Anonymous
- Date posted
- 6y
JennyJJennyJ
- Date posted
- 6y
I agree
JennyJJennyJ
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes guys, I am grateful for having found a bunch of people who actually understand what I go through. Even if I can't see you or talk to you in person. I know this is a safe space where I won't be judged or laughed at
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Seriously!!
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
I wish there was another way to get over OCD than literally making yourself super anxious until it stops
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
I think that's practicing acceptance. It's a really good tool! Hard to do of course but when you can it's great.
LidsLids
- Date posted
- 6y
This post is SO GOOD! We hear SO much about how we should never be reassured and even though maybe that’s true, it still sucks and after hearing it so often you start to feel a bit hopeless and so sad cause it just sounds awful! It’s nice to hear that it sucks. Maybe that’s negative but it does feel like the healing process for OCD is the meanest one. It seriously sucks that you just have to live in so much pain to even get better!
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Totally!! And even though we are not supposed to use reassurance we still need to know where the line is between putting ourselves in unsafe scenarios and OCD!
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
It's nice to know other people are experiencing the same thing! Obviously not that we all struggle with this but it's good we can connect with each other
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes! I used to think I was the only person in the world with OCD.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 6y
there is kinda. for me its just not caring. like just being like ok whatever life goes on. i know it sounds easy on paper and i know it probably wont work for most but i just literally stopped caring. i know its fucked up because you SHOULD care about whether or not youre a danger to the people around you but u can get so sick and exhausted from worrying that you just say ok yknow what FUCK OFF im literally not gonna think about anything. let me rest for ONE DAY. thats what happened for me and i currently feel ok. not 100% ok but ok nonetheless
LidsLids
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes absolutely!
LidsLids
- Date posted
- 6y
For sure!
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LizM99
- Date posted
- 18w
Is this something OCD does?
Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢
Lovemycats02
- Date posted
- 16w
About reassurance?
I’ve heard it’s not good to seek reassurance or give it because it lowers your tolerance to uncertainty. But how do I avoid seeking reassurance when my thoughts and doubts are so bad, I genuinely just don’t know anymore if I’m a bad person or if it’s just OCD? I know I’m supposed to sit with the uncertainty, but how can I do that when the uncertainty has me unable to trust my own brain? Especially when the OCD is real event and POCD? How can I not seek reassurance when I feel so alone and so abnormal and just don’t wanna feel that way anymore? In turn, I see so many people on here struggling so bad and my heart breaks for them. How can I give advice to towers without giving them reassurance and hurting them in the long run?
OutstandingC...
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16w
What do you guys think?
I see a lot of posts and comments here along the lines of... "the thoughts/urges aren't you -- they're just OCD." Though this is often true and comforting, isn't this just a form of reassurance? The way to beat OCD is by accepting that the distressing thoughts MAY be true/real, a.k.a. "from you" or "not just OCD." By brushing distressing things off as "just OCD," you excuse the thoughts and therefore feel reassured. Obviously it is good to be aware of what OCD does to you and know when you're experiencing a spiral, but crediting all distressing thoughts to OCD is a way of finding certainty about them. What do you guys think of this? Am I right or wrong? This is just the way I think about it, but I see the "this is just OCD" thing so much on here and I often wonder if that is a form of reassurance.
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