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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.
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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.🙂🧡
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I agree!
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@Anonymous thankyou anonymous! i hope you’ve had a great day, was glorious blue skies here in the UK for me today😌
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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.
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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.”
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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. :)
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Chat anytime I’m here for you and everyone anytime
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Same ❤️
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Everyone can chat anytime and we can discuss things that helps
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Atleast we understand things when the world probably doesn’t have a clue and don’t care about others
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I told my OCD group about NOCD and one of the members brought up that this app, despite its intent to create a safe community for sharing OCD experiences could potentially be used for reassurance seeking, thus contributing to compulsions. I’ve noticed some posts about people venting and asking for reassurance and I wonder the same thing.
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When I say I feel like I like a thought, I don’t mean the OCD is telling me like a thought or that I concluded that from a physical sensation. I mean, I genuinely feel like something in my brain lights up and it feels like I like it mentally. Whenever I hear people talk about liking thoughts (excitement, arousal), I always see things about groinals or heart flutters. Physical things. I don’t think I really ever see people talk about the mental sensation if this is even a thing. I just wanna know if anyone relates to this or has found an explanation for this because seeing it from an analytical point of view seems to help me sometimes. This is so, *so* especially hard for pocd themed thoughts :( Anyone relate?
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I’ve heard it’s not good to seek reassurance or give it because it lowers your tolerance to uncertainty. But how do I avoid seeking reassurance when my thoughts and doubts are so bad, I genuinely just don’t know anymore if I’m a bad person or if it’s just OCD? I know I’m supposed to sit with the uncertainty, but how can I do that when the uncertainty has me unable to trust my own brain? Especially when the OCD is real event and POCD? How can I not seek reassurance when I feel so alone and so abnormal and just don’t wanna feel that way anymore? In turn, I see so many people on here struggling so bad and my heart breaks for them. How can I give advice to towers without giving them reassurance and hurting them in the long run?
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