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Hello did you have harm ocd toward family members
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Yes indeedy, I did. But avoiding them only makes it worse. When you have a harmful thoughts against them, donāt run away or fight it. Do the opposite.
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@Nica I feel like im at the point where I donāt know wether or not this is ocd. Like I stay around them and stuff but at the same time I feel like my thoughts arenāt normal the urges that go with them arenāt normal either
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@Anonymous Maybe, maybe not. You canāt let your thoughts push you away from things you want to do or people you care about. Thatās fueling the OCD fire and signaling to the brain that what itās currently doing is correct to to keep doing it.
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Yayayaya! So happy for you!
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Thank you! And long time no see š
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How did you manage SO-OCD?
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I stopped caring if I was no or a lesbian because thereās nothing wrong with that. After that realization and throwing up my hands to āmaybe, maybe notā it disappeared. I havenāt had an issue with it for a decade now.
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did you have somatic ocd?
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Yes, I still do. It doesnāt bother me anymore because I donāt put energy into caring or obsessing about it.
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@Nica Thatās awesome you take time to answer questions! Ocd is very very challenging
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@Nica I look forward to your answers, you see my messages right?
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Hi, did you have pure o ocd? All my compulsions are mental. How did you go about it? Iāve been in therapy for five months now but the mental ruminating feels impossible to reduce
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All day I think ugh what should I do now with all these thoughts? But then I say Iām not gonna do anything but it feels impossible to not do anything
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Did you ever experience postpartum ocd and false memory
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I donāt have any kids so no to that but yes, I have false memory OCD.
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@Nica May I ask how long did it take to over come and do you have any tips
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What can your therapy do for ROCD?
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It helps you lessen your reaction to thoughts regarding ROCD and gives you coping mechanisms skills whenever they pop up.
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Or the obsessing with the fact that I have ocd an anxiety.. an what am I going to do to change my life for the better an move forward?
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You sound like you need to get into ERP therapy as soon as you can. You have to learn coping mechanisms and the signs/symptoms of OCD so you donāt give into it and continue down the spiral of ruminating and obsessing, which makes your OCD only worse.
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@Nica Iāve been doing erp for 5 months now.. so I was jus curious how you recovered from feeding the ruminating monster
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@Nica Did you see my message about already starting erp therapy?
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@12354 It took me 3 years. 5 months sounds fine. It all depends on the person and how much you WORK on getting better. Recovery wonāt be magically given to you.
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@Nica Oh totally I hear you. But what helped you the most with obsessive thinking?
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@12354 I donāt take the thoughts seriously
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@Nica Thanks I really appreciate your time!
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If you did ERP, how long did it take to start seeing improvement? Iām about to start formal erp with my therapist, but Iāve been practicing by myself as intrusive thoughts come up, and I feel like hell. Tons of guilt.
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A year because I was also doing trauma therapy. Full recovery was 3 years for me.
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Any experience and/or tips on suicidal OCD?
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Iāve always known I enjoy life even when I was passive suicidal due to childhood abuse. Thatās even tougher to deal with because I did try to Jill myself as a child. However, when I went through my trauma therapy, it got way better.
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@Nica Kill* my phone is supposedly trying to make my past nicer than it is š¤£
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Have you ever had a thought so unsettling it stopped you in your tracks? Thatās how postpartum OCD started for me, triggered by my grandfatherās passing. After he died, a terrifying question popped into my headāWhat if Iām not a good person? From that moment, I became afraid of my own thoughts. When I had my daughter, a new fear took over: What if I could hurt her? I avoided being alone with her and constantly sought reassurance, but nothing eased the panicāuntil I found NOCD and realized I had OCD. Therapy was terrifying, but learning to face my fears instead of running from them changed everything. One day, when I was alone with my daughter, the thoughts came, and I simply responded, Maybe I could. Maybe I couldnāt, and moved on. Thatās when I knew I was getting better. OCD no longer controls my lifeāand if youāre struggling, know that recovery is possible. Iāll be live on the app around 6:00 PM CT answering any questions, so ask away!"
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Hi, Iām new to the app as of today. Iām 20 years old, and wanted to get some stuff off my chest about the types of OCD Iāve been experiencing over the years. Iām not entirely sure how or when my OCD was brought up, but Iāve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. Anywhere and everywhere I go, if I see things placed in an order/angle that my brain doesnāt approve of, next thing I know Iām āfixingā it to be in the placement I feel looks better. Iām not aware of why I feel the need to do that, but until an object is in the ārightā placement, I wonāt take my eyes off of it. My eye will even twitch. Another form of OCD I have is in relationships. I spend each day overthinking and over-analyzing every one of the relationships that are important to me. Friends, family, significant other. Another one is whatās considered āPure OCDā . When I get an intrusive thought of something devilish, whether itās randomly seeing my great aunt naked bc my grandma considers her āfatā even though sheās not, or itās seeing something demonic and traumatizing, I immediately tell myself, āI donāt wanna see/think about thatā over and over and over until the thought is gone. Or Iāll try to replace one mental image with another. One other form of OCD I face every day, is religion. I got baptized for the first time in my life earlier this year in January. I had finally started to repent for my sins, and now Iām constantly feeling afraid that Iām letting God down due to my depression/lack of motivation and vaping/smoking. I also fear excessively that Heāll banish me from His kingdom, or just turn a cold shoulder. I know that what Iāve just typed up is probably all over the place. That is my brain unfortunately. How do you go from being a mentally disorderly and seemingly erratic young woman, to a more well-established, successful woman? Iām all ears!
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I havenāt done a Q&A in over a year (my bad) but I used to do these at least once a month. Work is slow today, so please send me any questions you have about OCD and Iāll answer them as best as I can. A little about me: Iāve been subclinical/recovered for going on 5 years and Iāve been on this app volunteering since 2019 in an unofficial capacityāIām not connected to the NOCD team, so I donāt have any badges. I did ERP treatment with my therapist in-person while I was also being treated for PTSD. I have OCD, PTSD, ADHD, depression, GAD, social anxiety, driving anxiety, and a few speech impediments.
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