longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

Severe ocd

Anyone with severe ocd? I don’t know how much longer I can go on.

A23

Date posted: 2y

One of the best resources out there, beyond NOCD services, is Nathan Peterson on YouTube You can also try watching a video on exposure hierarchy explaining small steps to overcoming OCD fears

longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

@A23 Thanks so much I’ve watched his videos. Maybe a bit obsessively. The thing is I want to make a hierarchy but there’s so much to it. I don’t know where to start.

A23

Date posted: 2y

@longdays1234 Therapy in a Nutshell on YouTube has an exposure hierarchy video I believe

longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

@A23 Thankyou

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

You will get better and it will be more free, trust me I’ve been there it’s bad but you’ve taken the first step to getting help which is therapy so good on you. Try yt videos and try to understand it more, it may relieve it a little before you start therapy

longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Thankyou so much. I just don’t know how much more I can take. I feel almost disabled.

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

@longdays1234 Likewise however talking and using this app will slowly help, it’ll be so rewarding when your more free from OCD, stick with it

Nica

Date posted: 2y

Yes, it was really bad for many years. I had it pop up as a little kid when my mom noticed I was doing physical compulsions and then she realized OCD passed onto my from my dad’s side of the family that has it.

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

I experience severe OCD. Some days are better than others. Medicine (like SSRI’s) can also help, I don’t know if you have considered that.

longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Hi I have a phobia of medication. I was prescribed Prozac but can’t bring myself to take it everyday is a struggle though. I literally can’t walk out of a room without difficulty.

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@longdays1234 You said you are starting therapy soon, talk with the therapist about this phobia. Medicine can be scary yes but it can also work wonders.

drak4

Date posted: 2y

I had severe in past, now it is weak...

longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

@drak4 Mine takes up every single second of everyday. Everything is a compulsion. From the way I walk to the way I leave a room put on clothes etc. I don’t know where to start on helping myself.

drak4

Date posted: 2y

@longdays1234 first you must know, that you CAN helped yourself...that you are nor powerless... HOPE ans courage can came from knowledge, that many people recovered with use of therapy ans you can also...that you can start with right therapy...do you have therapist or do some therapy?... my "risining from a death" was because of ACT therapy...before this therapy I cried every day and avoided work and had OCD all day...with knowing that I CAN overcame and live full life despite OCD as ACT taught me I slowly started to take courageous steps toward life...i didnt avoided work or loved ones...first it was hard really I had to have courage and push myself and be able to bear a pain of uncertainity...I stopped my compulsive rumination and OCD research...I accepted intrusive thought and that I can recover... with that it slowly became better and better... there were many falls in process and recovery was up and down, not a straight line...but definitevly my OCD is no longer severe...

longdays1234

Date posted: 2y

@drak4 I’m glad to hear you got better. I actually start therapy a week Tuesday. I’m so nervous but I have to start somewhere. I’m so ready to try and live again.

drak4

Date posted: 2y

@longdays1234 It will help. Ocd is treatable... with ERP...you can also add CBT, ACT and MCT and it will help a lot

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

Just hang in there! Stay strong! It does get better! Sending love!

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