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- ann1ka
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Exploring whether understanding OCD validates my experiences and feelings.
new to ocd
learning about ocd and specifically pure o has made me think that maybe, just maybe, i’m not crazy
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- GregJGregJ
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Hello, you are definitely not crazy! Imagine if your best friend told you they were going the same thing you were. Would you tell them they were crazy? Of course not. Usually we are our biggest critics. I use to think I was crazy too. But then I saw I was not alone and saw others were dealing with the same thing I was. Glad you found this app and would encourage you to learn all you can about ocd! It’s more common then you think.
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- ChrisEmpoweredChrisEmpowered
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
You are not crazy and when you figure out it is OCD it is the best feeling in the world, the relief you feel or at least I felt many years ago was unbelievable. Now it's time to find the tools and put those tools in your tool box. Life went from pure fear back to fun and happiness for me. In times of high high stress whether self induced or situational i can fall back into patterns that bring back major rumination thats my queue to slow down and get my tools from my tool box. Best of luck to you.
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- NOCD Advocate Jess, CPSSNOCD Advocat...
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- NOCD Alumni
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Good ol OCD and it's tricks! I am glad you are learning about OCD and how it can make us think all sorts of things, but it doesn't mean it's true! Hang in there and know that you are not alone. If you haven't checked out the YOUTUBE lives that NOCD offers, check them out! So, much to learn and a community so that you do not have to feel alone in your OCD and its thoughts.
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- Ocdppd Ocdppd
- Date posted
- 1y ago
What makes you think you’re going crazy?
- Username
- Ocdppd Ocdppd
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I felt like I was going crazy and I think it was the ocd
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- binarystarsystembinarystarsy...
- Date posted
- 1y ago
i experienced something very similar when i first learned about ocd at 17. up to then i thought i was just crazy, and everyone shut me down when i talked about my obsessions. you're not crazy!
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- quartzmoon
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Hello, I have just recently been diagnosed with Pure O OCD and found this app by chance. It’s so amazing to see that other people experience similar things that I do. Now that I know about Pure O, so many things make sense. Thinking back over my life, I never knew so much aligned with OCD. I just figured it was cause of my severe anxiety and depression. Anyways, I’m glad I found this community. :)
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- CR
- Date posted
- 3y ago
im new here! this is the first day ive really started understanding that i may have OCD. and now that i read about it im so off put by the fact that no one around me noticed this is what i have been struggling with. (my family members are in the mental health field of work) i struggle mostly with what i think is rOCD. it’s been debilitating this past week, but i feel okay right now. i think covid and moving out of my childhood home and in with my partner during lockdown combined really inflamed this problem for me. right now im just working on accepting that i may suffer from this and accepting what that might mean for my life in the future. im diagnosed bipolar currently which i have been able to manage un medicated for about a year now. but this feels different, and i hate hate being medicated, but i feel like i may need to be until i learn some coping mechanisms for this particular problem. just a lot to think about. any thoughts on medication and how to get past the thought that you’re changing yourself by taking it? anyway love to you all, we’re gonna be okay 💌🤝
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- neonundead
- Date posted
- 43w ago
Accepting this new reality
I was just diagnosed with severe ocd. I had no idea I just thought my adhd or cptsd was to blame for my weird thinking and how it'd seem to be stuck in my head uncontrollably. And now I'm struggling with acceptance that I have ocd. Like I'm happy I know so I can begin treating but I'm also so worried because I've been like this for as long as I can remember... And it's been all wrong? I feel so alone sometimes
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