Guilty feelings..... - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

purplegirl1 · 01-23-2009, 06:20 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?

Post-It · 01-23-2009, 07:37 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!

purplegirl1 · 01-23-2009, 12:57 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.

Doubter · 01-30-2009, 09:18 AM

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.

mj21 · 02-01-2009, 09:53 PM

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.