Struggling with Relapse?

I’ve been doing really well the past few months. I’ve been consistent with ERP therapy and other exercises to help manage my OCD. However, something triggered my OCD to come back in full force last week and while I know that the journey to recovery isn’t linear, and I know that this is something I will always have to work on, it’s been very disheartening and it feels like all the progress I’ve made has been for nothing. It’s exhausting and I’m struggling with intrusive thoughts that I will never get better again. Anyone else relate?

Username: Soft_Fumo_WishesSoft_Fumo_Wi...

Date posted: 1y ago

Relapse is a part of recovery

Username: Sandy6Sandy6

Date posted: 1y ago

I experience relapses after years. The key here is to manage OCD, we must ready anytime is intrusive thoughts are came. But how we deal with them to not do the compulsions. Any obsession will have less meaning and disappear over time. But even if show up again, we can deal with them again including all anxiety. Even if it means someday or in the future are showing up. We just have a strong ability to not do the compulsions. Make ERP as lifestyle or habit. Thats work.

Username: Rally Pollie Rally Pollie

Date posted: 1y ago

Yeah, I understand. I haven't been going to therapy myself (yet). Losing progress can be difficult, as I seemed like the first five months of mine were gone to waste. I've spiraled for a bit 'cause of it.

Username: hen7hen7

Date posted: 1y ago

Are there things you did overcome that still don’t trouble you right now? Keep thinking about those kinds of things. You don’t go back to square one and I always think: if I did it once, I can do it again. You can do this!

Username: bananafana2bananafana2

Date posted: 1y ago

I actually started therapy because I was doing great! I had almost no issues with intrusive thoughts and it didn't affect my life at all, but something triggered it for me too and they came back full swing even though I never thought it would be an issue again. I started therapy and have been working hard at it and I'm on the way out of the storm again finding peace even if I may be afraid at times. :)

Username: Fear and Hope 🌼

Date posted: 2y ago

Anyone relate??

It’s so crazy how even though you have been through this a million times, when a new thought pops up or an old obsession resurfaces, it feels impossible to get through. You know the tools and you recognize the feelings, and yet somehow “this one” is different. It’s more serious, more disturbing, it’s a sign of your true desires, etc, etc. Taking the risk of uncertainty is not worth it “this time”because the consequences are too severe. Every time you start to make progress on an obsession or even just part of an obsession, you think you are finally getting the hang of it…and then ocd hits you back and it’s like all the confidence and progress you were starting to feel like you were developing gets blown away and in that moment you are back at the beginning. Ocd is truly diabolical and so smart. It causes so much suffering. I am so tired of making progress or even just maintaining my current obsessions just to get smacked in the face with something “different” and somehow “worse”. It is exhausting. One thing I never considered I would need to fight ocd and use erp was stamina. I really hope everyone out there struggling with ocd is doing ok. If you have ever felt like this, just know that I am in that same place.

Username: Clairslemon

Date posted: 2y ago

Experieces

Have you ever experienced a relapse on ocd? I think im having one right now (i had my worst period a year and a half ago, i had to start Zoloft and therapy. Now it’s happening again but im feeling stronger than before and with more ways to cope. Someone that lived the same thing?

Username: Sheeby

Date posted: 2y ago

Relapse -Existential OCD Help

Hi all! I’m experiencing a bit of a relapse after thinking I had it all figured out! I think that I was actually avoiding a lot of things and not really putting that much pressure on myself to do ERP and accept uncertainty that I allowed what was a small ball of thoughts to turn into a life shattering obsession again. I’m feeling a little discouraged, and constantly questioning the meaning of existence again. This always happens when life gets hard and I lose my footing, I question the whole world and become dangerously obsessive and it makes me suicidal. I also feel like I forgot all my tools, or I’m scared that my ERP skills won’t work anymore because I thought I got rid of it so that means it’s back to stay. I just was wondering if I could have some encouragement and reminders on how to best approach this situation and stay positive. No reassurance pls 🙏🏼

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