NaggingOCD
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senuva.aaasenuva.aaa
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What if the best thing happens? What if you become happier? What if everything works out the way its meant too?
NaggingOCDNaggingOCD
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@senuva.aaa my what ifs are about past events
Steven55!Steven55!
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Hang in there. Better times are ahead! Always know we are here for you.
senuva.aaasenuva.aaa
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you could try positive what ifs and keep positive outcomes at the forefront
TammybTammyb
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@senuva.aaa I like that tactic
senuva.aaasenuva.aaa
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@Tammyb Great!! Affirmations are very helpful for rewiring the brain and increasing the positive dialouge in your head. Their are affirmations apps or accts on social media , you can write them down or even make them your wallpaper!
Steven55!Steven55!
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Try to always stay in the present. What's happening now? What are you doing now, not what-if about something from the past. If you practice staying in the present, you take away OCD's power over you.
NaggingOCDNaggingOCD
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@Steven55! thankyou it's hard because it's like i neeed too know in order to move forward make sure there was no dangers and stuff
Steven55!Steven55!
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I know what you are going through. Kee6in mind that it's exactly what OCD wants you to do. OCD wants you to ruminate over it all day long. If you have an OCD therapist you can work through it. I mention an OCD therapist because s/he can give you the tools to work through the variations that may pop up when you get this one locked.
NaggingOCDNaggingOCD
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@Steven55! i have a therapist and she has worked with ocd people before i'm not sure if that's the same but when i see her i feel as though she doesn't give me ocd tools i kind of go there speak to her and that's it
Steven55!Steven55!
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I've been where you are and found general therapy to be fairly useless. This is a unique disorder and requires a specialist highly trained in OCD therapy using ERP, which is the gold standard of OCD therapy. Once I switched to a trained OCD therapist using ERP I began to recover. They know us, better than we know ourselves. I found my therapist on the NOCD site. Why not contact NOCD for a consultation. It can't hurt.
NaggingOCDNaggingOCD
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@Steven55! i'd love too but i don't have the funds to carry it on
Steven55!Steven55!
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Do you have insurance? How about family? The consultation is free. Last resort, you may qualify for insurance under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
NaggingOCDNaggingOCD
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@Steven55! no in the u.k. we have NHS but don't think anything qualifies on there apart from talking therapies
Steven55!Steven55!
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This is a talking therapy. I don't know anything about the health care system in your country. Maybe you can request a therapist specialized in OCD therapy, using ERP? You would know better than I.
NaggingOCDNaggingOCD
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@Steven55! i have a therapist and she used to set erp tasks for me b it we had too put a pause on things as i wasn't improving, i have a psychiatrist assessment in august to discuss new medication so maybe i can speak with them and see if they know any ocd specialists
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