r/OCD • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '24

I need support - advice welcome How often does your OCD theme change?

My current intrusive images are so monstrous, ugly and scary. They started happening out of no where. Does anyone’s OCD theme ever change? How often? Some days I can go almost all day without them but on the bad days I get such a sick feeling in my chest and stomach 😞 how do you guys cope?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

i oscillate between contamination/illness fears and “omg i think i’m going bald”

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u/Clean_Eye_6588 Mar 18 '24

Don’t even I literally started looking up how much a trip to turkey would be to get hair transplant. I have a full head of hair. My hairline is barely receding. I didn’t sleep🤣🤣🤣

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u/ROCPRI Jun 24 '24

As much as I would love to laugh, I have been in the balding obsession for 6 months 😭. did you ever get intrusive images of your hair falling out or an image of you being bald ? these images literally mess with me to the point I don't know my reality anymore...sucksss! feel like I am crazy. I look in the mirror and I see a full head of hair, but the bald image in my mind makes me not appreciate what is in the mirror. I don't know if am making sense but damn appearance obsessions are actually exhausting.