Afternoon all! I am just starting my somatic OCD journey and I am encouraged it will all work out. Any suggestions before I go into my first therapy call? Started about 3 months ago after a traumatic event. Anyways positive attitude for sure!!
Definitely positive attitude! I've been doing this for 2 months now and I feel like I've done huge progress although I'm not recovered quite yet. I think the most important thing is giving up on the idea this is life ruining or even that bad. The breathing itself is not very annoying, it's the anxiety that comes with it, which is very hard to believe in the state that we are in but I managed to get over breathing OCD for a week or so before it came back after an unfortunate event, so I know the feeling of truly not caring if you are manually breathing or not and I know it's definitely possible to reach it. There's a lot of posts in this app that held me back, mostly people complaining about how bad this is which, I get it, but in somatic ocd it helps much more to recognize this as something minor that doesn't actually affect you in any way than "hellish" and "horrible" like a lot of desperate people here describe it.
Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
Hi guys! I’m new to the community and I’ve recently received my OCD diagnosis (tho I’ve known about it since childhood). I’ve been somewhat spiraling lately as I wait for my first ERP session (hooray!) I was just wondering if any of you guys have received ERP for existential OCD and if it was successful? My existential OCD compulsions are more so mental and have been affecting me in the sense of dream/memory flashbacks and giving me a sort of “uncanny” feeling about everything around me. Any advice is appreciated! Thank you❤️
i am starting NOCD therapy on monday and was just curious on others’ experiences! what happens in your sessions, generally speaking? how do you feel during and after? i’m excited but also nervous to start. i’ve been in talk therapy for years with minimal improvement with my ocd, so im hopeful to start feeling better.
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