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maybe try to follow some OCD therapists and pages on instagram. they're really helpful!
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Thanks for all this wonderful info and advice š
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OCD recovery UK are on Instagram and YouTube, they are life savers highly recommend š
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He Roux! I would suggest depending in your level of functionality to find a project, maybe something relativity simple to focus on or even take on a small job if you are able., it could help give you something to do/focus on other than OCD/treatment, and give you a bit of confidence. Also maybe see some friends and just hang out (you dont have to tell them what has been going on), or maybe spend some time with family (perhaps take up a project with family). Importantly, be kind too yourself. :) If you can, a pet may help :) At least these are some of the things I did when I got out of the hospital. As for books: I have Scrupulosity OCD, I this book is kindof geared towards that type but it was really great for me, it is called "The Doubting Disease: Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions" by Joseph W. Ciarrocchi.
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Hey Roux*, oops haha
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Definitely use this app, read NOCD articles, look at the IOCDF website, and look at OCD accounts on IG/YT. Itās so important to learn how OCD works and how itās treated! You also need to be able to recognize OCDās tactics and thoughts and the importance of not seeking reassurance. You have to train your brain to look for things that are OCD (e.g. reassurance seeking). If you donāt know how to treat it and if you donāt understand your OCD, OCD can grow.
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So after my ocd has become more prominent, it gets harder to fight through these compulsionās everyday. I donāt go to therapy or take any medications and to be honest I am very lost in my journey on how to navigate life with ocd. I donāt want it to take over my life. I want to be able to feel like I can live without a weight on my chest and to finally feel like I can breathe. Any suggestions or words of advice is more than welcome.
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Hi, Iām new to the app as of today. Iām 20 years old, and wanted to get some stuff off my chest about the types of OCD Iāve been experiencing over the years. Iām not entirely sure how or when my OCD was brought up, but Iāve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. Anywhere and everywhere I go, if I see things placed in an order/angle that my brain doesnāt approve of, next thing I know Iām āfixingā it to be in the placement I feel looks better. Iām not aware of why I feel the need to do that, but until an object is in the ārightā placement, I wonāt take my eyes off of it. My eye will even twitch. Another form of OCD I have is in relationships. I spend each day overthinking and over-analyzing every one of the relationships that are important to me. Friends, family, significant other. Another one is whatās considered āPure OCDā . When I get an intrusive thought of something devilish, whether itās randomly seeing my great aunt naked bc my grandma considers her āfatā even though sheās not, or itās seeing something demonic and traumatizing, I immediately tell myself, āI donāt wanna see/think about thatā over and over and over until the thought is gone. Or Iāll try to replace one mental image with another. One other form of OCD I face every day, is religion. I got baptized for the first time in my life earlier this year in January. I had finally started to repent for my sins, and now Iām constantly feeling afraid that Iām letting God down due to my depression/lack of motivation and vaping/smoking. I also fear excessively that Heāll banish me from His kingdom, or just turn a cold shoulder. I know that what Iāve just typed up is probably all over the place. That is my brain unfortunately. How do you go from being a mentally disorderly and seemingly erratic young woman, to a more well-established, successful woman? Iām all ears!
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