Can OCD calm down for no reason? I’ve always had pretty bad symptoms and it’s usually quite overwhelming, but recently I’ve moved to uni and for some reason my symptoms are minor now, there’s still some there but I can cope with them? It seems like a good thing but at the same time I feel like I’ve been faking this whole time.

Heyy... grip that chance and do ERP while it is easy now

I feel like this has happened to me over the years it seems like I go thru periods where it’s intense but then it kinda calms down for a while idk

I moved to China for a year, the second I stepped out of the plane my OCD had been so much better. I suffer, amongst other themes, from P and ZOCD and in China I tought kids English and had pets again, something I could not dream of back at home. That was 2008. At age 13 I went on holiday without my parents for the first time, OCD had been gone for the time I had been at the language camp. So changes made it better for a while. Unfortunately it caught up with me again in China, but I over did it. Uni, teaching jobs and a sick stray I picked up, who needed to see the vet regularly. I had just stressed myself out.

It's a trap! Don't worry everything is fine don't give in to the feeling of I'm faking it you're not it's just not around the corner and your brain is questioning that too! You are doubting your own self for not being anxious so don't go with the flow I mean take it easy but don't let it take away your happiness be happy enjoy the moments coz ocd just wants us to give up on everything that makes us happy don't fall into the hellhole it's all gr8 life's gr8! God bless

I think ocd is connected to our life status, or at least most of us. For me it has gotten worse now when I have a job that I hate, I don’t have a lot of friends and left a relationship a few months ago. Now when summer is around the corner and I’ve started to do things that make me happy I feel like ocd is easier to handle!