For example, if I have checking OCD and my brain tells me to check again, but there is no anxiety or urge, does that mean I’ve recovered from OCD? Or must the thought of checking be completely gone to be counted as recovery?
When you are recovered, you know not to check and have no desire to check because you know it’s just OCD playing games.
@Nica my ocd still tells me to check but I have no urge or anxiety to do it. Does it still count as recovery?
@DillonLee I really just want the thought itself to go away lol not just the urge
@DillonLee It’ll pop up now and again. The key is to not start obsessing over not obsessing 😉 You need to just let this one go.
@Nica so it’s ok to have the thought there?
@DillonLee It’s going to be there no matter what because everyone has intrusive thoughts. Don’t go down the OCD rabbit hole again though because then you’d be teetering on a relapse. Just let it go.
@Nica It’s not the intrusive thought I’m talking about, it’s just my brain saying “go check again” but without the urge or anxiety
@DillonLee You still need to let it go.
@Nica so it’s okay for that to still enter my mind even after I’ve recovered right?
@DillonLee Yes, and now let it go. You’re just making it worse now.
I think it counts as recovery to not feel anxious or urged over it. I always double check, but I don't panic over it. I just don't want a Boy Who Cried Wolf situation and not check it when I really should have.
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