Posted by juniper on March 11, 2000, at 21:38:32
In reply to Re: medication breaks and increased OCD?, posted by bob on March 10, 2000, at 19:53:36
thank-you janice, cindy, and bob for your responses. i know that i must be using my OCD as a stress relieving mechanism (or at least at one point i was doing so and it must have worked and so i've continued it. but it's outlived its usefulness and now seems to be an energy and time sucking habit).
i recognize that my OCD symptoms can flair up during stressful times. at times i can be so stressed, sad and overwhelmed that whatever works, regardless of the uncomfort it will bring later (and i guess the trancelike-i-don't-want-to-be-doing-this-but-i-am uncomfort at the time). i don't know if it is so much relieving stress but trading it for something different, at a time when i desperately want to feel differently, but don't know how.
but at other times i feel content, maybe even happy (!), but the symptoms remain.
again, thank-you for your theorizing and suggestions.....
i think it is time to go the target-the-OCD route, which is actually sorta cool (for lack of a better word) as most of my other problems, which were originally the primary ones, seem to be under contol at the moment. gotta remember to count my blessings at times.
juniper
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