After going 2 weeks now with none to limited intrusive thoughts it feels amazing. But at the same time almost foreign like it’s odd not to be obsessing like it’s hard to get adjusted back and like you worry if and when they’ll come back.
Stay in the present and don’t expel any energy into thinking it’ll come back because sooner or later it will, but you don’t know when and that is perfectly okay! Because you’re in recovery and you now know how to DEAL with your OCD.
@Nica That’s a really great way to look at it! I guess I felt nervous cause I’m doing this on my own no therapy so it’s like ocd at it’s finest “is it really going away” you know thank you!
@Kat25 Hi kat glad to here that you are doing well I’m am not able to see an ocd specialist for financial reasons and so I’m trying to do self therapy although it’s hard and I know that the road to recovery is sometimes slow and not linear do you have any tips of how you reduced the intrusive thoughts/images I have harm ocd and am a mom the images are of my four year old I’m trying to shrug them off and and not react but when I feel that they are coming in constantly now that I’m tryin to show it I don’t care Did this happen to you And if you have any tips on how to deal with this I would greatly appreciate Thanks for sharing your recovery and giving hope!❤️
@Anonymous Hi! Nice to meet you I also am not able to see an ocd specialist! So we got more than one thing in common lol tbh a lot of things have helped ease me if you have Instagram I highly suggest following some ocd accounts I can suggest a few if you would like. They have helped me realize I’m not alone and what I’m going through is normal. Ive been doing my own idea of erp like for example when my first harm ocd thought came to me I drove past the place again! If I didn’t want to go out cause I was afraid I’d snap and loose control I go out. I force myself sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve been dealing with health ocd for 8 years now and harm ocd is the newest with 4 months now. I’ve gone 2 weeks so far with little to no intrusive harm ocd thoughts I just keep telling myself relax it’s okay a thought is just a thought. I try and distract myself through music, talking, reading, watching a movie some days are better than others for sure so don’t be so hard on yourself. Most importantly something my sister had told me that helps alot is it’s normal! And if you were really crazy or going crazy or whatever it wouldn’t bother you so much! I hope that helped if you need anything please comment! Remeber we got this one day at a time!
@Anonymous Also as hard as it sounds we have to try and let these thoughts images urges etc to be there because the more we rehash them and stuff and ruminate and think the more they come and the more intense they get and belive me it is hard but you can do it! Try and redirect yourself like when I get one I’m like ha I’m doing so good goodbye and try and move on like I said some days easier than others but that to!
Anyone else feel that when they aren’t experiencing a theme that their ocd is almost non existent. It almost makes me feel like I’ve been faking it, and also makes me feel ridiculous for obsessing over things. I feel sorry for myself :/ I know that my themes are valid and felt very real in the moment, but after I “get over” them I just can’t believe that I was obsessing over something that either wasn’t true or didn’t apply to me. I would also like to know how to prevent themes from reoccurring. Health, religion and existential OCD themes tend to take turns throughout my life, I just didn’t know that was it ocd. Trying to break the cycle.
So I’ve noticed that my OCD has calmed down, I’m getting less intrusive thoughts but I feel more uncertain than ever. Is this normal for recovery?
I think I’m in the recovery stage as my thoughts have settled so much & I only get intrusive thoughts on occasion and get worse only when I’m anxious, but the quietness in my brain feels so weird & I feel awful saying that because all I wanted was the thoughts to stop. This is the most quiet it’s been it’s over 7 months, so to go from non stop thoughts for a long time to quietness I don’t know how to take it. Has anyone else felt like this in recovery
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