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It seems like each day you’re mind is producing some type of thought that is causing you distress so you feel the need to latch onto it and figure it out. I know how hard this is and the frustration it causes. But know the more frustration you get, the more power you are giving these thoughts. Your brain is a thought producing machine so those thoughts are always going to be there. It’s what you do with them that can change your life. What has worked best for me is accepting these thoughts and telling myself that these thoughts are not who I am. Exercise daily and meditation. But when you get a thought that you disagree with or that causes you great distress. Take a deep breath and write it down. This will allow you to rationalize with that thought and not go into problem solving mode.
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I totally can relate to how you’re feeling, more than you know! I also lost my brother 😞 but I definitely agree with @GirlDad83’s message! And I appreciate them for posting it! You are not alone, friend! I’m trying on a daily basis to stop adding things to my “to-do list” because it’s never ending and only causing me more stress. One thing at a time, at least I try to tell myself. You’re only human and thank this app for being there for all of us esp when we feel like no one understands. Sending you hugs!
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You are not alone. Recovery is not linear, and you deserve to find peace and happiness on this journey of recovery. Remember, you are not your thoughts. Thoughts come and go, and we can only control the way we respond to them. For people like you and me, we struggle to “brush off” or “just forget about” thoughts when they worry or upset us. This is truly difficult, and your frustration is valid! When I feel extremely overwhelmed and upset, sometimes it helps me to write my thoughts down so that I can go over them with my therapist later. Working on making ourselves happier and healthier is hard, but it gets better/easier over time, and it pays off in the end. You are valid, and you are not alone! ❤️
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@iitsallgood Yes! I just picked up writing again and it has been extremely therapeutic, even just a few sentences help! Totally agree that we all deserve to find peace and happiness throughout our journey!! Love this message! 🥹
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*write my thoughts and feelings down
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There is no cure but you can recover and live a productive life. ERP therapy is very effective but you need to get a therapist that specializes in OCD. It’s imperative they specialize in it. Talk therapy does not work.
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I feel awful that I keep coming on here whenever I’m down bad but oh my gosh OCD is the most painful shit that I have EVER experienced in my life and I have a physical chronic illness…. I hate to say it but I hate living right now it’s too painful… im crying as I type to the point where my stomach is hurting, I have pretty severe ocd I do have generalized anxiety and idk if that is connected with ocd but because of that I have most of the subtypes REAL EVENT OCD,POCD,ZOCD,ROCD,SOCD HARM OCD, you name it and I got it!!! a lot of also why I have have those theme is trauma growing up and involving those things^ as of right now i’m 25 and a women with the most loving boyfriend in the entire world before my ocd hit me I NEVER questioned my love and care and attraction with the love of my life I always knew I was going to marry and be with this person the rest of my life! Now with ocd it confuses me soooo much and now I think I’m gay and didn’t realize or indenial and listen I get it “don’t look for reassurance!” “It’s not the thing ocd is attacking that is the problem ocd is the actual problem!” Here’s the thing with that if I’m in a relationship and I’m gay that would mean I would have to leave that said relationship and to say that “oh yeah that stuff happens and you’ll move on” is absolutely devastating to me this is THE LOVE OF MY LIFE and your telling me that iv been lying to myself this whole time or that I didn’t realize?!?!? And that sexuality can change (even though some say it can’t google says otherwise and some people have said it can’t idek anymore) and all this other BULLSHIT I can’t take it WHY?!?! why does this have to happen why can’t I just be with my love the rest of my life?!? and yes before anyone says anything I have been attracted to girls more so when I was younger watching lesbian porn liking the body’s and fantazing them sexually it stopped when I got older but I still don’t get disgusted with women who are pretty it just makes me uncomfortable because I’m with the love of my life and before I remember talking to my partner and discussing certain childhood things I experienced and we discussed that we both could be a little bi and for certain I’m (demi sexual so I don’t even really care about looks) and I truly didn’t care!! NOW I do care even with being bi because again I don’t like thinking about anyone else but my partner but I do also know my parents are homophobic and I do think about if I am gay they wouldn’t be okay with that and I also dont want to deal with that so now I sound like in indenial right?!???? I didn’t even care about labels before my ocd it just didn’t matter but now it’s effected my sex life and it’s hard for me to enjoy sex with being so confused I’m so confused I googled everything can you still have sexual fantasies with same gender but still be straight? Can you fantasize about same gender or imagine marrying them all of it !!! And non of that disgusts me it just makes me uncomfortable AGIAN only bc I just love the partner I’m with right now!!! I’m so fucking confused do I have to leave my partner and accept that I’m gay is that going to happen in the future if I get better with ocd and find out it’s been true all along?!???
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I feel like I’ll never lead a normal life again with OCD, my thoughts have begun to be convince especially about POCD. I feel like so sad and down that this will be my life forever. I’ll never get to fall in love again without intrusive thoughts. I’ll never be worth falling in love with. I can never be intimate again. I’m just done, my life is over. I can’t even look at my nephew and niece anymore without the smile fading. It feels like I’m so nasty and then my brain convinces me this is how I feel. That there’s some part of me that is a p*do and that’s it. I’m a disgusting human being for that. I just feel hopeless
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I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
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