- Date posted
- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
It does get better. It may not feel like it now but it will get better. It always does. When you’re stuck in the thought process it feels like it will last forever but I’m sure you were stuck in this place before and it got better. Nothing lasts forever. That’s what I tell myself when my OCD is at its worst.
- Date posted
- 6y
@waluigi - I am trying to do things I learned here. I treat intrusive thoughts as OCD thoughts that aren’t mine. I don’t want them. Today I read about this: Treat intrusive thoughts as liars. Every time when somebody is lying to me I don’t care. Let him lie but don’t give him any respect any merit. Intrusive thoughts are the same. They are real in our head but that doesn’t mean they are reflecting real world. Let them be where they are, don’t resist but don’t give them any credit. Sometimes I say to myself aloud: Ahaaa, hello OCD, you again ? - to remind that thought is not mine.
- Date posted
- 6y
Mornings are worse for me too. Hang in there. It will pass! I was in the same place a month ago. I thought this was going to last forever and I was going to be locked away in a mental hospital. I increased my dose of Zoloft, started seeing my psychologist again and the thoughts have really calmed down. I never thought I would be able to feel somewhat normal again. I still have my ups and downs but it’s better than it was.
- Date posted
- 6y
I know exactly how this feels. I know it got better for me as well when my medication was upped. I’m always afraid of being locked away in a mental hospital. I’ve been an inpatient in a few 4 times. One of my biggest goals is to not go back as patient. I do want to work in a psych ward though. I want to help people with similar problems as me. I think that is my true purpose in life❤️
- Date posted
- 6y
@Critcrat that’s so reassuring to hear... i’m trying to stay strong and i know the worst of the storm is gone but i just can’t help but feel so empty. but thank you, i feel like sometimes i only hear difficulties. :-(
Related posts
- Date posted
- 22w
TW I’m feeling really bad about myself today. I feel like a fraud and a liar. I’ve been unable to enjoy my time with my girlfriend because I’m bombarded with my thoughts. I’ve been asking for reassurance from so many people and nothing is helping. Nothing makes me feel better anymore and I’m worried that this is just how it’s going to be for forever. I miss when I could just be happy and not overthink so much. I miss being able to get through my days without this crippling anxiety. I’m worried there’s going to be a day where I realize I have no fight left in me
- Date posted
- 20w
Everyday I wake up, all my mind makes me think of is the stuff I’ve done in the past, like all day I’m in a constant cycle of judging who I used to be and it hurts so so much. I wish I never thought to do those things, I wish I had been more mature than how I was before, it’s really lowering my self worth and I don’t think I’ve ever felt this miserable before, like last summer was the worst because I was dealing with this shit, I about almost ended my life over it, and I thought it would get better, which it did, but it didn’t last but for a while. As soon as it became 2025 I was going through it again, having constant cycles of “I’m a good person” to “I’m the worst person imaginable” and I’m so sick of it because I just want to feel like the good person l like to imagine myself to be, but I can’t because of shit I did in the past that I obsess over. I’ve cried and screamed so much over it and it seems like it will never leave me.
- Date posted
- 20w
some days I wake up with so much dread and guilt. It makes it so hard to keep going. I open my eyes and I’m hit with a wave of nausea and terror. I feel ashamed of my compulsions and my OCD. I feel like a monster for my checking compulsions. For momentarily sexualizing things that shouldn’t be sexualized out of anxiety. I’m ashamed of a lot that I give into because of anxiety. Confessing things that are meaningless to my boyfriend. I feel so awful and unworthy of existing and of love. I feel hopeless I don’t want to keep pushing, the more I push the more meta my OCD becomes and the more guilt I feel for this mental illness. The more confusing it becomes to do ERP. If compulsions are a choice, they feel like life or death and it’s driving me insane, I beat myself up so badly over them I’m scared of compulsions, I’m scared of thoughts, I’m scared to be awake, I’m even scared of sleeping because my intrusions and compulsions haunt me there too. I spend my dreams trying to explain or justify my OCD and compulsions to people. I’m exhausted, I want this to stop so badly. My severe OCD isn’t feeling any less severe and it’s been months. I don’t want to keep questioning my every move but I’m so hyperaware of everything I do. I’m so tired. Some days I don’t even have tears to cry with. I’m just so full of despair and shame
- Older adults with OCD
- BIPOC with OCD
- Students with OCD
- Relationship OCD
- Young adults with OCD
- Mid-life adults with OCD
- OCD newbies
- POCD
- Harm OCD
- Real Events OCD
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond