Hi friends!!! Resources for newly diagnosed?

I just found out I have OCD last February. I'm ashamed to say I had a really stereotypical idea of what OCD is and was very surprised to be diagnosed with it. I keep trying to learn more about OCD but every time I sit down to read something, watch a video, listen to a podcast etc... I can't stop myself from pausing just to fall into a thought spiral for hours, analyzing my brain and thought patterns and my whole childhood and past relationships and just everything. Ughhhhhhhhh. Any resources or tips for combating this, if this even made any sense lol, I have been very stuck on my brain today yikes (p.s. do you like my pfp? she's my dog, daisy. I love her very much)

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Username: batterybattery

Date posted: 1y ago

Hi!!! I was diagnosed earlier this year (around february/early march too actually!), so I’m pretty new too but I totally feel you here!!!! It took a while for me (and still currently of course!) to actually process yes, I have OCD, it’s a thing that is in my life now and has been for a bit. I had many a spiral, and honestly what you’re doing now is good— trying to reach out to other people for their own opinions and advice. For me, what’s been helping is forcing myself to do something else, something that’s able to get my mind off of it for a little bit, because from what I’ve seen so far, it’s fairly close to ruminating? Or it may be! Sorry if this isnt that helpful, my brain has also been in shambles the past week and a half 😅 (i love daisy!!! i should really set my pfp to one of my animals!!! ill do that now, thanks for reminding me!)

Username: Ocdeeznuts55Ocdeeznuts55

Date posted: 1y ago

Welcome! I was diagnosed last December and have been in therapy here since then. A book I was recommended by my therapist that really helped me get clarity on what ocd is, how it presents in different ways (it can be very sneaky), and how it’s treated with ERP therapy and why that works. The book was ‘freedom from ocd by Jonathan Greyson.’ Id highly recommend giving it a read

Username: Billy 1Billy 1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Hey, great to have you as part of the NOCD community. I can remember many years ago when the psychiatrist said to me “you have OCD” I instantly disagreed as I didn’t have a tidy bedroom or help my Mum clean the house ! OH HOW I WAS WRONG ! There’s still a lot of stereotypes and stigma attached to the disorder so don’t feel ashamed as your educating yourself around it now. And there’s a huge way to go in terms of media coverage, psychoeducation etc! It sounds like you may be ruminating …. which is a form of compulsive behaviour. The best thing my therapist taught me was to have the answer of “maybe I did, maybe I didn’t” and this helps me accept the uncertainty and realise we can never have 10000% certainty and even if we did our OCD would scream doubt at us. It’s the doubting disorder, Sit with that uncertainty, don’t engage with it and watch the anxiety decrease. I would highly recommend NOCD for therapy as well. I’ve attached a link to there 15 mins consultation session 😬 15 min consultation https://www.treatmyocd.com/calendar?src=homepage&_gl=1*dpgbx1*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2MzY2NTk5MTQuQ2p3S0NBaUFtN09NQmhBUUVpd0FydkdpM0QwaEhYczN1Q0ZabWhVRUF4RndaaDJoa3AxbTRnek9TRWQweUJ4U3pqeU1SRU9FNGVwZkFSb0NNY0VRQXZEX0J3RQ..

Username: GregJGregJ

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Hey there, I also was surprised to find out I had ocd. OCD is depicted in movies and tv shows as being a “clean freak”, but it’s so much deeper and complicated than that. I thought I was just weird and all alone. But through this community I realized a lot of people experience OCD and I’m not “weird” or “crazy” like I used to think. Here’s a good article about rumination and what to do about it: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/the-rumination-trap

Username: GregJGregJ

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Also if you click therapy, then exercises, at the bottom there are free support groups you can attend led by NOCD.

Username: Mx. Taylor

Date posted: 3y ago

I just got home from an inpatient psych stay where I was diagnosed with OCD. Any ideas on what to do next? Books, movies, YouTube videos or channels etc ?

Username: TofuIndulger

Date posted: 1y ago

Stuck

Hey everyone. This is my first post here and it’s probably going to be a long one because I guess I feel comfortable enough to be open here. I need help. When I first got diagnosed with OCD, I figured it only impacted a small part of my life. I thought I was only affected with compulsions and obsessions that dealt with contamination, tangible perfectionism and the obvious intrusive thoughts and that’s it. Well, I’ve come to realize that most of my thinking has been impacted by OCD. At this point the only way to describe how it feels to me is a forest of thorny vines growing in place of my mind or maybe through and around my brain constantly growing every-time I give into this type of thinking (which is basically all the time because I wasn’t aware this was OCD). I’ve definitely felt it more recently, but I know it’s always been there from what I recall from past memories. I got diagnosed not so long ago with OCD and I was happy to because it explained this thing I knew was wrong with me but I didn’t know how much it will and has impacted me in the past. So, I think I’ve created a matrix in my mind or strengthened the OCD thought patterns because now I feel like my OCD impacts everything I do. And I guess I’m saying I need help here because maybe you guys will be able to see it, maybe validate me and point me where I can get help. I’ve been telling the people around me, I think my thinking is disordered and I need help but I don’t think they really understand the amount it’s affecting me or grasp what I meant when I say “I Need Help”. I did have a therapist before but because of a insurance change, she can’t work with me anymore and I’m not sure when I’ll get another (just to clarify). Back to the matter, the past couple of months I’ve been in my head just thinking and thinking. About everything. To the point where my head starts to hurt or until I feel sick of thinking about it but I can’t. I find that’s my obsessions and compulsions (other than the need for order [which can also be mental]) are very mentally based and I find myself ashamed of them so I hide them so maybe that’s why the people around me don’t feel my need for getting help as much as I do. Anyways, examples of this have been, -constantly thinking about what’s the purpose of all of life and the hidden messages in life -feeling like if I don’t do everything perfectly then what the point or being very mad at myself -being obsessed with how I present to the rest of the world sometimes even in close relationships -having calculated movements and actions (having to move my body a certain way or it doesn’t feel right) -obsessing over an absolute truth -questioning friendships and other relationships - obsessing over achievements or failures -obsessing over people -obsessing over decisions and outcomes because I want to make the perfect decisions I could go on and on but basically it’s just a lot of thinking and ruminating and obsessing to the point where people tell me I look like I’m some where else all the time. And I’ve started to feel like I find comfort in it now. I’m also diagnosed with depression and anxiety and I feel like it’s all just OCD. And same goes for my dissociation. I feel like they all root from my OCD. I’m so tired of feeling like this all the time and without my therapist I feel like I’m stuck here. I can’t make decisions, I’m never present, I can’t make or keep friendships/ relationships, everything impacts me deeply because I create a emotional obsession to it, I can’t just be without questioning everything and I’m constantly in my head. I’ve also started getting high all the time because I feel like it’s the only way to escape my brain but I’ve felt like it’s getting out of hand. I’m starting to lose in any type of hope of getting better. Does anyone have an advice for working on OCD by yourself or identifying when it’s OCD (especially mental obsessions and compulsions) so I can start to chip at this boulder that’s weighing down my life and energy?

Username: taurising

Date posted: 1y ago

obsessing over ocd

Since my recent flare up, I feel like i'm now i'm now obsessing over OCD. I open Youtube to look up videos about how to live with it, I open NOCD almost immediately after waking up, I'm downloading books recommended, saving podcast episodes, joining online suport groups. I didn't notice it before but it almost feels counter productive? But I also do want to recover I don't even know what to even ground myself to at this point

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