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I don’t understand how I can accept this as just “thoughts” when it’s not just thoughts; it’s memories, arousal, feelings. I don’t see how I can write this off as ocd.
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Same i always feel like these thoughts don’t even feel intrusive anymore and feel like they are so real and true
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@Brave through I feel like mine were never, ever intrusive. It’s been 8 years. I want to kill myself.
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@lennygirl It feels the same i saw something on an ott platfrom of this woman in a particular pose and i wanted to watch it cause of that I don’t think there’s any bigger proof than that of denial amd not ocd I didn’t feel anxious or nervous i wanted to watch it and it felt i wanted to cause I wasn’t straight which I don’t even know how that thought came it felt like my reality my truth and not an intrusive thought cause i would have enjoyed watching it and just saying and considering all this is enough proof to say that it couldn’t be ocd and even that is not making me anxious or nervous when it should why does it feel like i want it do i??! What if i do?!? Who am i?!? I feel like i don’t even know myself anymore and all this is like the figuring out thing what do i do?!?
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@Brave through I feel the same way. I have so, so much proof. I can’t go on.
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@lennygirl What do i do?!? Who am i?!? Will it be easier if i agree?!? I am so close to losing myself idk who i am anymore…
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@lennygirl i felt the same way to like i had so much proof that i am but i don’t try and figure it out the more you try and figure it out the more real it feels
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rn what i do is just be happy about what i have rn gratitude really helps me and i just enjoy my time with my boyfriend because i get to chose my life the way i want to i don’t want to allow my brain to make me feel like everything i do i will obsess over
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and when i do get these thoughts feeling or arousal whatever it is that comes up i just chose to say yeah whatever they are there
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i still go out and live my life. back then i was really bad and i felt completely in denial
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I understand but it feels like my reality like what i want and i am just lying to myself like why was i pulled towards that picture of this woman answer would be i wanted to watch it cause i am interested in it why would i be?!? Who am i?!? This all always points towards denial otherwise why would a straight person enjoy these thoughts or want to pursue them and i not feel anxious or nervous about them and want to watch them idk if its ocd doing this to me or what?!? But all proof point towards something else i am so lost don't know what to do?!?is this even ocd ?!? What do i do?!? I am so lost..
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@Brave through if you were pulled by it then it might have been a compulsion to check if you were attracted
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@Brave through compulsions are sneaky and it’s very common for the anxiety to go away just like mine did
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@jusme I am at a point where nothing feels real anymore cause I don’t know whats real anymore and what if i was pulled cause I actually wanted it and liked it and stuff and why does it feel like i did?!? How do i tell myself this is ocd?!?
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@Brave through you don’t tell yourself it’s ocd you just accept that maybe you it’s true it’s really hard and takes practice erp helps
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@jusme Hopefully i can get professional help soon too… thankyou for hearing me out:)
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@Brave through i hope you can too everything will be okay ❤️
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How long have you been in recovery for hun?
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almost a year but for soocd but i’ve always had ocd with other themes
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@jusme Do you feel it’s fading away? X
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hi guys haven’t posted here in awhile but i’ve fully recovered and have a really good life now lots of friends enjoying school and have a really loving boyfriend who helped me out of my ocd even if he didn’t know he was helping me (just through being loved and supported i felt happy enough to recover) hope u guys can recover too i had severe ocd and basically got better within 2 months by myself :)
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Feeling hopeful. Pasta days I’ve felt pretty much myself. My attraction to the opposite gender has come back in stages. False attraction to same gender is there but not as near strong as before. It’s like my brain knows it’s OCD. I have been through hell in the past months, really really severe SOOCD. But I see the that this does not define who I am and my values! Keep strong and fight on.
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i’ve just been feeling so off lately. i’m okay right now, but a couple hours ago i was in this mood where i felt anxiety creeping up. like i will feel like there’s danger when there isn’t. i just get this really uncomfortable feeling that something feels wrong even when it isn’t. and i’ve been feeling derealization/depersonalization. just really disconnected from myself and the world. i’ve also been unmotivated to where there are times when the thought of doing things upsets me. and i’ve been having existential thoughts that do not mesh well with harm ocd. i get the thought “if people aren’t real then it’s okay to hurt them”. it sucks because there are times where i just don’t even care to ruminate and find reassurance that that’s not the case. furthermore, i’ve just been really aware of my existence. i will get moments where i’m so aware of my existence and it freaks me out. like the fact that i’m a living human being is crazy to me. then there are times when i’m not even anxious about anything which then has me questioning and ruminating on that because i ALWAYS have something i’m worrying about. i’ve also been feeling really nostalgic and bittersweet of the good memories from the past. i keep thinking about good times i’ve had and really wishing i could relive it. for example, last summer was a pretty good summer even with my ocd. and i just wish i could relive some of those moments, but i obviously can’t. and it’s been upsetting me because this month has been shitty with my anxiety. as for an update with my room change to those of you curious, i still have anxiety over it and my mom is taking it as me being ungrateful with what i have when it’s my ocd making a huge deal of it. that upsets me especially since i’ve told her what’s been going on and she was really understanding of it. anyways, life has just been a bit much and i’ve been dealing with more to my anxiety that i don’t appreciate. while worrying about constantly throwing up with my contamination ocd is incredibly exhausting, it’s so normal to me that i’m used to it. but when my harm ocd kicks in along with other themes that aren’t usually common for me, i freak out and feel like i’m going insane. i genuinely wonder how people have dealt with taboo topics of ocd without treatment for years on end. i’ve had harm intrusive thoughts since i was little, but it didn’t get to any extreme until 2023. i feel like i’m drowning in it when it decides to hit me and the thought of having to deal with it for the rest of my life?? i’m scared something in me will flip and i’ll become what my thoughts are telling me i am. i apologize for the mixed thoughts that are all over the place but i feel safe posting on here about it and want to hear how y’all are doing
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