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Holidays for me are tough! I start a new job on Tuesday and my mind is so messed up. It’s telling me I’m not good enough and I’m going to fail. Im going to embarrass myself and be left with no income. WE ARE NOT OUT THOUGHTS!! You are good enough and you are loved!! It’s gets better!!
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Thank you🤍 Some days it’s a little harder but I’m grateful for reminders like these.
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This is such helpful advice, thank you so much🤍🤍 Happy Thanksgiving!
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i am crying w you❤️ you’re not alone in the suffering. my heart breaks for you too. i’ve had existential ocd worsen & improve over 4 years now.. themes switch but the existential content breaks me.
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my brain tells me i don’t deserve love, happiness, that i need to end it.
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You deserve the whole world. You deserve happiness and love. please please don't end your life. Please don't give up. I promise you better days are absolutely coming. I promise you, things will definitely get better. 💙❤️🌸 I am sending you all my love. I will send you national Suicide prevention hotline and national Suicide prevention textline. National suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide prevention textline: 741741 Please call or text them. They are so helpful. 🌸
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I promise you, better days will definitely come. Please don't give up. I am sending you all my love. And dear, you deserve the whole world. ❤️ You deserve to be happy and be surrounded by people you care about. ❤️ I promise you, things will absolutely get better. Also, Better days are coming, I promise. How are you feeling now? ❤️ By the way, I will send you national Suicide prevention hotline and national Suicide prevention textline. National suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide prevention textline: 741741
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Also, Hopefulsunny, Please call or text them. They are so helpful. 💜
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And remember you are not alone. ❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you for your support🤍 I’m trying to power through but I just can’t stop crying. Today is just one of those down days I guess.
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@hopefulsunny You're so welcome. And you mean you're trying to not let OCD hurt you? I am so so proud of you for trying. Don't give up. 💜💜 And aww my dear, don't cryyy. What about a funny video? Or your favorite movie? I am sending you allll my love. 💜💜💜💜 Aww I'm sorry today is not so good day. Tomorrow is a new day and will hopefully be a better day.💙💙💙💙💙 Don't give up and don't lose hope. ❤️
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- 3y
Guess what!? You must be doing something right! Look at all that scrambling ocd is doing. Yes, you will have ocd for the rest of your life... BUT it will NOT always be at the forefront of your life. Keep doing ERP especially when ocd says you're not doing it right.. heck even do erp with that... maybe I am doing erp right and maybe I'm not but I choose to do it anyway! Have your moment but then pick yourself up and put ocd in the back seat like the tired crying child that it is!
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Hello! I know how it feels, but after every hard day next one was way better in my case at least for the most part. I struggle myself today. If you need somebody to talk to I'm open for it. Wish you the best. Remember, you're not alone in it.
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Thank you!
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- 3y
Hi there, hopefulsunny! Thank you so much for reaching out on here. I totally understand where you’re coming from. My OCD tends to make me feel very teary. Your OCD is recognizing the progress that you’re making and it’s going into overdrive! I definitely recommend opening up to your therapist about this! Have you thought about joining a support group? My support group makes me feel so…well…supported! I don’t feel alone anymore. It’s not fair that we have OCD. However, these are the brains that we are stuck with. I try to reframe my thinking by “using my powers for good.” If I can help just ONE person with OCD, then my journey is worth it. You’re stronger than you know.
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Hi, thanks for replying! I’ve definitely been working on changing my perspective about OCD. I think it will be really helpful for my recovery journey to have a different outlook. I’m glad you have access to a really great support group! I have gone to a few of the NOCD support groups but haven’t really been consistent about it. I probably should as I found it did make a difference to be able to see others face to face even if it was over zoom! OCD can get very lonely sometimes so I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to me! It means a lot.
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I can't stop thinking about ending my life. I feel like I'm not even living, I'm just surviving. Everyone is capable of being a person and functioning and I'm just stuck here avoiding everything. My psychiatrist said my ocd is severe and it will all take time and I'll start erp and I'm already on medication but I just feel so depressed and like I won't be able to handle erp and it's already too late for me. I feel inhuman, it's debilitating. My major theme is just fear or contamination, I can't even make myself a meal I can't touch anything in the kitchen. I get stuck in the shower for 2 hours and when I don't shower because I'm depressed I feel like a walking germ. My hands are a mess, my school work is shit, I avoid and avoid and I'm just so tired of "living" like this. My psychiatrist said they don't have any therapists available right now like.... excuse me? What do you mean u don't have any 😭 I honestly don't even know why I'm typing this becuase nothing helps, nothing ever will. I'm so deep into this I can't get out, my room looks like shit, I can't live in this body anymore, I really can't. I let everyone down, I am and will be such a dissapointment. I don't have any dreams or goals or passions I just wasn't made to be here. I don't know how or who to ask for help like there's nothing anyone can do, I'm already on meds. I can't keep being like this, seeing everyone judge me for acting insane.
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I can’t stop crying. My thoughts are going insane, they’re so fast I can’t keep up. I want to tell everyone around me what’s happening (my family doesn’t even know about my OCD). I can’t seem to resist compulsions today. I’m freaking out. I want to give up. I feel like I’m suffocating in whatever is going on. I feel like I need to go to a hospital. I don’t know how to ask for help. I don’t feel okay. I don’t understand this at all. It feels like I took some random drug. I’m really scared I’m sorry, I am so panicked. It’s embarrassing but I feel so desperate for help right now I feel crazy
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- 20w
Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
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