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So true! We have "secrets" too! You don't have to hide here. 😌

I don't why I feel like sharing my secrets with everyone even if I don't want to. I'm scared to tell anybody but I do tell them with anxiety and no patience at all. My brain.. tell your secrets open up with everyone to know who likes you or not. Especially when it comes to relationships

@Sweetysalty - I have experienced this, too! Confessing was a big compulsion of mine. It can be confusing, but my therapist was a big part in helping me differentiate between confessing because my OCD said I "had" to, and opening up to someone comfortably.

@ Yep, confessing used to be a big part of my ocd aswell. I was in 12 step groups for a long time, part of that process is going to meetings and ‘sharing’ about what’s going on with you. Oh man, did I use that, every week I would go to meetings and download/confess, then get small reprieve , then it would start again. Had no idea what was going on

This is true. I was even scared to open up to my therapist about my thoughts, but it felt so liberating when she listened and didn't judge me for them. I feel so much better now, thank goodness

@ Is the strong need to confess about everything a type of ocd?? I struggled with that as a kid and it's back again now 28 yrs later

@ann61 Oh gosh yes i resonate with this

Yes! We are not our OCD thoughts 🙌✊💓

It took me time to open up to the people in my life, too! Give yourself grace and remember you can open up as much or as little as you're comfortable with. The blog articles on our website helped me find ways to describe the different types of OCD!

@recoveringbeautifully This is exactly how I feel. I feel like I’m walking around like a phony, like people don’t know the real me 🥹

@itzkou All here for you! Ever need anyone, I’m here. I recently started getting harm / sexual intrusive thoughts after watching a disturbing documentary.. in the past recent month I’ve been way better, doing erp and helping my own self. Sometimes I get in a big whole of thoughts and then think I have an actual problem in my brain that’ll make me do things due to my intrusive thoughts… but you just have to keep trying and know your thoughts and feelings are not you!

@itzkou I hear you and am struggling with the same. It’s almost as if the word family in conversation makes me feel uneasy now. It wasn’t always like this for me but I’ve been struggling a lot in the last 3 months. I hope it gets better.

That is huge!! Step by step it gets easier!

Very true! So glad you were able to overcome this🙏

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Are you working with a therapist currently? I'm sorry to hear you're struggling with this, have you opened up to anyone in your life about the self-harm? Intrusive thoughts are hard to stop in the same way scratching an itch can be hard, the more we do the "actions" to alleviate the feeling (compulsions) the more it reinforces that behavior and trains our brain that we NEED to do it. I'm sorry to hear you're struggling, friend. I also used to struggle with self-harm, and thankfully have recovered from that as well. If you aren't working with a therapist yet, we would love to help connect you with one!