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Question:
I am not on any meds right now as I don’t have insurance and can’t afford to go back to the doctor or get some meds. My ocd is not debilitating and I hope that it never becomes that way. Today is a pretty good day…..I am finding that having something to look forward to s tremendously, and having a group of people who know what I am going through really helps too. Thanks 
Response:
I wouldn’t worry too much, we’re all (or most of us) going through the same stuff you are. My specialty (or at least one) is my OCD tries to destroy my mind. It takes every thing I hold dear to me and deconstructs it, strips away meaning, and in the process leaves me even more numb. What a mind-job OCD is! Slightly amusing if you think about all the crazy shit, and I mean that literally, we all can think up and act out on. In a sense, it’s like we all have superpowers: OCD! Announcer: "Able to act out uncontrollably, leaping tall buildings to make sure our phone isn’t off the hook! The silent warrior, fighting the "evil" empire living in our heads with the forces of good each and every day!" and remember to take it easy. Life’s way to short to get caught up in this. I’m convinced that you (in general) can take away at least a little bit of the fear, anguish, anxiety, etc the OCD leaves if you try to stay in control and realize that it’s not "you" doing the worrying – it’s your mind. More specifically it’s the lack of a chemical in our minds that keeps us all revved up with thought. Anyways, if I can realize this, it helps me gain a ‘little’ control. I understand for some of you it’s tougher. Ahhh, life….. -Easy "Jesus Loves You" <HeavenlyDest…@webtv.net> wrote in message news:18217-39CF803A-34@storefull-236.iap.bryant.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know this sounds stupid but aside from cleaning house my other major > ocd problem is this overwhelming fear that someone will take my child > away from me. I am a good mama and my child is very well taken care > of….and very happy and well adjusted. But yet I still worry….why in > the world do I obsess about this? I know it is normal to worry about > your kids….but obsessing over it? I am very over protective but I am > trying really hard to let go a bit, as that is healthy and it would not > be good for my child to grow up "too" overprotected. > Any ideas? I worry about my child getting hurt…..about my child being > at the wrong place and wrong time and getting kidnapped….I worry that > my child does not get enough vitamins…..but my child is happy, > healthy, and a normal kid. What is causing me to obsess like this? I > know it all sounds SO ridiculous….it does to me also. But please > don’t laugh at me about it….I am really trying to find some answers. > Thanks
Response:
Hi! Are you in therapy or on any medications? Your fears sound typical for an OCD sufferer. Ida Jesus Loves You <HeavenlyDest…@webtv.net> wrote in message news:18217-39CF803A-34@storefull-236.iap.bryant.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I know this sounds stupid but aside from cleaning house my other major > ocd problem is this overwhelming fear that someone will take my child > away from me. I am a good mama and my child is very well taken care > of….and very happy and well adjusted. But yet I still worry….why in > the world do I obsess about this? I know it is normal to worry about > your kids….but obsessing over it? I am very over protective but I am > trying really hard to let go a bit, as that is healthy and it would not > be good for my child to grow up "too" overprotected. > Any ideas? I worry about my child getting hurt…..about my child being > at the wrong place and wrong time and getting kidnapped….I worry that > my child does not get enough vitamins…..but my child is happy, > healthy, and a normal kid. What is causing me to obsess like this? I > know it all sounds SO ridiculous….it does to me also. But please > don’t laugh at me about it….I am really trying to find some answers. > Thanks
Response:
I know this sounds stupid but aside from cleaning house my other major ocd problem is this overwhelming fear that someone will take my child away from me. I am a good mama and my child is very well taken care of….and very happy and well adjusted. But yet I still worry….why in the world do I obsess about this? I know it is normal to worry about your kids….but obsessing over it? I am very over protective but I am trying really hard to let go a bit, as that is healthy and it would not be good for my child to grow up "too" overprotected. Any ideas? I worry about my child getting hurt…..about my child being at the wrong place and wrong time and getting kidnapped….I worry that my child does not get enough vitamins…..but my child is happy, healthy, and a normal kid. What is causing me to obsess like this? I know it all sounds SO ridiculous….it does to me also. But please don’t laugh at me about it….I am really trying to find some answers. Thanks
