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@ocdisscary Yes yes even on medication?

@Norman12! I struggle terribly! I find best thing is you just get up and get outside if possible x

@jay71 God I hate this , I was doing so good for a year 😭 just upped my sssri but I feel like it’s only been 5 days and I’m more anxious my doctor said could take up to two weeks to feel better again 😭🫣

@Norman12! Stay with that thought, because it will get better x

@jay71 My thought has been the same for 4 years since it happened and I got diagnosed with harm ocd 😭🫣 every time ir comes in my head I get such bad anxiety , idk why ocd needs to be harm towards my daughter wish it was w me 😭🥹

@Norman12! I’ve had harm ocd since childhood alongside other themes. I’ve started cbt and recently erp with my therapist so early days for me but can see some improvements. Are you receiving help? X

@jay71 In my area idk anyone who specializes in it so I’m gonna try and get a therapist through this app. I can’t live this way anymore 😭

@Norman12! Please know that there is hope! I can’t tell you how this condition has blighted my life but take one day at a time and you’ll get there! Remember you are NOT your thoughts x

@jay71 Oh trust me I thought I was Schyzo a year ago when it happened , I had a sentence stick in my head for days “kill your daughter” I was so scared to tell my doctor thinkin cps would be at my door but she was amazing , she told me I had ocd with bad anxiety , my meds helped so much but last week it flared back up , not as bad as it would if I wasn’t on medication but I seen on TikTok a mother who went psychosis and killed her kids since than I’ve been a mess and that sentence has CAME BACK not as intense as it has been in the past but it’s here . I’ve learned that it’s a thought and if I focus on it will intensify . I use to be scared to even be alone w my daughter cause I thought I was going insane :(

@Norman12! Missed two months of work but this time when it flared up I’m still working still being w my daughter , little anxious here and there but we just increased my sssri so I think that’s why I’m anxious also got on adhd medication last week so we shall see 🖤🫶🏽

@Norman12! You seem to have a good insight into what is happening. I’m so sorry you are going through this, as I know it’s hell. I had a meltdown last week as became convinced my therapist would think I’m dangerous and just felt unable to cope with that.

@jay71 Oh trust me I had. Melt down yesterday because I didn’t understand why all the sudden it’s back 😭. I’m thankful mine is only that one sentence and not images or any of that . But when it happens it’s almost like I’m stuck in my own mind and my anxiety is at 100! But my meds have helped because I don’t feel like a did a year ago. I know meds don’t make it fully go away I feel like it just makes it more able to live with!

@jay71 And no your therapist would not think that , my doctor told me If we weee dangerous we wouldn’t be so anxious about the thoughts we would act on them before even thinking about it ! It’s good we get such bad anxiety when it comes on 😭🫶🏽

@Norman12! Thank you xxx

@jay71 🫶🏽

@Jeffrey What do you do when you say you have your RP ready?

@SilentlyBattling Since I am aware that my ocd is prone to strike me in the morning- when I get my bearings and the anxiety is turning I remind myself that I have ocd and this is it’s favorite time to manifest so I don’t pay attention to the thoughts or feelings. I assume it is ocd at work.

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