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- Jul24
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- 708d ago
you’re definitely right. i also miss the life i had before OCD. I swear i was at my happiest. It’s just sad that we cannot get that life back. We just have to live with this one
It’s awful. I hope all of us struggling with this can eventually get our freedom from OCD and feel that true happiness again
I feel like a shell of who I used to be. It’s so strange how OCD really makes you feel so hollow. Someone on here recently told me about their experience overcoming this disease. They are happily married with a baby now. It gave me hope for the future. We just have to keep going 💛
I’m so sorry hear that. I’m in the same boat as you. You’re definitely not alone. And thank you for sharing that. Definitely gives me hope that all of us struggling from this will eventually find peace and happiness again.
I just hope I can get my life back I miss the old me. I didn’t realize how good I had it before this.
I feel the exact same way :( it’s so hard. I’m sorry you’re struggling with this too
I miss the life and the mind I had back then more than anything, and I think about it all the time.
Same :( it’s so hard sometimes looking back on pictures of myself before OCD and just remembering how truly happy I was. It’s like mourning in a way. All we can do is look forward and have hope that we will be able to look back on this time as just a memory.
@Anonymous I know it’s like looking at a completely different person. It does feel like memories are all I have left of that person I was.
I feel that pain sometimes too, but what helps me so much is knowing that you CAN recover from OCD and you can learn to tolerate the fear and uncertainty until it no longer consumes you! Just keep up with the ERP! Even in my hard moments, I think about where I was before, before I even knew I had OCD and I can see how much better it is already, even if I'm not quite where I wan't to be, it's work keeping up with the ERP. You got this, you are so much stronger than you even know!
Thank you. Definitely needed to hear that. It can feel so defeating at times. I just hope I can find that true happiness again.
I feel this.. sometimes when memories pop up or I look at old pictures I'm like... wow I would love to be that happy again.. what happened to me. I feel like I don't even know the person I see in this photos anymore.
Me too and I curse myself cause why did this have to happen to me again after 2 whole years of being free it returns again
It’s like looking back and seeing a different person. I feel like a shell of who I was sometimes and I hate it so much
@jackie3! It sucks! I had a year break and it feels like this time it came back with vengeance
I relate to this 💯 God I was such a fool complaining about those little nuisances if only I'd known months later that I'd be suffering from this shit again after 2 years of being free
Definitely feel the same. Like complaining over how stressful and draining my job was at the time lmao I’d give ANYTHING for that to be my only struggle
I feel this ALL the time
Yes, especially because I am having the best things happen to me right now. What I’d give to fully enjoy these moments.