essentially performed exposure therapy on myself to an extent. I definitely do still have episodes, and I will, maybe once per year, experience a period of time that is difficult to endure as a result.
I don't really tell people, and I have never told anyone in my family. I have kept it hidden for close to 30 years, so when I do tell people, I think they think I am exaggerating since it is really not visible. Therefore, I don't tell people anymore.
DH is really the only one who knows, and, even then, I don't think it is possible to fully explain the mindset of OCD to someone who doesn't have it.
My husband suffers from it and he can go for a while without having an episode and then something will set him off and he’ll have it really bad for days at a time. I can never understand what he goes through. He needs everything completely straight and perfect in his mind. It seems to strike whenever we get something new around the house. He’s got to “fix” it for hours to make it right in his mind. It is such a time waster and he knows this but his mind won’t let him stop. I’ve been with him for close to 20 years so I know how to help him through it and try to encourage him to leave things be and not to let it win. It’s a horrible disease! 
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Funkybutt
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Re: Spinoff to a few recent threads. Anxiety?
Posted by amac27
I would REALLY like to travel more with my family and I don't want to pass on my fears to my kids, but I'm not sure how to get over it.
Therapy. That's what I had to do. I'm still terrified to fly, but I'm determined not to stop me from traveling. Valium is my friend!
Speaking of OCD, I also have trichotillomania (hair pulling). It started when I was a kid, and it comes and goes in my life, depending on how else I can relieve the anxiety. The only time I pulled a bald spot on my head was in college and it scared me and I never pulled that much from one spot again. However, I used to tweeze my legs all the time - to the point that hair in large spaces don't grow back anymore. I had to give it up years ago b/c my eyesight changed and I can't see anymore - plus I'm not as bendy as I used to be and can't contort the way I used to. Thankfully I never got obsessed with pulling eyelashes or eyebrows. I can tweeze my eyebrows now without going overboard. So hey, I have some self control!
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