Everyone is saying without therapy a person can't get out of this loop hole, that means I'm not going to heal ever in my life? Cause I have no possibility of getting therapy from a therapist, there is 0% chance that I can go for therapy
that’s not true :( it’s possible to heal without therapy. it may take longer, yes, but it’s not impossible. it just requires a lot of self work and healing to make it happen, or confiding in others such as friends or family that can be an outlet for you to vent to. or using spaces like these to vent. therapy is not necessary for healing i promise <3
Thank you!!, I'll do my best and I'm doing my best but Idk whether this getting better or worse
You can do this without therapy!! There’s some great Instagram accounts @zachwesterbeck and @jennaoverbaugh, also check out Michael Greenberg’s work, and this article! https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/five-things-to-do-instead-of-compulsions Also I’d recommend meditation, look up supplements to help with ocd (probiotics, fish oil and a b vitamin have helped me the most), also making a hierarchy of exposures to do. A couple of non engagement responses that really help: “Not right now” “I’ll think about that tomorrow or next week” (delays) Living life as you would if you didn’t have ocd (not to be perfect about it but doing your best of course) Also YouTube has some great resources! I hope this helps - even if you can’t go to a therapist I believe in you❤️ you can do this!!! 🤗🤗
Thank you, I'll mark everything you said and work on them for sure, thank you for giving me hope I'll do my best
Therapy actually never helped me with my ocd personally. Lots and lots of self care, managing stress, resisting compulsions, and sitting with my intrusive thoughts have helped me beat my flare ups. It definitely takes time, but you can do it!
It took a good 4 years for me without therapy, but I was particularly distressed and wouldn't calm down or let go. I spent a decade being ok before it's come back again - although I had health anxiety for years in its place. However it's important to note that when you're good you're still going to get these thoughts. They're just a lot less frequent and pass you by without worrying you.
You can! Like the comment above mentioned, it’ll take longer but that doesn’t mean you can’t heal. There are many helpful resources such as Nathan Peterson, Ali Greymond, and Therapy in a Nutshell. There are also free support groups you can join: https://iocdf.org/ocd-finding-help/supportgroups/ Don’t give up, it’s going to be a challenging journey but it’ll be so rewarding to see yourself make progress in ways you never thought possible 🩷
You could try the book I got but haven't yet had the time to really begin reading. "You are not a rock"
My life has been hell, and I don’t know how to move on. I (15M) did awful things when I started high school, thinking being sexual was the way to connect. I crossed boundaries, overshared, and kept flirting with friends and making sexual jokes, even after they said no (all over text). One friend stopped talking to me and can’t even look at me now. I feel like a monster. Why shouldn’t I be locked up? If I got therapy, I feel like I’d be sent jail. How can I ever move on?Then there were these 2 guys who were older than me one was 16 one was 17. The 16 yr old was introduced to me by my online friend who is my best friend and I begged the 16 yr old for pics (idk how it started but after my friends ex randomly messaged me and sent me pictures and then blocked me right after I think I became addicted to chasing that high) the 16 yr old eventually sent me a pic but it was real and I stopped bugging him on it after that but i feel so bad I did that but my friend tells me not to feel bad cause the guy was weird but I still feel bad. Then the 17 yr old I did the same thing with him but went too far when I tried getting pics from him by using my best friends ass pics she sent me (she was 15) I don’t think I grasped how wrong this was but that’s not an excuse she eventually found it when I told her after she tried getting pics from the guy herself to try and help me and the guy got mad when she stopped talking to him cause we found it weird talking to him. I told her about how I sent the pics she said she felt sick but forgave me cause she thought I was gonna harm myself. Fast forward the guy told me after I had still been flirting with him that I s@d him (we never met in person ever) and I felt so guilty and apologized a lot and he got annoyed and told me that he had been kinda manipulative to me and kept me in a loop of mystery and I don’t talk to him anymore. But one of my other friends stopped talking to me after I was being by too emotionally taxing on him because I became very depressed and didn’t wanna life anymore and tried to stop lifing a few times. And now idk if I actually s@d someone if I did that to someone and now I think I’m a pdo and I think I s@d my baby cousins and my little brother and now I’m scared bf I can’t even get help because my parents don’t believe in therapy and even if I wanted to I’m scared because I don’t want to go to jail but I think I deserve it honestly why should a monster like me live.
feel really down like i'll never be able to live my life i feel i'm never truly happy i just have to get by i feel stuck ive had loads of therapy cbt nothing will ever really help me 😞
I tried contacting NOCD, but they said that they didn't accept my insurance, and even if they did, I'd have to provide co-payment. I felt devastated because I'm afraid of going to a therapist who will misunderstand me. I can't afford therapy at the moment but I might be able to in a few months. Are there any alternatives for self therapy?
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