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  • 26-06-2011 12:26am
    #1
    frustrated99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi Everyone,

    I'm not sure what this is but It sounds like Pure O. A couple of years ago something bad happened me and since then i've been suffering with panic attacks. My panic attacks have seemed to escalated into intrusive thoughts. The intrusive thoughts are frustrating and upsetting but i was beginning to handle them and all of a sudden a year ago I started to get extreme self doubt. An example is this. If something bad happens me or i feel depressed or if i'm just alone in my room etc. my immediate thought is 'Swallow a battery' or 'Swallow bleach' etc. You get the jest. if i am angr or annoyed my thoughts jump to swallwing things. This is annoying and frustrating but now after I get the thought I question if i have done it and start to believe i have when i haven't. So if i think 'Swallow a battery' Then i'll spend the day/week/month convinced i did swallow a battery and convinced i'm a walking time bomb waiting to explode. I'm scared all the time that i will swallow a battery. I don't want to be alone and it's affecting my life. Why do i doubt myself? I convinced myself i've swallowed one. Has anyone got the same issue?


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  • #2
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Hello frustrated99

    we cannot diagnose here on the internet. You'd really need to talk with your GP and get a referral to a psychiatrist or psychologist. Both are free of charge in the HSE and you should get an assessment appointment within a couple of weeks; or if you have private health insurance you could go that route.
    Check out OCDireland.org.
    Discussion with fellow-sufferers probably best under Long Term Illness.
    CLOSING THREAD
    JC


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