i took a break unintentionally from personal life and sadly i can’t say life is better. a lot of aspects have changed and i have a new partner and different living situation but my brain is still suffering. i’m still struggling and still triggered everyday. why? i know i can MANAGE things but why can’t thoughts just go away? why can’t this go away ?
I spent a lot of time ruminating trying to figure out why I was having these thoughts. Through therapy I realized it was a question I would never be able to find and answer to. Instead I go with a Therapist that specialized in ERP OCD therapy. I took my back and you can too. It’s hard work, but worth it. My OCD will never go away, but now I can mange it when it rears it’s ugly head. Praying for you.
Very proud of you. I have ongoing ROCD themes on and off and it's ruining my life. Start ERP today - this will not rule my life anymore x
What themes do you have? X
Sorry “took my life back”
Sorry to hear.. I get it! Are you on medication by any chance?
I’m sorry to hear your struggling. Years ago I was diagnosed with ocd after suffering for basically a decade, once diagnosed I dedicated my life to treatment and I was the happiest I had ever been. I finally felt like what I was like to not be consumed with thoughts and lead a normal life. Slowly thoughts crept back in and now I’m back in a full blown ocd episode and it very hard and discouraging. The thing I’ve learned is this is a life long struggle that needs constant management, it’s easy to stop putting in as much effort towards treatment when you start feeling better but ocd takes hold again. You’ve been through this before and you’ll get through it again, same as me. Just know it takes a lot of daily work but don’t loose hope.
Do you mind if I ask what themes you have? Sorry you're struggling again but you've come through it before and you will again! You got this x
@mollyyy I currently have postpartum ocd but I the past have has existential, hocd and ROCD
@Ro__ Bless you that must be so so difficult. Sending you so much love. X
recently my intrusive thoughts haven’t been bothering me much, unless i’m busy doing nothing. i suffer from SO-OCD. whenever i think yes, these thoughts don’t bother me anymore, i’m doing great, i then work myself up like ‘well your thoughts are obviously true then otherwise they would make you upset and uncomfortable’. when i get the thoughts they do still make me feel this way but also not as strong. I do then panic and think i’m something i’m not, despite knowing the truth. also anyone know why they get worse when i’m bored or not doing anything? 😢
My intrusive images were an absolute nightmare back in April. I honestly don’t even know how it got better, I had written a letter to God begging for help. Well recently idk if it’s because I’ve been stressed a lot again and ruminating on a lot of pocd related things from the past the make me worry, but the images have started again and even though they are repulsive and awful, I feel like I’m not reacting how I should. I think I just got to where I would just try to like blink it away and ignore it, but I feel so bad if I’m not feeling absolute shame and guilt. I feel like I feel too normal and sometimes I forget that if anyone knew besides people on here, I can’t imagine what people would think, but I also know it’s not who I am so I feel like I don’t worry as much as I should. Also, I can’t stop worrying about fanfiction I read when I was like 16 and 17. It really bothers me because I keep wondering did I imagine this one character my age? Why did I read this? Did I even know what aging up was then, and even if I did it’s wrong and gross anyway but if I didn’t age this character up then that’s awful. And i just can’t let go but I think it’s triggering me to have the images so idk what to do.
I am having a really hard time being home for the holidays. My intrusive thoughts are constant and loud. It sucks too, because my thoughts get triggered when I'm around one of my family members. I just want to distance myself, so I can stop the thoughts and feel like I'm not going to hurt anyone. I'm so distressed and depressed. What do you do to help calm your mind and remind yourself that you are a good person, despite what the thoughts say? I've already meditated, taken my Lexapro, and tried to remind myself that these thoughts want to attack the things I care about the most. Thanks. ❤️
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