Anonymous20222
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- 3y ago
Mitch986Mitch986
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- 3y ago
One thing that’s helped me is expect your OCD to come. It’s always looking to ruin the party. When I have that mindset it doesn’t seem to hit as hard because I’m not jolted when it arrives. Eventually you will build the confidence to not care either way and welcome the challenge
RaspberrylemonadeRaspberrylem...
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
There’s no such thing as a bad thought. -Patrick McGrath Live by your morals and values. Youve overcome every single thought you’ve ever had before, you can overcome this one too. The questions don’t need to be answered.
HopeforhappyHopeforhappy
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- 3y ago
Get and find support and do things to distract from thinking about negative things
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y ago
People who experience ocd need to learn how to love themselves and you deserve to trust and love yourself. Life is a constant journey but it’s when we work through our pain by sitting with it and feeling it and acknowledging our struggles, that we are able to start healing and moving forward.
autisticompulsiveautisticompu...
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- 3y ago
Hiya, Oh gosh, it's hard to narrow it down. I think it'd be that embracing uncertainty isn't just how you treat OCD, it's rewarding in and of itself. OCD can make your life incredibly small, and embracing uncertainty is how you start to open it up again. I am slowly learning to value risk and imperfection, because that's where the magic of life lies. Embracing uncertainty has meant experiencing some bad things, sure--but it's also meant experiencing some wonderful things, too. Things I wouldn't have gotten to experience if I had kept letting OCD run the show. The other thing would be that it can be helpful to personify your OCD. Lots of people name their OCD so they're able to separate it from themselves and talk back to it. Lots of people imagine their OCD as a monster, and every day they ride out like a knight to do battle against it. I see my OCD as a well-meaning friend who genuinely wants to protect me, but who has spectacularly bad advice. So when she starts telling me what I should do, I can calmly say "thanks hon, I appreciate that you're trying to help, but I don't need your help. I got this." It's just a way of framing things that makes your OCD a bit easier to resist. Best of luck! <3
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y ago
I learned it from the healing and freedom journey podcast with Marc and Melissa Dejesus
HopeforhappyHopeforhappy
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- 3y ago
I never did ever
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- 15w ago
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I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
johnnn
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- 15w ago
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whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
Andrea Wells
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 14w ago
My OCD Journey
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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