Betterdays_ontheway 🙂
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Uplifting each other
What is something you say to yourself or do that helps you get through OCD?
Brooklyn_99Brooklyn_99
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Honestly the NOCD community has been so helpful to be in. Being surrounded by people that understand what your going thru really helps. I always tell myself that this is not forever. I will not always feel like this. I imagine freedom from OCD. What it will look like for me and feel like. I meditate on that and I know i will be free one day. We all will. 100% recovery is possible!
blazedblazed
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
I tell myself that I’ve recovered from other themes in the past, so I’m capable of recovering from the one I’m going through now. I know this is no different than the others, even though my brain wants to convince me otherwise.
adaptocdadaptocd
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Remembering that each time I was in an OCD flare, I became convinced I would never have a good day again, but that’s never been true.
vgbvgb
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
I know it’s who I am meaning that this is part time of me. I can’t run away from it but I also can be aware that it hasn’t stopped me from having a beautiful life career family etc. I experience true joy and sometimes my struggles are isolating and hard as hell but I hang on because I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE IVE BEEN GIVEN. I love being able to check in with all of you and also respect and appreciate all your voices and energy. Do yes I have OCD and I guess in its own way it contributes to making me who I am but I am not OCD! I am a human being with lots of love to share and everyday I get to be here w my family and loved ones is a miracle to behold!!! Rock on my fellow warriors. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Cornelius123Cornelius123
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Be brave. Be calm
OCDhasenteredthechatOCDhasentere...
- Date posted
- 2y ago
“None of this makes any sense sometimes, but it also doesn’t have to. Life is strange and existing can be such a struggle sometimes, but I know that whatever happens I’m going to decide to be okay. I will adapt, privet, and work through the ups and downs of life because a life fully lived is a life filled with ups and downs. Right now I’m having a down— but my up is nearing soon” That’s an old passage from my journal ♥️ hope it suffices
Will86Will86
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Math... therapist said it uses a different part of the brain and well I aint a fan anyways so I do drug calculations. Singing even if I'm bad at it.
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- Date posted
- 15w ago
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whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
iwanttogetbe...
- Date posted
- 11w ago
I want to beat OCD because. .
I want to beat OCD because I have seen and felt the benefits of clearing my brain from unnecessary, pointless, thoughts. OCD is like 0 calorie food. It’s pointless. No nutrition or benefits come from my obsessions or compulsions. I don’t care to have answers to everything anymore. I catch myself just trying to stress myself out so that I have some worry to feed on. But like I said, it’s a 0 calorie food. I get nothing from it but wasted time and energy. My brain feels more spacious when I’m not consumed by OCD. I’m present. My personality has room to be herself without making space for bullshit. I tell myself now that worry is poison. I think Willie Nelson was the person I got that quote from? Anyways, that imagery of worries being poison for the mind has been transformative for me. I’m evolving. 💖 Thanks NOCD community.
Ok_Paint758
- Date posted
- 10w ago
Is telling myself "it's just ocd" a compulsion?
When I was a child, before I knew this was OCD, I struggled with constant "magical thinking" compulsions (don't step on the crack or mom's back will actually break, etc). When I later learned this was OCD, it almost immediately solved it. Any time I got a magical thought, I would say to myself "that's just an OCD thought. ignore it." and it just stopped coming! Like seriously it fixed the magical thinking stuff forever. But of course the OCD has resurfaced in other ways. So naturally, I've tried to use the same strategy since I had so much success with it previously. But I wonder sometimes if telling myself "that's just OCD" is almost functioning as a reassurance compulsion? I hate how meta this gets. For example, I have ROCD that comes and goes. So sometimes I'll get a thought like "what if i'm still in love with my ex?" and then I'll tell myself "that's obviously just an ROCD thought" and will feel relief, almost like reassurance. But it comes back. So is telling myself that it's OCD a reassurance compulsion ?? It's just so weird because it worked so perfectly as a kid with the magical thinking thing.
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