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Yesterday I felt good but today I don’t. I hate how it switches like that. I’m tired of the thoughts but I know if I keep working on it and face my fears it will get better.
Yesterday I felt good but today I don’t. I hate how it switches like that. I’m tired of the thoughts but I know if I keep working on it and face my fears it will get better.
It does get better with treatment and with support, it takes time. Recovery looks different for individuals. Give yourself grace and time. Enjoy the good days and remind yourself of those days on the not so good days!
same boat here, going into happy then sad, doubtfull then happy again
Can feel you. I have Religion OCD… I have a routine for the night… sometimes it’s difficult to know how much time I’ll be there… my therapist (not an NOCD one but I’m trying to get here) gets upset/ kinda mad, with me bc I didn’t go to her therapy and makes me feel bad :, I think she should be more kind knowing I’m suffering bc of ocd… I told her once via text “I just can’t go bc of this I really don’t know what to do” and she replied “I don’t know what to do either”… that made me feel so bad
@KathCata I feel like your therapist should be understanding. Your therapist is getting angry with you instead of working through it with you. Your therapist is there to help you, not degrade you. Ocd is controlling and it controls your every thought. If the therapist you have now makes you feel bad because you are having a hard time dealing with your ocd, try looking into new options like the therapists on this app because nobody should be making you feel bad because of how you are dealing with things especially not your therapist.
@Lily_Flower77 Thank you ❤️🩹 before she was kind but now I feel that the way she does therapy it’s contradictory for my OCD… she gives me the “solution” to thought changing… exp: “I have a thought of harming someone” change it to “Ill never harm someone bc have not done it before” so lol… it’s like a reassurance thing… I told her… uhm but my ocd would make me even thing why yes, and becomes a loop… she told me “then do what I told you and stop thinking… say that to your mind and stop thinking” I wish that could help me but my ocd still would appear. She’s getting mad bc I haven’t go to many sessions or I arrive 30min late… I really doing my best effort, it’s like trying to do my routine faster to get on time, but when I’m trynna get fast, more thoughts come lol :,,, I’m trying to leave her or change psychologist :,( but I can’t it’s like idk what psychologist it’s better now for me or if they would really help me or understand issues I had or idk :,( I’m from colombia, I searched and there’s a nice guy but I’m scared he won’t be with enough experiencia bc he seem young and new to this thing, and I want heder but NOCD it’s international :,( and don’t wanna like talk always in english bc my main language it’s Spanish… maybe I’m complicating myself, I kinda feel stuck… there’s a Mexican guy too that does this, has por experience but he lives in Mexico sooo idk what to do 🙃🙃🙃🙃 sorry to throw you all this bunch of stuff lol
@KathCata I feel I would like to have an opinion with someone with ocd too, I’m really sorry :,(
@KathCata - I'm not a trained therapist, but it couldn't hurt if you contacted NOCD for a consultation. They may be able to get you with a trained therapist who speaks fluent Spanish. OCD is a specialized disorder and you really need someone who's specialized in the field and uses ERP as a therapy tool. Hope this helps.
Recovery is messy, not linear. It takes time. Stick with it.
Last week was a lot easier for me. I felt like thoughts didn’t control me and my actions as much as they did earlier. Today was really hard for me and I feel like I’m starting to lose hope again:( I can’t take the thoughts and the feelings that come with them anymore. I feel like I have failed and I’m never going to be happy again.
The past month or so I have been in and out of OCD spirals. I’ll have a couple days of spiraling and then a couple days of being better. Then a couple days spiraling and then a couple days doing better. Today is one of those days where I can feel the anxiety under the surface and where I am monitoring it to see/keep it in check. Yesterday I was good, I had good dialogue in my mind, I was content with making mistakes in the past, but being a better human and person these days going forward. I can feel the ebb and flow of it today where the anxiety spikes, my internal dialogue say “am I going to freak out”, “confess this”, “say that”, “don’t say that”, “I’m a bad person”, “I’m a good person that is learning and growing every day” etc etc. Then the anxiety comes down, my mind feels clearer, less noisy and less physical feeling, and I feel like I don’t care about the OCD and me as much. Just been feeling the ebbs and flows of OCD over the course of months and days, and even within the day itself.
Anxiety is much better but intrusive thoughts have reared their ugly head again. Thing is they don’t scare me but they seem like they should have meaning since I’m not anxious like I used to be!
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