Just this one time!

My ocd is telling me “Just this one time”. “Go ahead & do it, just this one time. It will only be just this one time.” But I know it won’t be & if I give in then it will be even easier to give in the next time & the next time & the next time. Because I know full well there will be a next time. There always is. So I’m going to keep acknowledging that I really want to & then go back to what I am doing. No matter how many times it takes today. That makes for a long & distressing work day but I can do this.

Trish1014

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

I have never tried this hard with my ocd before. It is very hard. My ocd does not want to quiet down about this. It really wants its way. But I’m still hanging in here. Trying. Giving it my all. Because I know what happens when I give in. And I want different, so I have to do different.

Crook

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 17w

OCD in the morning

Each night I go to bed determined to stop compulsions and start beating this disorder. Then I wake up and it smacks me in the face first thing and I’m doing a compulsion before I know it. I told my therapist that I would try to handle it like we do in session, but I’ve already failed. It seems like I can’t bring ERP into my “real” life.

Rachel Owsley

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 16w

Just Right OCD

That feeling of "incompleteness" or that something isn’t quite right can be unbearable. What’s one daily task that OCD makes harder because it never feels 'just right'?

Catlove9

Date posted: 15w

What do you say to OCD when you have harm urges?

I am struggling right now with intrusive harm urges. They feel real and it feels like I am going to act any second. It feels like I have to hold myself back, which is a scary thoughts. I am trying so hard not to compulse, but does anyone have tips on what they do in these situations?

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