Sarahđ
- Date posted
- 2y
What is life like without OCD
Many times I wonder about this: what is life like without OCD? How would my life be if I wasn't dealing/struggling/suffering from OCD
blaze19starblaze19star
- Date posted
- 2y
well i can say with what i know before i had ocd, because i only started suffering when i turned 16 and was pretty much normal before that. itâs basically SO MUCH more peaceful hahah, i remember i would think so much less and used to imagine up lots of funny scenarios in my head about people i knew and i was very creative, thinking about different concepts or daydreaming, not obsessively. i didnât have to worry about thinking about anything cos i could make it stop at any time. i thoight about my future and what i wanted to do and did a lot more stuff because i had a lot more general ideas about things i wanted to do in the day like baking or making silly videos or trying something knew. now a lot of the time i kinda sit doing nothing ruminating haha- im trying to stop. itâs also like i never thought if i was a bad person or had guilt or anything, i thought i was a pretty good person and i liked myself a lot more. i also wasnât at all paranoid, i had some social anxiety that made me overthink but that was the only time i would overthink without being able to stop. and yeh it was pretty chill and i just kinda did whatever i wanted without being scared and never thought bad stuff would happen.
LemonleafyLemonleafy
- Date posted
- 2y
I think it's going to be really freeing. This is why I hope everyone struggling gets the help they need. Things will get better
ivrecivrec
- Date posted
- 2y
I never doubted who I was and how I would act. I was very grounded in being me. I really donât remember have many intrusive thoughts, I know they say everyone has them but mine were very few and far between. If one did come up I think âyuck that was a bad thoughtâ and go about my day. When ocd happened it was like a light switch, it even mysteriously went away a few days later but then returned. That was ages ago before much was know about ocd. At least now we have more understanding.
justsomone1justsomone1
- Date posted
- 2y
I wonder this often
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kitchensink234
- Date posted
- 18w
Hopeless
I know everything im dealing with is OCD. I have accepted that, but I just feel down. I donât want to live the rest of my life like this. I just want to be free from this horrible illness. Any positive stories and recovery journeys will help. What did recovery look like for you? I used to be so happy, I miss it so much. This feels like itâs taken everything from me. How do you just live your life despite how you feel? Any hope will help!
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