JB21
- Date posted
- 6y
WorriedDriverWorriedDriver
- Date posted
- 6y
So if OCD is a disease of frequency and overreaction to intrusive thoughts, I definitely think we can learn to not take them as seriously and reduce their frequency to a desirable level. We will never be able to eradicate intrusive thoughts entirely but we can get to a place where it doesn’t consume us and we can live virtually unaffected by them
TabbykittycatTabbykittycat
- Date posted
- 6y
I think you can recover :) but its a constant journey
JB21JB21
- Date posted
- 6y
Yeah I know I’ve heard that a lot but I don’t know, I wasn’t like this four years ago so why do I have to be like this now and not reverse it? It’s on ocd stories on YouTube I’ll try and find it and link it later :)
@Dee@Dee
- Date posted
- 6y
https://www.future-science.com/doi/full/10.4155/fsoa-2017-0105 Glutamate dietary changes and their effects on ocd, some people fully recovered after a month... wow...
PineapplePineapple
- Date posted
- 6y
I believe OCD is definitely chronic. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get better. It just means it probably won’t ever fully go away, until a cure is found for it. I think saying that OCD is just an overreaction to intrusive thoughts is kind of understating what this disorder is. There are differences in the brain of a person who has OCD versus someone who does not. To sum it up, yes OCD is chronic, but that doesn’t mean it has to affect you forever.
JB21JB21
- Date posted
- 6y
I’m not in denial about it and that our brains are faulty which I know! I just think we can all recover extremely well and I just refuse to believe that we should suffer forever!
MusicNinjaMusicNinja
- Date posted
- 6y
I agree. We can recover extremely well, and not suffer forever!
@Dee@Dee
- Date posted
- 6y
I think that it is chronic, but I think you can learn to manage it and it can go into remission for any length of time. I wish it wasn’t and I wish there was a way to change your brain chemistry and pathways to represent them from reverting back to their unhealthy ways. I haven’t heard stories of people fully beating it but I’d like to if you want to link it. There is also still a lot we don’t know about the brain that we are still learning so fingers crossed :) ?
MusicNinjaMusicNinja
- Date posted
- 6y
I’m hopeful about glutamate modulators
@Dee@Dee
- Date posted
- 6y
Hey thanks I’ll check it out. I just mentioned what I did because of relapses and things if you think you’ve recovered completely and how to not feel disappointed. I’ve had those if go months without anything bothering me and stop meds because I think I had it taken care of, then stop techniques because I wasn’t using them. Then it comes back full force later and it hits you harder because you haven’t used your tools against it so long that it’s rusty. I’d love to check out that YouTube link.
@Dee@Dee
- Date posted
- 6y
Glutamate modulators is new to me
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- Date posted
- 19w
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