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- Dre83
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- 2y ago
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Thanks for the reply. For me too I believe going at it with erp and using other tools mentally. Especially because I want to not deal with side effects or the possibility that in the future you need to up Doses or change medication. Try the app, it gives great encouragement through strong phrases that really helps in the moment. We need to remind ourselves how courageous we are dealing with this. Another great speaker is Reid Wilson. I listen to him all the time. I even print out his key strategies. Hope this helps. Thank you again.
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- YoCDYoCD
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- 2y ago
You can do this! Have you started any therapy or meds yet? Can I ask if you’re a believer?
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- Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Yeah, I’ve been in therapy since it started in may 2020. I’ve been seeing a ocd therapist since October of 2020. Yeah, I’m a believer and I have a lot of questions for the Lord lol. I’m afraid of meds because of the scary but rare side effects
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- Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 2y ago
I was taking ativan but not for long just initially in the being but I started taking it again cause I have a bad episode on Thursday
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- YoCDYoCD
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Yeah, Ativan is not gonna help you long-term. It’s actually going to make things worse. Non-benzodiazepines, like SSRIs or SNRIs will help take the level of anxiety down. In general. He will also lift your mood.
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- Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 2y ago
I’ve been waiting for Him to take this from me. Harm ocd is scary!
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- Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 2y ago
I’m scared of antidepressants the ssri and snri
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Hi, I have it too. And with my mother the harm ocd. I too think back to a time it wasn’t there. It’s an unbelievably absurd thing to be dealing with and no one understands but us who have it. I’ve been in therapy for a year and it still comes. I use my tools to deal like sitting with the discomfort but the anxiety just crawls through me at times. I’m so mad that I have this problem and think how peaceful life would be. You’re not alone, and acceptance helps me. Acceptance that this is OCD and it’s scary and if it didn’t feel real it wouldn’t be OCD. I also find thinking about medication can become an OCD theme for me. I don’t want to take it and fear it so I now look at those thoughts as part of it. And try to do erp and also stop ruminating when I start thinking what if they ruin me or what if they don’t work or what if I really need them and I’ll never get better or feel better if I don’t get them. They are for many people but not for everyone. I was on lexapro last year and it made it worse so I jumped off it. I think erp is the gold standard. I also do something called the ANXIETY CHALLENGER APP. I love to schedule a challenge. It helps to make a game out of a moment you need some support with or if you know you’ve got something triggering coming your way you can schedule it on the app. Hope this helps, it helps to talk about it. Just sucks but we gotta fight!💞🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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- Dre83Dre83
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Yeah I know life would be so much more peaceful for sure. Sorry to hear about the lexapro and thats a prime example of why I’m afraid to take them. I feel like I have more control of myself than being on those meds. Thanks for the app tip I’m definitely gonna download it. Hope you find relief for yourself as well.
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- Scribble
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- 4y ago
Sometimes I worry that I don’t have ocd and that I’m losing my mind and that I’ll never feel better again. I was starting to feel really good last night and I thought it was finally over so I went ahead and did a lot of the stuff I enjoyed doing before this happened (the reason I had to stop was because certain things were triggering in either one way or another) but eventually I hit a point where I just could not bring myself to do something because it was causing too much anxiety. I got this horrible image last night in a dream and then I began to get a flurry of bothersome thoughts, so now I have 2 obsessions to worry about now. The first one is kind of in control but I’m just afraid what’s going to happen to my brain and I’m worried about having an episode in front of my family, who I’m supposed to be having a small dinner with today. I don’t want to tell them what’s going on but I’m afraid they’ll notice that I’m not well. I’m never present because I’m always in my head analyzing and ruminating and worrying. The feeling last night gave me hope that I could be myself again but I just worry that these thoughts will always linger and make me lose my mind. :(
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- hopefulsunny
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- 3y ago
I’m crying so much right now. Thoughts about being stuck with OCD forever. My intrusive thoughts aren’t even causing anxiety, they just make me cry. I can’t seem to recognize if I’m doing compulsions. I feel like I’m doing ERP wrong. My OCD tells me I don’t deserve to be happy or to be surrounded by people I care about. I really want this to be over but I don’t see an end in sight. Please God just make this pain go away. I’m so tired. Sorry for such a depressing post on the holidays but I’m just feeling so alone and I feel so lost.
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- Nick17
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- 1y ago
Doubt
So I’ve been having the same intrusive thoughts since Christmas there’s been some time when it pops up and I say that I’m not that person and I would never do that and I carry on my day which I call a good time but then there’s some bad times when it just sticks in my head and I feel bad inside and guilty and hate myself for thinking of this and idk if it’s me or ocd and whenever say I’m watching a movie or something has my attention then whatever I was doing ends then my mind immediately goes to that thought as if I’m trying to think about it which I don’t want to or that that’s the only thing i can think about. And I worry that this thought will be in my head until I die
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