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saving this so i can come back and reread it, thanks it caused some relief. :)
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Glad i helped ❤️
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❤️❤️❤️
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I just love this breakdown. Thank you so much!!
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Yes! I get lost in my thoughts but I remember it doesn’t got to define my true self
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I hate to bug people here and bring people down but I don’t know if anyone else is experiencing this. I mean I feel stupid for not really being sure because like it’s not like I’m the original human of course someone probably has experience something similar but it just feels bad. I was imagining going to a movie premiere with my coach from high school because he was really cool to me and he teases me in front of the main guy in so I try to teach him back and said like it more than thinking of women but I’ve never liked anything more than men I almost was tempted to say but I don’t like women and I don’t like out naturally it came out you know? Like why would I say that’s so easily nationally thinking of women that my Coach liked and said like in more than when I don’t like anything more than men and what they come with and I hope I haven’t made it anyone’s day worse because this was such a nice positive post. I even bookmarked it
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Because ocd, don't try to search for an answer, don't try to reassure yourself, leave it unsolved and it will pass. If you try to search for an answer you'll just make it worse.
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You are wayyyy over thinking that. No matter how “naturally” something comes out is not evidence of anything. Don’t try to figure it out
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Came back to this post in my bookmarks because it is such a helpful post for me. Thank you ❤️
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My pleasure!
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Thanks ❤️
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Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.
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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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I’ve been thinking a lot about how OCD changes the way we see ourselves, but I recently realized that I am not my thoughts. Just because a thought pops up doesn’t mean it’s true or that it defines me. I’ve started learning how to see OCD for what it is—just a disorder trying to trick me—and I’ve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
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