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Username: avacado3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

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Seeking tips to cope with loneliness from OCD struggles.

Tips?

Hey guys. I feel like you all are the right people to ask because you’re going through this as well. Do you have any tips for helping with the loneliness that ocd can bring? What helps you? Oftentimes I feel like when I’m struggling I don’t want to bring it up all of the time to my family, because ocd is the same thing to explain every time. I realized that I was becoming really isolated, especially because my themes are SOOCD and ROCD, which make me avoid relationships and friends sometimes, even though doing so is making me lonely. Any tips? Thanks guys ❤️

Username: My OCD AcademiaMy OCD Academia

Date posted: 1y ago

My mom is my biggest support system. I tell her all my themes so she’s no left wondering why I’m acting up. She is still new to OCD but does her best to remind me to follow my ERP and to listen to my therapist

Username: RMO2023RMO2023

Date posted: 1y ago

Same!

Username: avacado3avacado3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

@My OCD Academia It’s the best when you can tell someone what’s going on- my brother has been really great with that. I think especially being able to be honest about what the theme is can be so nice because it shows that people can still accept you no matter what thoughts are going on 🤗

Username: Anonymousz Anonymousz

Date posted: 1y ago

Going through the same exact thing sadly. I cut everyone off because I don’t feel I can trust anyone and no one truly understands and will support me. Not to mention my love life is non existent and I’ve been obsessed with the same person that it will never work out with. Solution: I’ve been meditating and in the morning I tell myself to imagine my ocd is a person with a shirt that says ocd and I tie them up and lock them in a closet for the day. I focus on other things and that changes I want to make and avoid triggers that make me think about ruminating. Of course it’s never perfect and there are still times throughout the day where I get triggered or ruminate but it’s less than usual and that’s a start. Good luck and sorry for the rant.

Username: My OCD AcademiaMy OCD Academia

Date posted: 1y ago

@Anonymousz “I’ve been obsessed with the same person that it will never work out with”. I felt this on another level. She made it clear that we cannot be more than friends. I love her so much and even tho it wasn’t the healthiest when we dated I wish things were different.

Username: Anonymousz Anonymousz

Date posted: 1y ago

@My OCD Academia I know it’s hard but I’m trying my hardest to put myself in that grey area and go by the old saying “if you love ‘em let them go and if they come back they’re yours” but like you said I don’t want it if it’s not healthy. My ocd just asks me everyday if I think we’ll ever be together or if I’ll meet someone else and that’s the main problem lol but I’m here if you ever need to vent 🙏🏽

Username: avacado3avacado3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

@Anonymousz Thanks for taking the time to respond! Meditation definitely helps - and imagery like that can help too. Oftentimes I imagine ocd as this little guy who is holding up a memory saying “explain this” when it tries to get me to go back and ruminate. It helps refrain from actually doing so. Hope things get better for you!! ❤️

Username: RMO2023RMO2023

Date posted: 1y ago

Yeah... push yourself to call them anyway...

Username: RMO2023RMO2023

Date posted: 1y ago

They will be happy to hear from you, no matter what it's about.

Username: jjsheajjshea

Date posted: 1y ago

I experience the same themes and have been in your shoes. I basically force myself to go out but I do not force myself to socialize with people. If I end up making friends or talking with people that's awesome and it meets the need of wanting to have social interactions, but I'm also not pushing myself too hard into something I know is going to be hard enough on me already. Essentially taking baby steps but putting yourself in social situations and letting yourself sit in the discomfort while still respecting your needs

Username: avacado3avacado3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

@jjshea This is awesome!! Sometimes going out in public is enough of an exposure so I agree with that. It always feels better after you do it, I’ve found. Thanks for the response ❤️

Username: T.

Date posted: 6y ago

I'm scared to post this on here, but I haven't seen anyone else talk about it, so I'm wondering if anyone else on here suffers from POCD? I really need to know I'm not alone. If anyone has good tips/resources for coping that'd be great. I don't have an OCD specialist anywhere near where I live. I do see a therapist who has been helping, but I still feel incredibly alone.

Username: Pepperminta 🍬

Date posted: 2y ago

Advice on supporting a sweetheart with OCD please

Hello. I don't actually have OCD but my sweetheart has it very badly. He often isolates himself and rides it alone as he is a very independent man. I am looking for some advice anybody can give me in regards to supporting someone with OCD. What Do and Don't experiences have you had with partners? I am trying to find a balance of being caring and active but not overstepping bounderies and acting like a therapist🤍 All tidbits of advice really appreciated.

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

How to let myself be loved?

I feel like I'm harboring a horrible secret, or that I'm a monster, because of my OCD & I'm struggling a lot to let myself make friends and have deeper connections with others because of it. I know it's OCD, and I would never feel like other sufferers' are their fears - but when it comes to me, I just can't disconnect my intrusive thoughts with the idea that they mean something about me as a person. There's someone I'm starting to like, in a serious way I think, but it gives me so much anxiety to let him get closer to me or consider things becoming romantic in the future. And I hate it, because I know that if I didn't have OCD I'd be overjoyed with how much he seems to enjoy my presence - but I feel like a liar, like by not telling him all of my intrusive thoughts I'm hiding my "true self." I know that it's an OCD thought, and I need to not engage with it, but it's hard. I don't want people to care about me just for me to end up being the monster my OCD warns me I am. I can't afford therapy - so any responses are welcome, tips & tricks or just comfort that I can get through it. 🥲

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