Do you guys really benefit from having people here tell you "yes, I experience that too" sort of things? I see it as quite reassurance-y but I wanted to give benefit of the doubt so I'm just wondering if I'm missing something

It’s better to ask once and then accept that as your answer because if you ask the same thing over and over again, you’re asking for reassurance.

personally, hearing other people say “yes i know, i have this, i do that to, oh but i dont do that..” isnt physically helpful for me and wont stop my rituals. but being able to reachout to someone, who completely understands what i go through, daily, hourly, helps me understand that OCD isnt just targetting me, its universal, and with that, i hope we can alltogether be there for eachother, and learn and overcome it, somehow.🙂🧡

Yes! I benefit because it’s nice to know you’re not alone. If we didn’t have people we could share our feelings with who understand I think ocd would be much harder and bleaker. I go to AA and we all share our similarities with alcoholism and we need each other’s support. If you are doing reassurance seeking here now that is different. I learn from people here about what to do and her lots of good advice.

I think when others say “I feel that too”it’s a means of trying to tell people “you aren’t alone in this and that it isn’t necessarily weird to have this happen when you have ocd”. Does it make the experience you had and the other person had healthy? Not necessarily. I see it as a means of saying “hey other people have had this problem, you aren’t alone so there’s probably a reason for it and maybe even a solution to help you cope.”

It has helped my self-esteem improve significantly. Seeing we aren't alone seems to help me accept my OCD themes, I don't feel disgusted with myself as I did alone. :)

Everyone can chat anytime and we can discuss things that helps

Atleast we understand things when the world probably doesn’t have a clue and don’t care about others