Cure?

is it possible to fully overcome hocd thoughts ? or is it genuinely something i have to live with forever. i’ve been thinking about how i wanna get back to being certain and i’ve seen videos of ppl saying you can actually overcome and keep the thoughts dead but i just wanna know if anybody’s done it before and how i’ve been doing self erp trying to find a real therapist but sometimes i get frontal responses that throw me off my progress. so that brings me here again

Nica

Date posted: 2y ago

There’s no cure for mental illnesses but you can absolutely heal and recover and live a happy life. But that takes constant work.

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Just what Nica said. There is no cure. BUT it is managed to the point where it doesn’t have ANY negative impact on your day-to-day life. It’s hard. But people have recovered and we can as well.

Kyle

Date posted: 2y ago

It's very possible to overcome debilitating OCD and manage day to day! ERP changed my life - it's a lot of hard work, but it's possible. I felt unburdened by the thoughts once I practiced enough exposures and resisted compulsions. I highly recommend working with a specialist! Please let me know if you have any questions about ERP.

Tyrturns

Date posted: 2y ago

@ do you meditate or do you go day by day without it

Kyle

Date posted: 2y ago

@Tyrturns - I try to be very intentional with being present in the moment, and not reacting to intrusive thoughts. I do love meditation, and anything of the sort! ERP and mindfulness have a lot of similarities.

hellopeople

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 2y ago

Hi there! I don’t struggle with sexual orientation ocd anymore, but my theme did switch to mainly rocd, but ERP works the same for all subtypes :) and my healing for rocd isn’t linear but as you grow in your skills, it gets easier :)

Josh M

Date posted: 22w ago

Winners

Those of you who have overcome at least a bit, if not all, of your OCD. When you went through the CBT and ERP, did it feel like the end of the world? And how did you face the fact that your fears and uncertainties might actually come to life?

Anonymousssssss

Date posted: 16w ago

Do you have to do erp?

I’ve noticed that I’m somewhat happier also ignoring my thoughts than I am instead of doing compulsions (I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired atp) but I’ve heard you’re technically supposed to do erp rather than pushing under the rug. But idk if I have a thought I just refuse to think about it again and im fine even if I want to do compulsions

Mt2019

Date posted: 11w ago

Question about HOCD

Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please

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