Bruh I changed my mind I feel no hope.

@beckyp Thank you so much I’m clinging onto it for dear life

@LaPink🎀 Thank you for replying. At the moment I can’t find anything I did in the past to help me bc my ocd is just blocking me from believing anything works. I’m just trying to make it through til my next therapy session. I recently was diagnosed and started treatment as well. I tried to do an exposure and it was too hard. I messed myself up really bad. May I have some examples of what you did to get hope back?

@LaPink🎀 My counselor is fantastic as well I’m glad you found one who is able to help you the right way! I’m trying hard to do the work and stop myself from the cycle sucking me in but it really got me this time. I’m not religious or spiritual really so I don’t feel like I have the same back up in a way I guess I’m keeping hope for my relationship that I enjoy and care about a lot. It’s centered around that and HOCD type theme this time around. I haven’t struggled this hard since the first time my brain broke

@LaPink🎀 I totally understand about the job thing. I’ve quit more jobs and bounced around more times than I care to admit. It doesn’t feel good. Congrats on taking these steps. This I’ve noticed is a slow climb and I have to keep reminding myself this is about taking small manageable bites or starting in the shallow end of a pool and teaching ourselves that we can handle it as it gets deeper and then we won’t be so afraid. We’ve survived it this long! How? Good question! But as long as we are hungry to survive we will make it through

@LaPink🎀 I’ve been meaning to read that! One of the types of therapy I did before ERP in talk therapy was ACT based and I found it to be really helpful in a coping sense. I think it makes sense to use ACT in conjunction with erp bc I mean we have to accept uncertainty either way. Thank you for the recommendation!