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You can do it!!!!
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Hi. I have rocd, and the last months were an hell. Last week FOR 4 DAYS IN A ROW I was really happy, enjoying time with my bf, want to be with him, want to hug him and everything!! WITHOUT HAVING THOUGHT OR ANXIETY! Now I'm in bad feelings again, but I was really really happy that that happened!š
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It will happen again and maybe longer next time!!!
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I have come to the realization that the lessons we can learn from OCD can be priceless. That usually people with OCD are kind and insightful. That the fact that we get disgusted with certain thoughts it's proof that we aren't and we will never be in agreement with them. Which tells me that we are not our thoughts! Even when they feel so intense we are not the and they are just thoughts. We are becoming more resilient people. People with more understanding. People that understand what is like to suffer what in turns makes us more empathetic towards others. And one more thing. We don't need fixing! We aren't bad or broken. We just have a condition that's difficult to handle sometimes. So when we think: "if I could just stop thinking about this I will be ok" is a lie because we are ok. We were ok all along. And what I mean is that we aren't bad or horrible or disgusting. We just need to realize it in the middle of a thousand intrusive thoughts that we are good, valuable, worthy and amazing individuals. Yes, all of us! So to all my brothers and sisters that have OCD you are stronger than what you think. Let's not give up. Let us be compassionate towards ourselves as we are towards others.
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Love this!
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That is the most beautiful thing i ever read here. Thanks. You made my day batter.
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I didn't know I had OCD until a few months ago. So I went untreated for 37 years. I started treatment is August at age 45. The period just prior to starting treatment was an incredibly dark time. I felt hopeless and wondered if things would ever get better for me. I had done years of talk therapy and never made any progress. But I trusted my NOCD therapist right off the bat. She was kind and empathetic and assured me she could help me. Trust is incredibly hard for me. So for me to trust someone so easily was huge. I made more progress in 3 weeks than I did in about 10 years of talk therapy. Doing exposures was brutal and hard. There were times when I wanted to quit. I got discouraged. I still have bad days. For awhile, I felt guilty because my OCD is considered moderate. I felt like I should stop treatment and let someone whose symptoms are more severe take my place. I know I will continue to have good and bad days. I feel like I am back in control and can handle anything OCD throws my way. I am also incredibly grateful and thankful for my friendship with M. We live in different parts of the country but keep in touch via Messenger. She has OCD and has been so encouraging and supportive. She instinctively understands what I am thinking and feeling. She says I have done the same for her. I have been blessed with some truly incredible and supportive friends. But none of them have OCD. I thank God for NOCD. I have made more progress than I ever dreamed possible.
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I want to encourage everyone who comes across this to reach out to the people you want to reach out to. For so long, I know I felt under an obligation to be so self-sufficient in managing my life, that I didnāt need to rely on anybody. But this a sad and lonely philosophy. It denies the part of us that blossoms when we share our lives with other people. And I donāt want anyone else to have to experience that, so long as I can help it. I want people to feel free to love unconditionally and BE loved unconditionally. So show them your whole soul. Bright as the stars. I donāt think thereās a risk more worth taking.
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- 24w ago
I didnt wanted to post about this but it makes me really sad right now. This post will be about Christianity so if you believe in something else dont read it cause i will mention things that might trigger you. Im struggling with my faith right now and i feel like christianity might be the same like other religions and beliefs. I wont come with the "if theres a God prove it, i want Him to show up" thats ignorant, but i think about some things that keeps me stuck. Before christianity i was really desperate to find the meaning of life so i read about spirituality. Alot of people believe in that and live a peaceful life, cause that thinking makes you have positive behaviours cause they found a meaning. We say other religions are false things but then we say ours is true cause "we feel like its true". So its all about how you feel. Back then i just couldnt relate to spirituality and i found people who were liars and strange people, but we know christians can be that too, so i left spirituality cause it didnt made me feel good. But maybe if i wouldve stayed there and learn more, it generates the same feeling as i have now towards God and now i would say thats the truth cause i feel at peace and that im loved. Many spiritual people feel that, without christian beliefs. Non believers too realized a long time ago that self love is so important. So the problem is that i can never explain why do i believe, i always say "cause i feel that its real" well, if i would be so desperate to pray to a cat God and make myself believe everything I have is from that cat i would feel like its true. So my faith is about how i feel... which can be easily manipulated. And many times people said to me "its just a view, it makes you happy cause youre afraid that life doesnt bavw a meaning" and now i kinda feel like it can be true. Many will say faith is relational, but i can make that relation to anything, as is said if i think theres a big cat somewhere who loves me it can become relational... and then where all this ends it sounds like well God is with us but he doesnt do anything to intervene, you might now feel Him, we dont have any evidence, in the end of the day you just have to trust theres someone who will give you something after this horrible life. And that sounds like you want to give meaning to life. Maybe i didnt got the answers from the best christians, but it sounds to me like you jjst have to trust theres someone out there, and that belief will make you happier... But its the same with every other religion tho... Native americans believed in many Gods and it gave them meaning and a happy peacefull life. But we say thats false... why? Isnt our belief the same? I hope i get some loving anwers, cause im not trying to ruin anyones belief, im just struggling with my faith.
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- 18w ago
Ill be honest, I want to write a letter if anything happens, if I loose this battle and put and end to it. But even if my thoughts keep coming, I try to keep my head up, stand up strong and look them at them for what they are, thoughts. Iām still scared, I still canāt go to sleep normally, but I feel a tiny bit of hope. I really hope my feeling is right, I really hope. Whathever happens, Iām still proud of myself, Iām still proud of my achievements, I am proud of me. Whathever happens, please donāt forget This message. Please, donāt forget me
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