lashes
- Date posted
- 3y
Mark DorryMark Dorry
- Date posted
- 3y
Heyy... grip that chance and do ERP while it is easy now
Zoë_84Zoë_84
- Date posted
- 3y
I think that is a great idea!
lasheslashes
- Date posted
- 3y
That’s actually a good idea thanks!
NrseKrisNrseKris
- Date posted
- 3y
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
lasheslashes
- Date posted
- 3y
Yess exactly! I don’t understand why it happens but it just does, but hey I’ll enjoy it while it lasts haha
Zoë_84Zoë_84
- Date posted
- 3y
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.
lasheslashes
- Date posted
- 3y
Maybe it’s because of the change your mind is occupied on something else? It’s really interesting how that happens
Zoë_84Zoë_84
- Date posted
- 3y
@lashes I had been far away from my family. I think my mother and how she raised us had a big effect on my mental health.
SilentVoiceSilentVoice
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- 3y
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
kctgkctg
- Date posted
- 3y
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!
Zoë_84Zoë_84
- Date posted
- 3y
I had two breaks from OCD since late 2005, when it hadn't even been present in the background. One lasted 30 minutes in my 20s and one 5 minutes in my 30s, both mini vacations had been pure bliss and both happened, when I had been around friends... As I don't have any close friends anymore, I need to find another way to get some mini vacations...
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- Date posted
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