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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- Date posted
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