I'm going to delete this in a bit because of my ocd, but any kind words and suggestions before I do, are appreciated. I feel so defeated, I'm so drained. I practice ERP everyday, I can't do it constantly, I'm just suffering so bad with ocd. I've had it my whole life for as long as I can remember but recently it's got horrendous. Is anyone else suffering this bad? Has anyone else had it your whole life?
Hello. I am so sorry you are going through this suffering. I feel you. I feel very drained as well after 2 months of ERP. Maybe that is to be expected? I haven’t gotten very far and in some ways it got worse. I tried to get one of my family members on board and they didn’t take in any of the info. They continue to use a punitive stance telling me to just stop it. I hope you can be gentle with yourself. We all deserve compassion and we probably have to start by giving it to ourselves. Please hang in there. I think if we stick with it things HAVE to change eventually. wishing you strength.
I am newly diagnosed with OCD, and it’s been the hardest year of my life! Something that my psychologist suggests which is really helpful is self compassion. Just remembering the little steps of progress that you’ve made, maybe getting out of bed one day or trying a new hobby another day, just makes everything more bearable and can remind you that progress is actually being made! Hope this helps a little ⭐️😊
I remember this feeling when I started my recovery. The reality is, recovery is supposed to feel uncomfortable. The biggest thing that changed my outlook is when I stopped chasing the sense of relief. It is not easy, but when you do an exposure, it’s a given you will be very uncomfortable. As best as you can, work on not associating uncomfortable feelings and thoughts as negative thing but instead as something that comes and goes. Just as comfortable emotions and feelings come ago, so do the uncomfortable ones. OCD makes us focus more on those that are uncomfortable and ERP is designed to desensitize you. It takes time but it gets better!!!!!! You got thisssss!
Hang in there and keep practicing. What you allow continues! Don't let OCD bully you.
These comments are so kind, none of them have gone unnoticed, thank you all so much xxx
you are a confident and strong warrior. There is nothing that you cannot accomplish, and everything in your life is only gonna get better, because if you try it anything, and you work hard enough to accomplish something that brings you happiness you will succeed at it. I wish you lots of success and love towards your goal at defeating OCD. And I am very sorry to hear that you have been going through much pain such as this. This is a really hard battle to overcome once you shave off all the scars and all the arrows that are coming out you all at once. You will be happy, and very satisfied with where your life is headed. Believe in yourself and don’t believe anyone’s negativity towards your OCD. Believe in all possibilities and great fortune will come to you. I wish you many blessings and much joy to your life. You got this warrior.
That was so lovely, thank you so much I needed to hear these kind words, ocd is horrendous :(
If you don’t mind I would like to ask if you if it is ok that I give you a crucial piece of advice that really opened up my heart with this ocd process?
Yes please anything is much appreciated
Yes! Often times there’s a compulsion you’re doing you don’t even realize that is keeping you stuck in a cycle. What kind of theme ocd are you experiencing with ocd now?
Hang in there - take a bath and soak in the tub and play some soothing music and focus on breathing. Try to limit caffeine, if you drink it
Ive posted on this app a few times this week, and I don’t like being a negative person, I just feel like I need to vent to people who get it. I’ve had ocd since I was a child, and I’ve been doing ERP for like 6 months and I’m still STRUGGLING. The spirals are horrible and I just worry I don’t have the strength to recover like a lot of other people have. Has anyone else felt like this and gotten through it? One of my motivations is to come out the other side and being able to post my success story here to hopefully inspire others. Curious to hear your success stories if you’re comfortable sharing.
I need a different perspective on this. I feel like I'm being run through the ringer. I'm doing what I can to avoid reassurance and not avoid triggers but I get triggered every day. I'm trying so hard to sit with the panic and the horror but it's so hard. It gets to the point I feel physically sick. Is there anything that I can do to help with this? I feel alone. I don't feel strong, I feel like a punching bag. Why is this so hard to master? I really want to know it gets easier. I've been suffering from POCD that has evolved and gotten worse and worse over the past eight months that has been torturing me multiple times on a daily basis and I feel like I'm drowning. I want to run away and hide because my life feel like it's seconds from being ruined. Please, please tell me this gets easier. That this ERP therapy will stop making me feel like I'm dying. The small moments of victory feel so brief only for me to get hit with another wave. There is so much uncertainty over such a horrific thing I feel ill. I feel afraid to be alone with my mind. Please if anyone out there can please give me tips on how to handle ERP. One moment I think I'm finally beating this thing and the next it's got me pinned and I'm terrified my life will be ruined. I want my peace back, I need help and I'm doing everything I can to resist compulsions but I feel so alone and dirty and disgusting. Please help me. Thank you for any advice 💕
If you can relate, please share, I'm feeling very isolated in this. I feel debilitated by Just Right OCD almost 24/7. I've had this all my life, and it's been very fueled by trauma over time. I don't know how not to do Just Right compulsions, because I've never seen them separate from me, but rather just how I am, how I live. How I do my hair, how I eat, how I write, is with Just Right OCD right up on in there. I've never not had this: I ONLY KNOW LIFE WITH IT, SUCKING UP MY TIME. Between this and executive dysfunction from other disorders, I've only really lived my life to 10% of my potential. It's not like "oh hey this is a new theme external to my identity". It's very isolating, even in this community.
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