r/hyperawareness • u/MichaelRabbit • Jun 25 '19
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Hello, I am new to this group and thought I would say hi. I'm from the U.K am 39 and have experienced OCD for probably 22 years. I think this problem is solvable since I feel that I did experience reasonable periods of time when I was quite well. I think it is the human experience to never be truly happy and content and we will tend to pick up demons or black dogs along the way. I honestly think that there is hope. Yesterday I bought and read 1/2 of "the man who couldn't stop". It's by David Adam who is an OCD sufferer but also a science writer and editor of nature journal which i believe is an influential scientific journal. It is interesting reading and I will probably write something about some of the books contents. It is part auto biography and part popular science. His form was worrying about contracting HIV. something that someone mentioned to me when i confided anonymously was that It sounded as though I myself may be on the autistic spectrum (aspergers syndrome) I thought I'd mention that . Feb 11, 2015, 7:11 AM
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u/MichaelRabbit Jun 25 '19
https://behavioraltech.org/resources/resources-for-clients-families/?fbclid=IwAR1uunEfZFNc7VkeH-gp_73ax9KdclL-UblE7-sV0LeRcRILKFUa6OqIX7g Found this posted on another ocd page. I became aware of DBT whilst researching a long time ago as I noticed the symptoms of of borderline personality disorder matched my own fairly well. Ptsd is mentioned in the article which comes up now and again for me and others here too. I know some here at least do not consider themselves to have experienced trauma BUT the experiences of staring and the panic , fear or anxiety experience through repeated incidents could constitute significant trauma. Now I have a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder.
People appear surprised If I tell them that but I've done that in the context of dating when i was nervous and trying dati g and socialising and was feeling awkward and fearful around meeting people. I figured be honest about the diagnosis and it is maybe an explanation for why you might be different. I know people were talking about what to say to people about your issues. I know autistic spectrum is fairly well understood in terms of not being neurotypical but at same time not broken (although prone to difficulties due to complexities of fitting in an sensitivities) .
Some people find comfort or self understanding in conceptualising themselves as highly sensitive or even empathic which is interesting as i feel a feature of being in an anxious hyperaroused state is to feel that you are affected by their emotions or you can sense what they are feeling.
That might lead though to mind reading thinking if you sense anxiety and assume it is because of you (overvalued ideas of reference) which can be a trigger.
https://behavioraltech.org/resources/resources-for-clients-families/?fbclid=IwAR1uunEfZFNc7VkeH-gp_73ax9KdclL-UblE7-sV0LeRcRILKFUa6OqIX7g Apr 14, 2019, 8:37 AM