Why is it taking so long to get over this . 5 months now and I still am not ok . I have a great days with clarity and then I have scary thoughts again with doubt and just can’t handle it. I’m resisting compulsions as best as possible but I must not be noticing sometimes when i am doing it and it’s keeping the cycle going. I feel like I’ll never get better . I’m so sick of feeling anxious and like something bad is going to happen.
I feel you. Been experiencing OCD for many years and last weekend I got crushed down by this kind of thought it happens so fast but let's keep it up bright days are to come! Don't forget your basis : -it's human to feel this way everyone experiences bad thoughts -try to understand the meaning of it, maybe your thoughts are related to past events you got screwed in, reason why you experience intrusive thoughts. Actually I assume we tend to be both very sensitive and broken in such a way that we end up creating, subconsciously, "bad thoughts" just to create a fence with people we get along well with or siblings, you know what I mean we protect ourselves from being offensed again
How long have you been doing ERP? If you are doing therapy with NOCD I think you should mention it to them :(
@Anonymous Like 2 months but barely have had time for sessions. But I get everyday exposure through work (I work with kids) and I learned a lot through Jenna overbaugh. Trying to put into practice everyday. I find the homework exposures not very helpful - the daily ones when they come up are . Maybe I just need to do the homework ones ?? Idk
You are stronger than you think. Ocd attacks the things you are not, that’s why it causes such distress. Keep working at it. It’s a marathon not a sprint. I have been working on my ocd for 15 years and have dabbled in many different categories of it. Know that there is always hope. It takes a lot of work and time but there is always hope. Always say I will feel better, I want too feel better, I will try my hardest. ERP is tough work, don’t ever think it’s not. Be proud of yourself for the hard work you are putting out every day. Be patient, as hard as it may be. One day you’re gonna be thinking about this time and how far you’ve come!
@jack17143 15 years ?!!! Oh my goodness .. I hope your doing well. And I hope my recovery is soon and it’s been 4 months lol . Thanks for the encouraging words 🫶🏻
@jack17143 15 years?? omg I can’t live that long w ocd… I’m hoping a 2 month recovery because everyday is a struggle
@Shianne There are ups and downs. It’s not always as bad as it may be for you right now. The more you work the easier it gets to live with!!
@Anonymous Don’t hope for a fast recovery!! You need to be patient and accept that it may always be there but you have the tools to beat the hell out of it!!
@jack17143 What tools? I get weird urges and sensations … like I have this weird sensation in my arms that tells to slice my wrists cus it’ll feel good? It’s so mf weird 🥹🥹🥹🥹
@Anonymous You need to start researching cbt and erp therapy. There are therapists out there that know exactly what to do. I had harm ocd at one point. It is possible to learn how to fight the urges and sensations!
@Shianne I am doing well!! I work hard everyday and it is not as much of a burden as it used to be.
@jack17143 yes I’m doing with NOCD… it’s so weird and the feeling feel so real :( I think I’m psycho and crazy
@Anonymous You’re not!!! You’re working at it. It’s not an easy thing to do. But I promise it gets easier. Maybe not tomorrow or the next day but eventually.
@jack17143 thank you ♥️♥️ is it possible to do erp and therapy and then suddenly have these intense flare ups again?
@jack17143 regarding the same theme that is
@Anonymous Absolutely. But when you do you revert back to your training and get to work on getting better once again.
@jack17143 sigh I just harm ocd so much … I feel so crazy and I’m in constant fear it’ll come back and then I’ll act on my thoughts… idk why it would be back :(
@jack17143 Sorry don’t meant to rant but just so hopeless and sad
@Anonymous Everyone needs someone to talk too. Never give up on yourself. A happy life is possible with this shit going on. Trust me!
you described everything im going trough
Same! Been 9 months and everyday is getting worse not better
You got this ♥️ mine lasted for 4 years … and two years later it’s back. Getting ERP here now .. harm ocd is debilitating
@Anonymous I don’t want it to come back:( I want kids so bad but scared now bc of this
So honestly the worst part of (what I think is) my OCD is the "groinal syndrome"... My intrusive thoughts were fading, but now all the doubt is creeping back in because of it. I know that I'm not what my thoughts try and persuade me I am. My whole identity is much more solid now than it was when I was at my worst. But at the same time, the anxiety is still there and the groinal response thing has started to come back recently... I try not to do anything compulsive but a lot of my compulsions are mental ones so I find myself doing them before I can even stop myself. Am I just going to be stuck with the anxiety & the physical manifestations forever?? Because even now, after I have learned about OCD, and after things started to get better, I am still experiencing it. I'm terrified to get a diagnosis too, in case they tell me it's not OCD or in case there's nothing they can do to help me :/ Ach I hate this all so much ?
My intrusive images have gone away but now every day I feel anxious and cannot stop thinking about “if my intrusive thoughts” come back. It’s almost like I’m having anxiety about anxiety 😞. Been struggling for almost two months and just started medication yesterday for the first time. Will this constant anxious feeling and thinking about it all day everyday ever go away? Really struggling today.
My harm theme started 8 months ago and has gradually gotten worse. I have a few days/ weeks that are good and then will quickly go back to a week of severe anxiousness. Since this started I have hardly felt like myself. I realize recovery will not happen overnight and is not linear. My question while in recovery does it take awhile to feel like your self again? I am currently in an anxious spiral and just finding it hard to believe I will ever feel normal again. Any recovery stories would be great.
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