“If you focus on results, you will never change. If focus on change you will get results” Very true for ocd recovery - the presence or absence of thoughts doesn’t dictate recovery as everyone has intrusive thoughts - the change in our our perspective of the importance of the thoughts and our actions related to them indicates the degree of recovery

!!This is SO imperative to understand!! Once we truly understand what recovery is- we’ll be more confident in working towards it. Only seeing recovery as an instantaneous moment of certainty and complete eradication of anxiety- will get us nowhere. Recovery for ocd is surrender, getting off the hamster wheel, and breaking all too familiar habits. It’s having a new relationship with everything that happens in your head. It’s us practicing this over and over and over again, and failing and succeeding and having bad days and amazing days and ‘in-the-middle-weird-days’. But all the while- us TRYING. And as long as we give it an honest shot, our efforts will not go unrewarded. It’s not a ‘snap of the fingers’ moment, it’s a journey. A lifestyle!

Thank you so much, that was truly beautiful Leah. I hope to overcome this and as much as I wish it were done w a snap of a finger, ik I have to work and pace myself through it. I only hope I’ll be able to

@ocdsucksbutt (<-correct) I believe in you SO much. Believe me when I say you do NOT have to live in fear. We are so used to catering to our anxieties and worries and fears, but here- that is not our job anymore. Deciding that you are going to stop, set it down, get up, and move towards everything you want in your life is your job. And ocd is going to make you feel like you’re doing something wrong when you do that- SO KEEP DOING IT. You will most definitely be able to!!??❤️❤️

Yeah that was amazing Leah thanks for sharing ?

Thank you so much:)

Of course, thank you for posting!!