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- 3y
Wow im glad i found out about Reddit when I did. I have extremely bad OCD and I keep googling stuff about it however I haven't gone on to Reddit. I won't now lol.
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Yeah stay away. Not just for OCD but a lot of other things can seem worse than they are on there. I started using Reddit because of gastritis this summer and was convinced it would never get better because of what I’ve read on there. Ended up getting better. Turns out people that are stuck stay there so you only see worse case scenarios. With OCD you mostly see people that have to take medication and ERP isn’t effective. Or people that are having the hardest time even with both.
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Oh it’s absolutely terrible. I feel like people here are also a bit more knowledgeable in regards to best practices and not providing reassurance or asking for it. It’s not perfect but just much much better
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Reddit literally became a compulsion and made me obsess about perfectionism with my hobbies and made my doubting obsessions 10000x worse with all the cynicism and negativity. I have problems with thinking my medical cannabis is a waste and doesn't work because of all the quality complaints on the subreddit for UK medical, which is the only place to discuss the new market and different options... Even if I can feel it work, I obsessively doubt those feelings and check them until I enter an intense OCD loop whilst using it which makes it a self fulfilling prophecy. F*** reddit.
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I just asked if ppl prefer this app over reddit LMFAOOOO
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- 3y
Lmaooo Reddit wack af.
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- 23w
Looking back, I realize I’ve had OCD since I was 7. though I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30. As a kid, I was consumed by fears I couldn’t explain: "What if God isn’t real? What happens when we die? How do I know I’m real?" These existential thoughts terrified me, and while everyone has them from time to time, I felt like they were consuming my life. By 12, I was having daily panic attacks about death and war, feeling untethered from reality as depersonalization and derealization set in. At 15, I turned to drinking, spending the next 15 years drunk, trying to escape my mind. I hated myself, struggled with my body, and my intrusive thoughts. Sobriety forced me to face it all head-on. In May 2022, I finally learned I had OCD. I remember the exact date: May 10th. Reading about it, I thought, "Oh my God, this is it. This explains everything." My main themes were existential OCD and self-harm intrusive thoughts. The self-harm fears were the hardest: "What if I kill myself? What if I lose control?" These thoughts terrified me because I didn’t want to die. ERP changed everything. At first, I thought, "You want me to confront my worst fears? Are you kidding me?" But ERP is gradual and done at your pace. My therapist taught me to lean into uncertainty instead of fighting it. She’d say, "Maybe you’ll kill yourself—who knows?" At first, it felt scary, but for OCD, it was freeing. Slowly, I realized my thoughts were just thoughts. ERP gave me my life back. I’m working again, I’m sober, and for the first time, I can imagine a future. If you’re scared to try ERP, I get it. But if you’re already living in fear, why not try a set of tools that can give you hope?
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- 23w
I was going to ask for advice and vent after i just had an episode but reading through everyones post on here. I can see that everyone is collectively struggling at the moment and i think we need to utilize this community for more than just sharing our sadness. Nothing is wrong with venting of course but i feel like there isnt enough positive energy here to encourage everyone to keep going. I know asking for reassure feels like a must sometimes and trust me everyone has asked for it, it was a heavy compulsion of mine. But reassure is not what you need. It will make it worse everyone please trust me. Instead of letting out mind win we must support each other, understand our struggles but also share out wins. I feel like we dont use this community enough for finding friendship among us or spreading enough happiness. OCD Is not a happy disorder but seeing that everyone here is just here either hating on someone, people being too afraid to ask for help or no one reading peoples post. This place isnt just for our negative thoughts and events to fester we need to support each other here too! Ask for help, comment on peoples post with love everyone is struggling. In this community we should help pull each other out from dark places not let them stay there. I hope everyone who is going through it right has a better night/day/afternoon. You’re loved deeply your not a monster, your not evil, your not dirty, your not a heretic your Nothing your thoughts tell you are. Peace to you🤍🤍🤍🤍
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People who went from a really bad time with OCD to a better time now. Is it really possible? What was your theme? Did you take medication?
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