OCD remission

@Invalid True, how did u get to this point?

@kd88 I got therapy. Erp mainly. Used emdr for some trauma stuff but it was mainly erp that got me better. I didn't just use erp in sessions, I used it like a skill and practiced it. As soon as I figured out to use it I challenged a ohobwi had for years and got rid of it and it was like a eureka moment. I did it with everything that made me uncomfortable in day to day life, even went out my way to do it if I had spare time. Definitely made a few errors. Erp is much better with clear goals. Without goals it can sometimes be just plain exposure causing stress and lapses, all of which I accepted as a learning curve. Its good to keep a goal in mind and have a target to focus on, the light at the end of the tunnel. I lost someone I loved and ocd ruined that relationship for me and I vowed never to let it do that again. I saw the stats for recovery and they are honestly not very motivating to look at, so I also said screw the stats I'll prove them all wrong, then did. Did it faster than stats say you can recover too. " I will get better, nothing or no one will stop me" was what I repeated to myself especially when struggling with erp or other things. Don't think about how you don't want ocd, think about how you want to get better. Look forward, not back

@Invalid Omg u r a champion 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 U should know that.

@Joyas Thank you 😊. Just some insight to mine, I had it undiagnosed for 27 years. People have had life sentences shorter than that. It's never to late to change, you're not a lost cause

@Invalid It’s great to see how u give people hope ☺️ and that their really is hope

@kd88 There really is but don't underestimate it. It will be tough, really tough. It's all worth it. So don't let the hope make you complacent. It's OK to take a breather but don't stop and keep moving, even if you lapse. When you can get back on it and move. Nothing and no one can stop you, only slow you down

@kd88 Exactly 🥹

@Invalid Thank u again for giving us hope 🥹🙏🏻🤍

@Nica That’s amazing 😻 How did u managed to get there?

@kd88 6 years of intense therapy

@Madison the ERP Ninja Are you on medication or just with erp? I feel like I have those days as well

@kd88 No medication. Just ERP! It truly helped me regain my life.

@Madison the ERP Ninja That’s great, for me it will go away like almost completely but when stressed with life I get flare ups and sometimes hard for me to calm myself down.

@kd88 Yes OCD can definitely flare up due to life stressors! It does for me too. ❤️

@Madison the ERP Ninja We can get through this we have to remind ourselves what it is and where it comes from ♥️

@kd88 Yes!! We got this! ❤️💪

@Invalid You are right, that is a good way to see it.

@Invalid Well I get flare ups and I sometimes don’t know how to not do mental compulsions. Mine aren’t physical never really have been. It’s very mental and my mind just spirals out of control until I almost freak my own damn self out lol. I think it’s funny sometimes but overall it sucks!

@kd88 Mine were mainly mental compulsions too. It's hard to catch yourself but you'll get better. Differenciating "normal" thoughts from ruminations was one of the bigger pieces hurdles. The more you educate yourself on the type of compulsion (not content of the compulsion), the easier it gets