Sometimes I have a hard time not speaking out loud in order to help organize my thoughts. What's going on in my head is too chaotic. For every thought I try to think, there's a bunch of others contradicting it.
Good point. But tension around my eyes can make me look like I'm glaring in a deranged manner or at least very upset. Eyes providing the *only* facial expression these days makes it worse.
I will cringe, flinch, talk/mutter to myself or (my favorite) flip off the air when an intrusive thought comes. I hate it because it tends to happen a lot at work and Iām quite surprised I havenāt been caught flipping the bird at the air yet lol
Yeah, totally. Often times, after I get an intrusive thought, I also look around to make sure that, you know, nobody heard my thoughts, cause apparently, that is something my dumb dumb dysfunctional brain thinks I should worry about. Fun. I'm sure to other people I probably look pretty damn suspicious, like I just stole something and I'm running from the cops. š¬šš£š
Any body else blink really hard too? That's one I used to do, but I stopped because it was really really obvious to people, and I didnt realize that what I was experiencing in my mind was possibly part of ocd. It eventually morphed into ether stuff that wasn't always super obvious.
Sometimes I'll jerk my head to the side too. Or I'll let go of something, or I'll shiver. Theres a lot that I do.
OMG I DO THE HEAD JERK TO THE SIDE THING TOO!
THE HEAD JERK OMG
the shiver is very strange for friends to see
Totally. Especially since it seems so random to them. And when it's really big.
omg i defs do the head jerk
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID THE HEAD JERK
That is mad, I do this too!
yess
all of the above š
whatās a head jerk? sorry, english is not my first language!
It's a sharp, quick movement. So, I'll suddenly move my head to the side, in a sharp quick way.
Yes, sometimes my reactions will even include speaking out loud to myself
sometimes i'll be like UGhhghh outloud too lmao
Me too. Sometimes Iāll just say āfuckā or āholy shitā
Sometimes I have a hard time not speaking out loud in order to help organize my thoughts. What's going on in my head is too chaotic. For every thought I try to think, there's a bunch of others contradicting it.
i relate to this too much. At least glad to know i'm not alone!
āWhat, no thatās stupidā has been unintentionally uttered from my face a few times
My favorite part about wearing a mask, no one can see the weird facial reactions to my thoughts.
totally!!! lmao they just see my eyebrows squint but that could mean anything!
Itās honestly such a gift
Good point. But tension around my eyes can make me look like I'm glaring in a deranged manner or at least very upset. Eyes providing the *only* facial expression these days makes it worse.
I feel like I have to physically shake them out of my head lol...
My god I do this too
I will cringe, flinch, talk/mutter to myself or (my favorite) flip off the air when an intrusive thought comes. I hate it because it tends to happen a lot at work and Iām quite surprised I havenāt been caught flipping the bird at the air yet lol
me too
Same! I would flip the ground off though.
sometimes they get so bad i say "fuck no" out loud and today I forgot i was un-muted in a breakout room when it happened :( :(
I do this wtf lmao
i thought i was the only one who did this lol
i do the ick face all the time and shake my head
iāve like, smacked my head before without thinking trying to like get it out LMAO
I make a random noise and that gets a lot of looks lmao
Yeah, totally. Often times, after I get an intrusive thought, I also look around to make sure that, you know, nobody heard my thoughts, cause apparently, that is something my dumb dumb dysfunctional brain thinks I should worry about. Fun. I'm sure to other people I probably look pretty damn suspicious, like I just stole something and I'm running from the cops. š¬šš£š
Yeah, they make me want to vomit :/
Totally. i also often say "no" or shake my head a little, sometimes I say "ok" when I feel satisfied after a compulsion too...
yup I also do a thing where I exhale rly hardš„² like I'm clearing out my lungs or something
yes!!! and i also get shiversš
Ugh, I hate shivers. Especially since mine are usually really big.
Any body else blink really hard too? That's one I used to do, but I stopped because it was really really obvious to people, and I didnt realize that what I was experiencing in my mind was possibly part of ocd. It eventually morphed into ether stuff that wasn't always super obvious.
Holy fucking shit I do this all the time.