It almost feels like my OCD has gone. But the issue is, even though I have no anxiety, I still have the obsessions. I get horrible awful thoughts but don’t worry about them. And I hate it! It’s like I ‘miss’ the worrying because it proved that I didn’t like them. But now that it’s gone, I feel like a monster.

I feel alot of people with ocd forget to celebrate the small steps. Go out this weekend and treat yourself to something you enjoy. A lot of us want things to completely disappear but thats not reality for anyone, especially with those who dont have ocd. When i see thos who dont have it, i’m speaking on people who live with painful memories that don’t obsess. Pat yourself on the back and celebrate! Congrats and great job!

Remember they are just thoughts. We all get weird thoughts.

Hold on ! First of all congratulations.See I think now you only have to work on the fear. Obsessions are made stronger by the feelings of guilt,fear and hopelessness( which are due to ocd). I understand your situation but please now focus on the fear. Focus on the feeling of fear and work on that. Lots of love and respect ❤

Thank you, and I appreciate that so so much! I will go out this weekend and celebrate!! I guess I sorta meant it feels more like my OCD has just ‘vanished’ instead of ‘I’ve worked really hard and it’s gone’. It’s like it’s just gone out of thin air and left me with all these dark thoughts that I can’t blame on OCD as there is no anxiety. But you’re right, I should celebrate small steps. The loss of worry is a good thing and an important step :)

Now it's time to keep focusing on valuable things. Good job! ❤️

Thank you! But I guess I just hate that the ‘fear’ is gone... if that makes sense? Because the thoughts are still here, and they’re really bad thoughts.

Thank you! I just wish I was more anxious I guess (which is such a weird thing to want!)

This means you established a new kind of relationship with your thoughts! Congratulations. You are on the right track towards full recovery. However, you are close to falling into another thing, which is still related to ocd. Worrying about having thoughts and not reaching with fear an anxiety to them will trigger ocd again. It doesn't matter if you don't have the anxiety anymore. It's still ocd. But you have another relationship with the thoughts, meaning that you don't assign meaning to them. I must warn you that what are you doing right now is called 'reassurance-seeking' and it can lead to having ocd in the future. Compulsions lead to ocd!

Reassurance seeking is something I really need to stop ? half the time I don’t even realise I’m doing it, because it’s mental. But this app can be pretty tricky for me as I’m CONSTANTLY trying to be reassured. So I appreciate people like you letting me know! I’m happy to hear from everyone that this is actually a GOOD thing, it’s just odd because I can’t see it as that. But I know I will sometimes soon :)

Hi Eden, from what I learned the cause of why you feel that way is fact that you judge your thoughts. It's important thing to learn in order to acheive full victory over ocd. Anyway you have done great progress and you should be proud of that.