Can people please share some stories of recovery? I’m feeling so helpless at the moment and need desperately some inspiration to keep on going. I really can’t see the way out right now 😭
I used to go crazy at home just thinking I was in the wrong place, surrounded by the wrong people, doing the wrong thing for my career, etc. With ERP and a lot of help from a therapist here I'm now happy and can do other things with my life rather than just thinking over and over. It took about a year for me to truly get there but I'm so happy i did it.
@Devu Thank you
Yes! I am so sorry you’re feeling this way, I’ve been there too. I have more details of my story in my profile bio, but in summary: OCD used to take over my life, and because I didn’t understand how it worked I blamed myself for a long time thinking there was something wrong with me. When I finally started ERP, I was scared but also ready to change my behavior for my long term mental health. During my first exposure (putting away groceries without washing my hands), I cried. I had alllll the doubt about the process, wondering if it would work, how I would do it, etc. Then, I remember going to the gas station a month or so into treatment and touching the gas handle without washing or sanitizing my hands. I was AMAZED that ERP had begun to work and felt so proud of myself. ERP can be hard work. Even now, I have days where life feels easy and days where I feel more anxious. But it is so worth it. Going through the process showed me that I was in control of my life and my actions, not OCD. And now I feel so confident in who I am, in my ability to make decisions, and brave the hard stuff. Practically, my life has also completely changed because I can do sooo many things now that I didn’t do before. Trust that this feeling of desperation will pass. You can get through this, and we are all rooting for you in this community! 💜
@Killian Thank you for sharing
Hi! I would love to share! I was diagnosed with OCD and ADHD at age 7 after the school decided to run a bunch of test. When I was younger I struggled with contamination and organizational OCD. Getting older My OCD spread to just about all themes. I got so bad in 2021 I was suicidal for most of the year. I then decided to start ERP. I have been in therapy for years and had seen some small improvements not anything significant. With my current ERP therapist I have gotten to a place I didn't know was possible. I never knew I could be in control of my OCD and not have it run my life. It took some scary exposure but now as the intrusive thoughts come in I am not even shaken by them. I just see them as thoughts. Going through ERP has given me a distance and freedom from OCD. It takes hard work but it is work that is so worth it. As someone who was convinced I could never recover believe me when I say anything is possible. You got this! You can do hard things!
I’ve seen wayyyy too many negative posts on here (I totally get it)…but can someone please share some positive experiences? Doesn’t have to be so grand, it could be just that you achieved a small goal with your ocd! I don’t want to continue feeling drowned by this debilitating disorder. I want to see what has helped some of you! So we can all encourage each other! 😊
I know everything im dealing with is OCD. I have accepted that, but I just feel down. I don’t want to live the rest of my life like this. I just want to be free from this horrible illness. Any positive stories and recovery journeys will help. What did recovery look like for you? I used to be so happy, I miss it so much. This feels like it’s taken everything from me. How do you just live your life despite how you feel? Any hope will help!
This is killing me slowly day by day, im a straight female 20 years old, i started getting hocd after a break up with an ex and coming off intense use of 🍁🍃 for a few years on and off, i think it has messed up my brain so bad… my hocd is weird because ive been with men my whole life always wanted to be with men.. i also used to always question every relationship “do i love him? Does he love me? Am I with the right person?” Anyways after my hocd triggered my tocd due to researching hocd and finding they can often be linked, I started getting tocd and it’s worse then ever because it’s not who I want to be and I’m going back to situations where my abusive ex partner called me a “man” during a fight. I’ve always been a tomboy but never had same sex attraction. Help. This is killing me. I haven’t been able to study or leave the house most days, and work! I’ve lost motivation for everything and I’m in a dark hole. I need some success stories please
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