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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y ago
WOW.. I thought I was alone.
As horrifying as some of these posts or should I say thoughts are, I find relief that I am not alone. WE WONT LET IT WIN. God bless you all!
As horrifying as some of these posts or should I say thoughts are, I find relief that I am not alone. WE WONT LET IT WIN. God bless you all!
No you are definitely not alone
Feel free to comment your experiences, as I would like to build people to share coping skills to help us all overcome this!
This is a great platform with a lot of great supporters willing to share their experiences and give advice on how to help others with theirs. I feel so blessed to have found this community đ
It's nice to see people on here genuinely wanting to get better, I know other people in real life who just accept they have ocd and dot want to get better because it's too tough (one of them being my mother). It was encouraging to hear and see some of the stories from the users on this app. Some of the posts make me cry because I can tell how much they struggle but also how strong they are for pushing through. We can all get better, I honestly believe that with every fibre of my being
Hello. I feel a bit better after I sit with the uncertainty for a little bit. So, in my case, I suffer from SO-OCD. My biggest âproofâ is that I like to look at naked womenâs bodies to get aroused and because I find them beautiful/sexy. This is extremely distressing and there are times when Iâve had very dark thoughts where I just wanted to die. I havenât gotten over it yet, I still am struggling every day to go on with my life as normally as I can, but I havenât given up and neither should any of you. My thoughts donât define me, I can be whoever I wanna be and like whoever I wanna like. Plus, itâs very helpful to remind myself that feelings are not FACTS and I donât have to act on my thoughts/urges if I donât want to.
Hi all!! It's been a while since I've been on here and I just want to say everybody can do this. When I was diagnosed with ocd and specifically so-ocd I thought oh lord I'm lying to myself and my sexuality. No! I've always been straight and will be!! Anyway, what I have learned is to let thought be a thought (that is harder than it seems). But if you try to not force the thought and let it leave when you want and show the thoughts that you are unbothered things will become easier. But today I have the realization that I no longer have the urge to figure it out because I do know who I am and that these thoughts are not of me. I no longer feel like I am lying to myself and I feel more and more like my old self. Anyway, if you have read all the way here just know you got this I'm proud and I feel myself beating ocd every day. You will have your down days and that's ok just get back up and keep moving forward. Love you allâ¤ď¸
My ocd convinces me that no one else has the ocd thoughts I have. I am newly PP and had an intrusive thought about my baby that sent me into the worst panic attack imaginable. I went to OBGYN and she said âbut you arenât having thoughts about harming yourself or the baby right?â I had to lie. I obviously didnât want the thought, itâs my biggest fear. But how can we be honest with our doctors without being locked away. I had visions of them taking my child from me or me being locked away and now Iâm just spiraling. I went down the rabbit hole for sure. How do we know what intrusive thoughts we can tell our doctor/therapist??? If I canât share whatâs going on in my head, then how am I supposed to know that I am not alone đ. I want to find a therapist on here to work with but my ocd convinces me that no one else has struggled with what I have for some reason or that my ocd is âdifferentâ and Iâll be reported. This is miserable. Can anyone else relate? Itâs like it convinces you that you are the âworst caseâ & what If itâs not even ocd. This has kept me from getting the therapy I know I need. Hope someone can give me some insightâŚ
Is this my life now? A loop of fears and panic? Freshman year.. two years ago is when all this started. When I began my journey with this debilitating and scary disorder. For a while I felt like everything was okay. Like things were getting better. But tonight itâs getting so bad. Iâm shaking, the thoughts are literally making my body enter fight or flight. The feelings.. the thoughts it all feels so real. It makes me question every aspect of who I am.. Is this forever? Will this be my life? If it is, that sounds like pain.. I constantly check myself.. which ainât realize might be a compulsion. But I wonder, am I lying to myself? But then again I wouldnât fear it so much if what I felt was true. I try to stay calm, to not fight the thought but let it pass. But it only grows in power. Itâs been giving me these fake feelings. Things in which iâd never felt before. I just want to be okay. And I wonder if thatâs even possible anymore. All I know is that I have my family, my Mom, everyone who loves me dearly. Please anyone⌠I donât want to beg but if you could give me some motivation or positive words iâd love that.
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