I’m really starting to see that I may never get better, but that’s ok. I accept it. I’m starting to be able to accept that my symptoms are anxiety related and I don’t have to take them seriously. It’s a relief because I was always trying to get rid of the symptoms, now I’m accepting them.

Username: PineapplePineapple

Date posted: 6y ago

I don’t accept that and I never will. I won’t rest until I get better! (I don’t rest anyway so it’s cool)

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 6y ago

I think accepting the fact that this will be a lifelong journey is a healthy step in the right direction. You’re not giving up. You are choosing to stop fighting it and allowing yourself to acknowledge the facts about OCD and that is super healthy. Good for you!

Username: PineapplePineapple

Date posted: 6y ago

I have to disagree. Accepting that you will never get better is giving up. Living with your life being controlled by OCD is no way to live and is definitely not a healthy way to live. I fully accept that it may never go away entirely, but I do not accept that I will never get better, and I will continue fighting until I do so. The goal is definitely to get rid of the symptoms (the compulsions, not the intrusive thoughts), and not to accept them.

Username: AnxiousashleyAnxiousashley

Date posted: 6y ago

@pineapple I agree with @ashley85 I’m not giving up. I’m just radically accepting that I may be in the spot I’m in for the rest of my life, and if I can still enjoy and live my life the way I WANT not the way the OCD wants me to then that’s a win. I realize that I cannot control the thoughts my brain gives me but I can control my reaction to them. By accepting the symptoms I’m no longer constantly fighting against myself in my head. I can concentrate on the present moment more this way because I’m not desperately searching for answers all the time. Because the truth is most of my obsessions don’t have answers. And without me constantly interacting with them, hopefully they will fade and get less strong.

Username: PineapplePineapple

Date posted: 6y ago

Getting better is not fighting against yourself in your head; it is accepting the uncertainty of the thoughts, not fighting them. So it sounds like you are on the right track.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 6y ago

@pineapple I think that accepting that I’m seeing it differently. Im taking it in the way that I may never get better (ie OCD will always be there) but I can choose to accept that it’s here for the rest of my life and I can still be happy. Not that you have to be stuck in your compulsions.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 6y ago

Gosh, at this point, do/think whatever feels like will help get you out of the funk (besides ask for reassurance of course ?)

Username: Redyroo

Date posted: 3y ago

Okay so just wanted to share that I’ve stopped acting on my ocd compulsions as I can honestly say that I feel like myself again. Yes I may still get triggered but it’s nothing as bad as before. I feel confident and like I don’t really care as much if my fear were to happen. It’s life and I am accepting that I have no control anymore and that I am simply a vulnerable person who can be hurt ☺️

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Username: EFF_OCD

Date posted: 2y ago

Made a little progress while driving

So I was driving on home on a highway and I started doing this thing where I start to feel like “is this all real. Am I really driving this car”. Well when this happens all my surroundings becoming overwhelming and a panic attack starts happening. I literally go outside my body, it’s weird. Well. Normally I would start fighting the panic attack off saying in my mind “no no no I don’t wanna go through this!!” Well this time, I said “ah well. Whatever stupid brain. If you wanna have a panic attack oh well can’t stop you and I’ll make it through it like I do all the others.” Y’all. It all just went away. I know it’s not gonna be the last panic attack that strikes, but it just goes to show the more we fight our anxiety, the worse it gets. Acceptance as hard as it is, is key! I hope this helps someone. Hang in there! Xoxo

Username: Monii

Date posted: 45w ago

Is this a compulsion?

Is accepting the thoughts but trying no to get scared by them even if they are scary and cause me anxiety a compulsion? Like I m accepting them but I m trying no to be scared of them so I don’t get the anxiety but I still get the anxiety

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