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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
All of you, a week ago I felt exactly the same. I was literally holding a rope in my hand because two of my family members told me to hang myself. I was truly considering it and the only reason I didn't was because I was afraid to be found and rescued in time and live an even worse life after a failed attempt. I know how you feel and maybe I was even deeper in than you guys considering I put the rope around my neck already. If that fearful thought had not kicked in I probably would've been dead. In this week I have made a lot of process, process I have not made in 2.5 years. I want you all to know that there is hope for OCD sufferers like us and things can get better. ERP isn't fun. It's kinda like doing physical exercise you hate but you do it anyway because in the big picture it is very good for you. Best analogy I can come up with right now. It is damn hard but it is worth it. You're in a cage right now because of your compulsions. They are like a drug to us. Only not so nice thing is that unlike with drugs, quitting them at once isn't how this process usually goes. It's more complex, little steps, step back, leaps forward, a step back, etc. A dance with the devil. But you can get your life back if you keep dancing. My 'cage' is already a lot better. I brought my compulsions back from 10 hours a day to like... 1? In 2 weeks. Be very strict with yourself, hold yourself accountable, surround yourself with people who gently but firmly do this if you can. Much love from me and keep fighting warriors ♡
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- 5y ago
oh my god i relate so much. it’s like as soon as i start thinking about my triggers i legitimately lose all hope and want to die. it really really sucks ://///
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- 5y ago
Yep ... it’s a fight every dang day.. ??. Life is a joke. I don’t like this therapy. It’s good when I’m in there and then during the week it’s hell week, for what?!?!? Just to pretend that I’m something I’m not. Like two diff people.. It’s bringing out too much, and ughhh and depression, anxiety(which has been good today) and everything else it can possibly pull out. And we r supposed to be okay through out it. I wanna be with someone but at the same time with no one. Wish I could call my therapist but I’m relying on her too much. It sucks. Can’t do shit about nothing .. and people just hope one day that you don’t end up killing your self over this. That’s all ?♀️. ?of story. ❗️❕it will go on for ♾!! I don’t know how we all go through this... I feel alone.
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- 5y ago
I’m having a crisis too I called And left a message for my therpaist and I sounded pissed. I’m tried of fighting this b/s, called the suicide line but she didn’t help. She triggered it. I wanna scream and c€£ myself ??... suffering. Suffering for what??? I don’t kno how I’ll make it to Saturday I can’t do this.
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- 5y ago
YES omg Like everything feels so great and awesome while i’m talking to my therapist and then I have this swell of confidence like “hell ywah i can do this!!” before i fail miserably and come crawling back to her a week later still at square one... My small dosage of medication helped somewhat but I had to start going to a specialist instead of my GP but my GP was the one who prescribed it to me and my specialist won’t give me refills until he sees me so i am currently going through the world’s worst withdrawals which are giving me hella suicidal ideation and worse compulsions than ever!! It also sucks that with all this ERP shit we’re expected to just “deal with it” when it’s literal hell on earth?? it’s like all i can think is do you WANT me to publicly effing humiliate myself???? and cry in front of people?? It’s so hard..I want this to get better but I just can’t see it
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- 5y ago
My therapist called me a while ago, and asked if I’m safe. I said I don’t know. She said that someone from the office will call me tomorrow, she’s getting very concerned ughhh A lot of emotions while talking to her .. gonna try to stay safe for the session on Saturday.. cuz she brought up a good technique that I can use next time ☺️, so that will give me some hope to hold on too. I told her. This is too much discovery for me. ?
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- 10w ago
so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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- 8w ago
I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.
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- 6w ago
the thoughts that have been making me super anxious recently is every-time I’m around someone im happy with my mind is like “they will miss you” or “they will wonder why you did it when your always happy” it’s eating me i hate it. i’m tired of this theme, it’s been on and off for three years. but it makes me more anxious now the it does before. please share tips
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