Each new year brings new opportunities to grow, to experience new things, and to work toward our goals. For the OCD community, this means a fresh opportunity to live the life we want to live, rather than the one OCD says we have to live. What do you hope for in 2023? Let us know below.
More compassion with myself and kindness. Also not to beat myself up if I have some bumps along the way. Recognize that sometimes ocd might win but that’s I’m doing my best. OCD is coming with me. This is my life.
I love the self-compassion, we could all do so much better at this. Good for you. OCD can come along for the ride but it definitely doesn't need to drive the car or have any say in which direction you go.
@anabeatris I love this, it’s so real
I hope to get to know my thought patterns better and be more prepared! “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”” Matthew 26:41
Heading towards retirement which will be a huge exposure for me as the job kept my mind off ruminating. However, it was also very stressful. I do want to tackle some home improvement projects.
You can do this! Good for you in deciding to retire in spite of the possibility of having to fight OCD even harder. You can do hard things.
I hope to be able to go out and enjoy myself again, go to the beach (a goal that was out of reach this year) and if covid allows, maybe some music event. I want to cook more (the only way with my special diet to get safe meals) and get back to my "1 warm meal per day" rule. And I want to stop obsessing about cats and get back to learning Japanese. 🥲
I would like to help with Japanese. I lived there before for years
I hope to start ERP with my psychiatrist, and to keep going and recover.
So awesome to hear! Best wishes to you!
I hope to be happy and not let ocd haunt me
You can get to a place where OCD is so much quieter or even silent. You can get to a place where your life is so much different then what the OCD would have you think or feel. You got this.
I hope to not rely on so much reassurance & be at peace with myself and my solitude & not make myself feel like I’m punishing myself. Compassion for all but most importantly myself.
Love this!
I'd like to continue supporting NOCD's community by continuing to build my ERP skills and managing my mental health. I'd like to continue managing my BFRB, using tools to keep me in check. I'd like to support support groups as well.
So amazing Alessandra!
Practice my exposures daily, do more sport, eat healthier and starting babysitting again 🥰
I want to get in shape, my mental health issues have kept me from doing it in the past but I want to do it so I can both keep up with my son and set a good example for him. I also want to be kinder to myself and have less mom guilt
These are wonderful goals, you can do them too. Best wishes your way.
I want to be more diligent and proactive with ERP. I want to practice ERP on a daily basis.
amazing! You can do this!
I hope to be more compassionate to myself. In these past few months, I've realized more than ever, how detrimental my inner critic is for my relationship to myself & others, my work, & my motivation. I also hope to gain back some vitality that I've seemed to have lost.
Love this comment. Self-compassion is so needed for all of us I think, really.💛
I want to worry more about what is best for me and less about disappointing others. I’m a huge people pleaser and I think I’m pouring from an empty glass a lot. I want to say NO to things that don’t give me energy and start saying yes to things that make me happier and to keep pushing myself to do the things I know I have to in order to be healthy.
You can do this, say no to things you truly don't want to do, that cause you stress and empty your cup, when you can. Say yes to health, and to taking care of yourself.
Hi 🙂 hoping for recovery and happiness for myself and everyone
To start erp and stick with it so I can get back to where I was before ocd came back into my life. Also to find the right meds and get back to a healthier lifestyle
That's a excellent goal! You can do this.
I’m hoping to to do better n enjoy my family time
Freedom and pure joy
YES!!!!
That these thoughts go away and never come back
I get that on such a deep level. As a therapist who specializes in OCD and who has had it since I was as young as I can remember, I will say that I, personally, had to shift my views of what recovery and healing meant for me. For me, I always wanted what you want, what most want, to get rid of the thoughts- but then I came to realize that the truth is that the thoughts are not the actual problem, it is how I respond to them. It is my perception or the meaning I assign to the thoughts that cause the problem. So I hope that this year is your year of recovery and that you find peace and joy. If you haven't already, please check out ERP, it can be life changing for the positive.
@NOCD Therapist - Stacy Q. I've tried to start ERP on my own but it was awful. I can't have a specialist help me either because my parents don't believe in therapy
@MushroomStew - This is so sad to hear about your parents. Would they be open to a educational session to learn more about OCD? NOCD does offer that, I also wonder about you being abe to show them youtube videos on therapy and how effective and helpful it can be. I am sorry that you are going through this. As a child I didn't know what I had and so I wasn't getting any therapy either and as a adult I did and have had so much success. Just hang in there. Do your own research and education and keep doing the best that you can with what you can.
@MushroomStew - Check out Natasha Daniels on youtube, she has a lot geared at children and parenting too.
Peace and no anxiety. Not getting triggered all the time.
I feel this. Remember though that anxiety is just another feeling, as yucky as it may feel- you can tolerate it and get through it. OCD wants you to believe that you can't but the truth is that you are so much stronger then you think.
I hope to be healthy, happier, and get on top of my OCD.
Understand my own OCD much better and have better control of it: more on the offensive vs. the defensive. Have better understanding of how OcD plays into my relationships and tools at hand with knowedge ready to keep OCD out of the most precious parts (part) of my life. Begone, OCD. Please go away. And please therapists, help me do this. (I have a non OCD trauma therapist.)
Thank you so much for sharing this, OCD can be so devastating and can truly be debilitating. Please know that you are not alone. I would HIGHLY recommend a specialist in OCD if this is the primary thing you are dealing with. Whether through NOCD or somewhere else, OCD research shows that ERP and medication are some of the best treatments available. Best wishes to you!
I hope by the end of this year i will be able to go into public normally and be happy with my life
To get better
I want to be able to relax after leaving school, and work on the things I’ve always wanted to do, get a job, learn to drive, go places, be free
I want to feel like a kid again when I play video games
I want to balance work & relationships
A better relationship with my spouse.
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions since waiting for change to happen via an arbitrary day is pretty stupid, but it is a moment where we can set goals I guess. And my goal is to have more growth and be more open minded to things, as well as finding a way either through here or otherwise to be able to feel like myself again consistently and not have a war with intrusive thoughts every day. It’s torturous and been going on for months now and I haven’t really realized it’s been half a year until now and that’s starting to scare me, I don’t want this to last forever cause it’s only recently it has cropped up.
@Rurouni97 I’m sorry you are struggling x you’re not alone
@Rurouni97 My intrusive thoughts seem to have improved
@Rurouni97 OCD is no picnic
I want to reconnect from the family I isolated myself from.
To not have any more thoughts around any of my themes…. JOKING! I know that’s the problem. Actually, my hope and goal is that I can find some peace in letting go of the obsessive need for my OCD to “get better.” It scares me on multiple levels- one being there was a period of time where my OCD was “manageable enough” and I chose not to focus on “improving it” for a period of time. It definitely still bothered me to quite an extent though I wouldn’t say it ran my life or affected what I did/didn’t do. I feel like any goal I make right now is made on some level with OCD - whether I’m committed to seeing improvement of symptoms, or working to let go of my obsession to “get better.” OCD is the “toxic wife/ ex wife” and I admit she has gained way too much power over my thoughts and aspirations. My real hope and goal would be that I can care 25% more about my life, building it, growing it, living it, enjoying it, the REAL things in it, and 25% less regarding anything to do with OCD
Retirement, doing a job I'd love, more intimacy and affection
Yes
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