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The “old you” is still you today. I had a relapse a few years ago, and when I was recovered, I didn’t even feel like I had ocd for the most part. I’m currently going through a relapse, and what’s giving me hope is that this is a blip and life will probably return back to normal again with ocd just being kind of an afterthought. You’ll still have intrusive throughts (even people without ocd do) but you won’t care that much about them—even when they’re annoying or scary. I hope this isn’t giving too much reassurance, but I just want you to know your core you hasn’t changed. You are still a human worthy of love, safety, and contentment.
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I feel the same way I seen older pictures of my prior to my ocd getting worse this last time I was smileing and being crazy my hair was always washed and I just looked better I still struggled back them to but not like this I literally wish I was her again this invisible illness that’s literally just in my head makeing me believe and do these things I can’t just stop and not listen to it when it’s not even real I could just get dressed normal 1 day and not do my dressing ritual that I’ve been doing for 15 years nothings stopping me but I wouldn’t be able to do it out of fear I’ve done it for so long though there’s nothing there stopping me from doing it though except that I have ocd I hate it.
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Please watch Ali Greymond on YouTube and also Ocd & Anxiety YouTube page. We don’t have to listen to this monster
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I agree I miss the old me and don’t know how to get her back
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Me too
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I miss when I wasn't ruminating 24/7, waking up with horrible anxiety or spending all day doing compulsions. Even when I try so hard to resist them I just end up in a spiral. I miss when I was comfortable in my nonbinary identity and didn't have TOCD and now everything feels wrong and conflicting. I miss when I wasn't depressed and disabled. I know I can never get that person back. I haven't seen that person since high school. Ive spent years with this disorder and i havent gotten better despite therapy and meds. I don't know if I'll ever be happy again.
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For those who have had success with medication for OCD/anxiety, how is your life different now compared to before starting medication?
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Do you ever feel like you wonder if your ocd would be less if you were with someone else? Or would it be better if you were with someone else? I’m really upset because I used to be able to enjoy myself even with the anxiety and now it’s like i am just analyzing and I don’t have feelings and I’m irritated because there’s things that frustrate me about him that I don’t like and my brain says if I was with someone else I would be able to deal with those things better and that we just aren’t right for each other. And the thoughts that used to make me anxious about breaking up don’t like it’s really me that feels it. I know no relationship is perfect but it’s like my brain keeps saying with someone else I wouldn’t feel like this or I would but I’d be able to handle it better. It feels like I have to just start fresh with someone new cause the ocd got too into this to the point where I don’t feel or even know what’s real. It feels like fear and anxiety and just being so into this has just made me feel not into this anymore but idk if I’m thinking right. It’s also just warped the way I see him like I only see the negatives and my brain keeps saying you don’t feel this cause it’s wrong. And it’s depressing bc of how happy and safe I used to feel. I’m supposed to see him soon and it’s like I want to but also don’t because I feel like things have changed unless that’s just something I made in my head and cause I don’t feel the feelings I used to. But then I think I will just be this way with someone else but then my brain says otherwise and it’s so confusing. People keep telling me not to make decisions because I’m fogged but it feels like I’m not. Like my brain is manipulating me. And also like all the things I used to like I’ve somehow turned into like distaste which is so upsetting. I would like to think this is just ocd taking control and confusing me and distorting my perspective but I’m scared it’s not and that my feelings are gone. Has anyone experienced this but it was still ocd?
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