Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Hope

I’m writing this to let you guys know that there is hope. I literally cannot believe that I’ve overcome OCD. I feel like I’m 90% better, and I see myself becoming 100% better than I was even before OCD very soon. This isn’t a boasting update, but simply to let you guys know that there is hope. I literally last year was on the verge of dropping myself over a bridge (multiple times) because OCD convinced me that I was the worst person in the world and 24/7 constant pain & torture - I thought I was a pedophile, a different sexuality, an incestual freak, and absolutely obsessed with everything & being perfect. If you asked me a year ago If I would have ever imagined myself getting to this point, I would’ve said no, and I possibly wouldn’t even still be here. But I persevered and I did a little bit of therapy, lots of YouTube watching, book reading, and I taught myself how to get better. The most difficult thing I’ve ever done, but 10000000% worth it. So there is hope, and feel free to ask me any questions below

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

I needed to read this right now thank you for sharing!! This gives me hope

Ano-kinskywa...

Date posted: 3y

I am so happy for you, I am having a horrible night and this really helped me and I’m that much more excited for my first sessions tomorrow!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Aweee🥺 that makes me happy to hear. I hope you have an amazing session and learn something helpful

mushroombe

Date posted: 3y

Lovely work 🥺💙✨ your freedom and joy is deserved, friend

ARJUN007

Date posted: 3y

That makes me stronger... Than you for sharing

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

What do you think made the biggest change in getting you to this point?

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

One of the greatest tuning points was when I got more into learning about meditation, and I’m not exactly talking about pracoricing meditation and closing your eyes, but really understanding what meditation is. Watching videos from Eckhart tolle helped me to understand that thoughts don’t mean ANYTHING and that we don’t need to be thinking to be functioning

anih

Date posted: 3y

so proud of you, that is hard work and you are so resilient for pushing through. i really resonate with the part where ocd convinces you you’re a terrible person, any tips on how to combat that?

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

The best advice, even though this is the advice that was the most difficult for me to take in & practice is to preservere. When I was convinced that I was the worst person in the world and living a lie I continued what I was doing and slowly by slowly these thoughts become less and less powerful

anih

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous okay, they just feel so so loud and true and it’s so hard to ignore haha

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@anih It’s not easy just takes time. And commitment. Commit yourself to not checking. Commit yourself to just doing what you want to do (and sometimes you might feel confused about what to do- but that also can be a compulsion) just do something

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous The best advice I can give is: you know your doing the right thing when you don’t have to think about it

anih

Date posted: 3y

but hopefully i can refuse to give them power

Makpotato

Date posted: 3y

so proud of you

Catperson10

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

Yayyyy this is so great to hear!

jawade02

Date posted: 3y

How do you deal with flashbacks or mental images? I also have PTSD so on top of my OCD it makes it worse..

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

You deal with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and ocd all the same. The moment we start to generalize these issues as just all one anxiety issue is when true healing happens. You learn that it’s just a thought problem. Learn to resist the urge to listen to the thoughts and continue with your life. It’s hard, your probably going to fail a lot. But what I’ve learned is that giving up guarantees failure. And if you want to get sonething you’ve never had before you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done before

egg101

Date posted: 3y

Well done 👌

HJOx

Date posted: 3y

This is just amazing! 🙌🏽

orphenia

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

Congratulations to you, thank you for sharing your insight 🙏

dslite

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 24w

Recovery is possible

Just wanted to give some hope to those who are having ocd spikes, spirals and worries. This past year I have regained my life back. I went from beginning to isolate myself, being convinced by my ocd that my hobbies are bad and that I should avoid things I enjoyed, and having constant panic attacks. With the work of IOP, psychiatry and nocd, I have made great strives towards my future. I now don’t avoid things and instead embrace my life and ANY possibility that may come. Don’t let the ocd bully you. Yes, I have intrusive thoughts still but I am able to go about my day instead of obsessing over them. You can find this too. I encourage anyone on the fence to please seek help if you are in a tough time, it can literally save your life.

calebtrask

Date posted: 20w

You will be okay! There is hope!

Hey people! Hope you all are doing well. I used to use this app back in time, when I was dealing with many subtypes of ocd, mainly related to my sexuality. But, today, I live a life free of of obsessions, at least in terms of my sexuality. I do think that I still have a way to go to get better in terms of mental health - yet I'm not ruining my life over silly thoughts. When I have time and energy, I will write about my experience and story. But, for now, please know that what you are going through at the moment is only temporary. You will feel good inside your skin one, hopefully very soon. If you need a company or a person to vent to, please let me know! I can listen. I emphatise with you all and send you love. best, caleb

mariahlexie

Date posted: 16w

Thank you all for your support

I am FINALLY starting to (somewhat) recover from this last existential spiral, which admittedly, was probably the cruelest my OCD has ever been to me. Only thanks to you all. You were all able to provide me with kindness, understanding and support… without the kind of reassurance that feeds OCD, of course. When I downloaded this app, I was genuinely terrified. I was so scared that I was permanently doomed to the endless whirlpool that is the thoughts produced by my own brain and that life as I knew it was over, that I would never be happy again. For anyone who might be feeling that way right now, your OCD is LYING to you! Whatever you may be going through, it CAN get better. As hard as it may be right now, HAVE FAITH! Get up and do that thing you want to do in spite of the fear and discomfort. Take the fear with you like a whiny, unwilling toddler and do it anyway. Watch the movie, read the book, order that takeout you’ve been craving, bake the cake, wash the dishes… Please do it anyway! It will be hard at first, I won’t lie. But the OCD part of your brain, like a toxic partner, WANTS to win. It wants you to give up on those things that you love, all those things that make you happy so that there’s no space for anything but itself. Don’t let it win. The more you push yourself, the more you rewire your brain to realize that as much as it may feel like, the obsession doesn’t matter! Thanks to you all, even without therapy (YET - I’m starting that journey on Tuesday because there’s still a lot to unpack, and I know that OCD won’t just magically go away), I was able to get a basic understanding of ERP and learning to sit with discomfort and how to live life in spite of it, rather than letting it take over my very being. So for that, I thank this community. I think I would be in a very different place right now if it weren’t for the people I’ve met here who truly understood my experiences. I hope you have a wonderful day. Please don’t give up. You deserve to be happy, no matter what your brain is telling you ❤️

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