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Old 05-28-2007, 04:02 PM   #1
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Re: Holidays

Do holidays ever make anyone's OCD worse? I don't know why, but my OCD has bothered me a lot this weekend. We did get a new dog (have three now and am babysitting one), so maybe I'm just under more stress? When my OCD is bothering me, I just don't feel as social and then it's sort of like a vicious cycle, in that I feel a little depressed that I'm not out camping or doing something with my family like other families are doing. (although my daughter has been camping all weekend long with friends). It's hard for me to explain - maybe I put a higher level of expectation on myself around the holidays, thinking that they should be "perfect" and that our family should be doing the "perfect" activity, etc. and that I should be feeling "perfect". This OCD or anxiety or stress or whatever it is hard on me, because for years I lived without these intrusive thoughts. It's hard for me to accept that it's come back after years of feeling "normal". I continue to keep my faith in God strong and His ability to heal me.

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Old 05-28-2007, 04:22 PM   #2
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Re: Holidays

Having long weekends or vacation is always a problem for me because I definitely use work to keep my intrusive/obsessive thoughts at bay. If I keep myself busy, they don't tend to bother me as much or I'm too busy to notice them. I would imagine having kids that want special treats during the holidays would add to my stress, so here's hoping you feel better!

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Re: Holidays

All weekends are tough for me! I work on weekends, so I can't do any big activities, but they nonetheless just feel *different* - like holidays, just on a smaller scale. It makes me sound autistic or really immature, but I just feel thrown off by how everything changes - traffic, stores, activities, etc., and I just don't feel like I have a place in it. I also understand the higher expectations for holidays. I do that, too - hoping bf and I will do something special, memorable, and then feeling especially desolate if it doesn't turn out that way. I think we OCDers can be very sensitive to changes, and holidays are all about that. I don't mean to offend you, though, by guessing that you're as silly as me about the weekends and holidays - probably most people aren't

 
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