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- JB21
- Date posted
- 6y ago
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
I think you can recover :) but its a constant journey
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 :)
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...
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.
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!
I agree. We can recover extremely well, and not suffer forever!
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 :) ?
I’m hopeful about glutamate modulators
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.
Glutamate modulators is new to me
Does anyone else ever have this fear that maybe they are gonna be stuck with this illness forever? I keep getting mixed answers so I never know if OCD really can go away or not and even though I'm doing alot better now with medication, I sometimes get really sad and start thinking that I'm always gonna be like this and that I don't want a life with OCD
Anybody have nice recovery stories? Personally I don’t believe the whole “OCD is something you manage, not cure” thing as I think it’s just the medicinal companies looking to have you popping pills your entire life. Anyways, I KNOW that recovery is possible, and I know that it’s very inspiring and motivating to hear from people that has been in OCD hell that got out on the other side. So please, if you have any stories, share! I can give you a little story; my mom got herself some bad Harm OCD when she got her first child, my big sister, and intense amounts of anxiety from the OCD and agoraphobia too. In the last 20 years, she’s had two panic attacks. She’s over it! She’s out and about and haven’t known intrusive thoughts for ages
Ok guys I am a long time OCD struggler and want to help you all out because I am free of this terrible mindset. That’s right it is not a disease a disorder, it’s a mindset. OCD is very misunderstood by therapists and doctors, and you can check my other posts to help you understand it better. I was having people email me for my “cures” but I’m going to say em all right here because even though many will disagree and I may be banned for what I say, I truly just aant to help, so NOCD admins or whatever plz don’t ban me !
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