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It's not about being arrogant and self-righteous. I can be patient any time of the day, believe me, I am a teacher in real life. -- It is the frustration of seeing how a tool that is supposed to help is being used to feed this horrible monster that is OCD. --- It's like a recovery clinic for drug addicts being used to sell and trade dope.
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Unfortunately, my friend, that philosophy is not very welcome here - ironic ... An app that is supposed to help with OCD.
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Yes sadly, and I can see that by the amount of likes I got. Unfortunately some people here do not take good advice that will actually help them in recovering. They want to recover but do not want to go through the short term uncomfortableness they have to face (lets say anxiousness while doing ERP) to recover. They just want something magical to happen to get rid of their obsession all of sudden.
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Yes, I understand you. That is why I always return to this app to give the same advice even though I know it might not be taken seriously at that time. Maybe, just maybe my advice might be helpful to someone at some time when the reader will finally realize that it might be helpful to take a different approach or just try out to see if it works. I have been through this same journey, journey of constant fighting against the uncertainty until you finally break and collapse and realize you are not winning and then you not only accept the defeat, but surrender yourself and allow your fate to be your master. The moment you stop fighting is the moment you start living.
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I really needed to hear this today, thank you so much.
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Everyone's at different points on their unique journey. Some people learn quicker than others. That's ok too. It might take 20, 50, 100 people tell someone how it works before it finally sinks in. Sometimes we have all the information but it takes reach our personal threshold of pain where we decide we can't take anymore, and that we are done. Of course when the pain of staying in ocd becomes greater than the percieved pain of stepping into recovery and doing the work of erp, maybe that's when we truly are ready to hear good advice. Rather than get frustrated at these people, try practicing patience, humility, and compassion. These are better than becoming self righteous.
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Great post btw
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I applaud you. Thank you.
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Yes me too brother x
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Thank you, I applaud you too and all us for being there for each other. I wish I could have been part of a community like this during my dark days.
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Thanks for posting this. I needed to hear this.
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Well they done hand out methadone to heroine addicts where I'm from...
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Its not an attack and I'm sure you're a patient teacher. Us lot with ocd are often extremely capable and talented in our fields. I'm just saying we cant control how others use the tools provided. Say the serenity prayer: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
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- 24w
Looking back, I realize I’ve had OCD since I was 7. though I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30. As a kid, I was consumed by fears I couldn’t explain: "What if God isn’t real? What happens when we die? How do I know I’m real?" These existential thoughts terrified me, and while everyone has them from time to time, I felt like they were consuming my life. By 12, I was having daily panic attacks about death and war, feeling untethered from reality as depersonalization and derealization set in. At 15, I turned to drinking, spending the next 15 years drunk, trying to escape my mind. I hated myself, struggled with my body, and my intrusive thoughts. Sobriety forced me to face it all head-on. In May 2022, I finally learned I had OCD. I remember the exact date: May 10th. Reading about it, I thought, "Oh my God, this is it. This explains everything." My main themes were existential OCD and self-harm intrusive thoughts. The self-harm fears were the hardest: "What if I kill myself? What if I lose control?" These thoughts terrified me because I didn’t want to die. ERP changed everything. At first, I thought, "You want me to confront my worst fears? Are you kidding me?" But ERP is gradual and done at your pace. My therapist taught me to lean into uncertainty instead of fighting it. She’d say, "Maybe you’ll kill yourself—who knows?" At first, it felt scary, but for OCD, it was freeing. Slowly, I realized my thoughts were just thoughts. ERP gave me my life back. I’m working again, I’m sober, and for the first time, I can imagine a future. If you’re scared to try ERP, I get it. But if you’re already living in fear, why not try a set of tools that can give you hope?
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- 20w
I want to beat OCD because I have seen and felt the benefits of clearing my brain from unnecessary, pointless, thoughts. OCD is like 0 calorie food. It’s pointless. No nutrition or benefits come from my obsessions or compulsions. I don’t care to have answers to everything anymore. I catch myself just trying to stress myself out so that I have some worry to feed on. But like I said, it’s a 0 calorie food. I get nothing from it but wasted time and energy. My brain feels more spacious when I’m not consumed by OCD. I’m present. My personality has room to be herself without making space for bullshit. I tell myself now that worry is poison. I think Willie Nelson was the person I got that quote from? Anyways, that imagery of worries being poison for the mind has been transformative for me. I’m evolving. 💖 Thanks NOCD community.
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- 19w
I’ve been thinking a lot about how OCD changes the way we see ourselves, but I recently realized that I am not my thoughts. Just because a thought pops up doesn’t mean it’s true or that it defines me. I’ve started learning how to see OCD for what it is—just a disorder trying to trick me—and I’ve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
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