Learning to manage OCD is possible and its so freeing. I have my life back and I have tools that help me manage this when it tries to pop up. You’ll get there too! So worth it.

Alissa I deal with those like really strange existential thoughts about existence and like I think they are true and it frightens me I put together all these different ideas and conclude it’s true and they always become more complex and strange and it’s wierd I had a problem with researching endlessly like these thoughts and ideas and they would just in turn put more wierd ideas in my head... I have cut out a lot of mental compulsions and physical I slipped up a couple days ago and it’s created a whole new existential thought torture lol how has therapy helped specifically and what tools do they give you?

It really is worth it, the thoughts still pop up but I haven’t worried too much about them! I kind of laugh at them at times because I know they aren’t true

Right! Mine were always unanswerable questions (like existential and religious) and also suicidal OCD (FEAR of suicide- in which OCD tries to convince u you actually want to do these things). Therapy helps sooo much. Not engaging in compulsions and falling for OCDs tricks is a gamechanger

And also- acceptance. Even accepting that some day I might feel as bad as I once did

My thoughts were more towards hocd (the fear of being homosexual or heterosexual) I was always so scared I was secretly gay. I mean sometimes it’s still bothers me, but I know that it’s ocd now. It stopped me from doing stuff I loved. I actually didn’t go through any therapy I did most of it at home by myself. I just try not to do things that may make me feel better (compulsions) Idk if I’m fully recovered but I can feel myself getting better and that’s all that matters!