Got too drunk and forgot most of the evening

[poorlyrhinoParticipant]

I know I shouldn’t have gotten drunk because it makes my OCD worse. If I could go back and not get drunk, I would! I don’t see the appeal in it these days.

anyway – having no memory of last night is really freaking me out. I think I did an OCD compulsion, according to the notes on my phone… But I have no memory of it!

By the sounds of it I must’ve seen a photo of one of my triggers whilst scrolling my phone – and my compulsion in response to any of my triggers is to mentally check.

I feel awful and my brain is filling the memory gaps with ‘what ifs’.

[Orwell1984Participant]

Alcohol depletes your serotonin so you obsess more, which is what you’re doing.  OCD people need more serotonin, so alcohol not advised.

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Forum Moderators here: it sounds like you’re going through a very difficult time and might want to talk to bsomeone who understands.

 

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