purplegirl1
01-23-2009, 09:20 AM
So I find that I always feel guilty for no reason...(big part of my ocd) . I am sick. I was sick yesterday adn today and stayed home from work. Of course I feel really guilty about not going to work. I am also anxious about getting all my work done b/c I have quotas and only have next week to finish it....I know this is all part of the OCD. Anyone ever get like this?
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Post-It
01-23-2009, 10:37 AM
PG, I deal with a lot of guilt as a result of my OCD.. or maybe just who I am, I don't really know. I know that when I am in the throes of OCD, the guilty feelings are sky-high. But I also seem to feel guilty about stuff that I shouldn't feel guilty about (like staying home from work when I'm sick, or not talking to my mom "long enough" on the phone). My husband and I always joke that if anyone wanted me to rob a bank, all they would have to do is make me feel guilty about it!
Guilt is only useful when we have done something wrong. Problem is, sometimes with OCD, we have a tough time deciphering if it was really wrong or not!
Guilt is only useful when we have done something wrong. Problem is, sometimes with OCD, we have a tough time deciphering if it was really wrong or not!
purplegirl1
01-23-2009, 03:57 PM
Post -it,
Yes, I knjow I should not feel bad or guility b/c I am sick, and it is rationale....now I even feel guilty b/c I stayed home today too and my sister may be in labor today and I feel bad not driving to her, I am in NY and she is in NJ, so it is not around the corner, but I should not be there anyway b/c I am sick, uhh OCD just loves to torture us.
Yes, I knjow I should not feel bad or guility b/c I am sick, and it is rationale....now I even feel guilty b/c I stayed home today too and my sister may be in labor today and I feel bad not driving to her, I am in NY and she is in NJ, so it is not around the corner, but I should not be there anyway b/c I am sick, uhh OCD just loves to torture us.
Doubter
01-30-2009, 12:18 PM
I feel guilty all the time, especially regarding work stuff. If I stay home from work because I'm sick, I feel like I'm cheating, and I keep wondering if other people in my position would stay or go. And then I feel really guilty WHILE I'm working, like constantly wondering if I'm "stealing time" if I stop working for even a couple seconds. And the stress of wondering whether I'm cheating just increases my OCD.
Once in a very long while, I'll have to stay home because of OCD problems (I've got really severe OCD), and that makes me feel even more guilty, because I feel like it's not as valid a reason as physical problems, which isn't fair at all.
Whenever anyone comes up to me at work, I instantly think they're going to chew me out for some imagined transgression.
Once in a very long while, I'll have to stay home because of OCD problems (I've got really severe OCD), and that makes me feel even more guilty, because I feel like it's not as valid a reason as physical problems, which isn't fair at all.
Whenever anyone comes up to me at work, I instantly think they're going to chew me out for some imagined transgression.
mj21
02-02-2009, 12:53 AM
I get guilty too. It sucks and sometimes I have to try to put i from my mind. And it's embarrassing sometimes if someone sees my guilt. They just don't understand.
mmmeggg
02-03-2009, 03:06 PM
Right there with ya. I feel intensely guilty all the time, for no reason. My therapist told me something really helpful today, that when confronted with OCD thoughts/feelings (like irrational guilt), the best thing to do is to try to step back for a minute and try to gain some perspective--just keep thinking, "this is an OCD thought, and it's a part of who I am, but it's not me."
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purplegirl1
02-04-2009, 09:40 PM
That is true, sometimes we just feel guilty b/c that is just OCD....