My subconscious thoughts challenge me & something bad will happen if I don't do it

Mental health
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Hi

I've always struggled with this but I've never know what it is and it's been happening more recent.

My brain challenges me to do something and if I don't do it within the time frame or in the specific way necessary then obsess that something bad will happen

For example

Yesterday me and my boyfriend (who lives in the top floor flat of a 6 flight of stair building) came back home - a thought popped into my head that I needed to run upstairs to his flat and get inside and be undressed (not in a sexual way) by the time he'd walked up the stairs and in the door. If I wasn't to complete this in time, my thought process concluded that he would break up with me.

There's other thoughts like just now I just got an Indian take away and was sharing some poppadoms and chutney with my other half. If I don't eat the specific bit of poppadom I looked at first I obsess that something bad will happen, so when my boyfriend reaches out to take the bit I'm obsessing over I get scared and have to ask to have that specific bit.

It's not just things to do with when my boyfriend is there or to do with him.

I definitely have not got OCD in any aspect of my life other than maybe this. I do have ADHD and can suffer from anxiety and depression on and off.

I was wondering if anyone knew what this was or had experienced it before?

I'm new to this forum & forums in general please be nice!

Thanks

LB

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I have this when I get bad anxiety like when I was younger I had to switch the lights on and off 10 times before leaving the room or my family would die lol mum and dad went mental hahaha and not stepping on drains on stepping over plugs in my house it's just came and gone through my life not as bad now that am older well am only 29

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Hi,

You need to see a specialist as soon as practically possible. Thoughts like what you describe are called delusions. They are not a disease but are rather symptoms of an underlying psychiatric condition. In some cases these pathological thinking patterns result from stress or some unresolved psychological conflicts but occasionally they may indicate a more serious problem – which could be diagnosed only by a psychiatrist.

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Hi sounds like anxiety and OCD.my OCD I have to jump out of bed and do something like make sure all my couch cushions are straight or I can't stop thinking about it it has to be done straight away. You sound different, more random things you feel the need to do or you think something bad will happen.not a doctor but with my history I'd say deffo need to see doc ( they will have heard something like this before and can treat it) don't let it go on as you will get more and more anxious about what it is then anxiety may consume you and convince you every symptom is extreme.it can b scary . Glad u know we are here.❤️

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I have had the same thing. My Dr told me it was part my OCD.

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Sounds like OCD type behavior.  OCD and Anxiety are very closely related.

One of the techniques used in treating OCD is Exposure Therapy.  It's difficult and you may need someone close to you to guide you, but basically, when you have that urge to do something you simply (not that simple, I know) don't do it.  This will cause a spike in anxiety, panic, etc etc.  You will then see that nothing bad has happened.  Then the next time an urge comes, again, dont do it.  Same spike in anxiety, panic, thoughts all that.  Eventually your response to ignoring these urges should become weaker and weaker and eventually go away.  It's best to talk to a therapist, and it may even be a good idea to get your significant other involved, so they can be aware and understanding when you are battling an urge.