Struggling to cope with OCD and uncertainty, seeking advice for resilience.

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i’m so frustrated with myself. despite my attempts to lean into uncertainty, there’s still some part of that is convinced my theme is real and therefore needs to be looked into. i relapsed pretty badly after a stressful day two nights ago and i’m struggling get back onto the wagon. i know that many people say that you don’t need to know something is ocd definitively in order to treat it as such, but i feel like i do. because if it’s not ocd it’s a thing that needs to be solved. idk. does anyone have any advice on what i can do?

Username: LucyALucyA

Date posted: 2y ago

Pls don’t get frustrated w yourself. The way i look at it is you’re the only person who’ll be there for u until u die, that is a fact. So, you need to be kind to yourself, you didn’t ask for ocd/ these thoughts, and that’s all they are, thoughts. Just stay as calm as you can and I promise, things will get better, your thoughts can’t you u though, they’re just annoying!

Username: forya99forya99

Date posted: 2y ago

It's a common symptom for people with ocd to think it might be not. Because "what if" it's real and not made up?

Username: gracek2218gracek2218

Date posted: 2y ago

I feel you @nonny12! I am the same way. OCD is literally the doubting disease. I remind myself that our society has taught us that OCD is a disease with labels and restrictions to things like contamination and perfection. That just isn’t the case. OCD, anxiety, doubt - whatever you want to call it - is about uncertainty. Im starting to accept that im queer, but want to live my life in a hetero relationship. It scares the shit out of me to even write that because my doubt tells me I’m lying to myself. But no path I choose is the wrong path! There are so many choices I can make and they will all be okay!

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

so are you straight and you’re accepting that you’re homosexual? that’s so tough. the thought of giving in is so scary

Username: gracek2218gracek2218

Date posted: 2y ago

I don’t like to give it labels. I can’t envision myself having a romantic relationship with a women outside of the physical, but maybe with time and experience that would change, but the point is that I love my male partner and I choose to love him in spite of any homosexual tendencies I have. This isn’t denying myself. It’s me saying I don’t have a label of who I am and for right now, I don’t think a label will work for me. But I do know that I love my partner so I want to work on that and put my energy there.

Username: lor

Date posted: 3y ago

This is half a vent session, half me asking for advice but: My OCD symptoms started on april 2020, one month after the pandemic. that has led me to constantly question whether it’s OCD or anxiety and of course i can’t really diagnose myself but it behaves very differently from anxiety. i’ve also been doing research and reading about OCD for over a year and i honestly honestly think i have OCD because i fit basically all the symptoms? anyways, I finally brought it up to my therapist a few appointments ago and i felt like they kind of dismissed me? not sure if that’s normal. they told me it’s could be because of heightened anxiety and to practice “thought stopping”. that has made me feel sooo bad about myself because i start spiraling and believing my intrusive thoughts MUST be true because of what they said, and because it makes me feel like I’m just using the OCD label for “attention”. i’m not sure if i should bring it up again in a future appointment? or maybe find a new therapist? or maybe I don’t have OCD at all? I don’t know what to do

Username: Skwidbox

Date posted: 2y ago

Worried OCD might be on to something

I'm trying hard not to ask for reassurance here, but I'm in need of some advice. I know that I've been diagnosed with OCD, and I'm fairly confident that I've dealt with it consistently over my life. The theme has changed over time, and my current theme is being concerned that I may have narcissistic personality disorder. While I know that this obsession with NPD is a product of OCD, I also can't help but feel that I match so many of the symptom critera that it may be something worth looking into and working on. As you might expect though, this is kind of a huge conundrum, because searching for an actual diagnosis or talking to a psychotherapist might make my OCD about the topic even worse, or even if I get through ERP and then look for a diagnosis, it may cause me to relapse. I guess I'm just wondering what I should do about this. Should I just live with the doubt forever? If I do, would I be putting others at risk? What if there are actual things I need to work on, and by not seeking NPD specific treatment, I'll never get better? Should I work through ERP first and only then start thinking about this stuff? Or should I just not seek these answers out period? Again, trying not to ask for reassurance. I guess I'm wondering what y'all would do if you were in this situation.

Username: ocdgirl123

Date posted: 2y ago

accepting uncertainty

how do you guys really get yourself to accept uncertainty? when i watch ocd videos and read articles, i think i’m understanding what they’re trying to say. after all, i’m okay with not knowing if i’m gonna get covid even though that’s much more likely than, say, running someone over with my car, but the idea of never *truly* knowing the answer to one of my themes is what trips me up when the panic is horrendous. and when the panic is that high anyway, the theme feels real enough as it is. so what can i do? what were some strategies you guys did to better accept it?

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