Is it everyone's aim to get off this app

Eventually? Can anyone relate to this I mean it in the nicest way possible because I think this community is fantastic and very helpful but I have also realised that a big part of my OCD is reassurance and craving certainty as I'm sure it is with most if not all OCD sufferers and the irony in that is whilst a lot of the questions and answers we all give can be very helpful and educational at the same time some of it could be deemed as OCD itself as in reassurance seeking and reassurance giving Therefore I ask myself this. When am I going to be content within myself that I have asked all of the questions and got all of the help and knowledge thay i feel i need to strt moving forward with my life and i no longer feel the need to ask anymore questions regarding ocd because whilst it has been helpful it came also serve to keep you stuck.

Username: brenoaugustobrenoaugusto

Date posted: 49w ago

For me, it’s not about getting out of here — it’s about changing my relation to it. To offer and seek help, to make it a community, rather than just an app.

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 49w ago

Sure, it can be. I stick around to help whenever I can and so do a few others but it’s really up to you.

Username: yessyessyessyess

Date posted: 49w ago

I went through a good and a half year where I didn’t need to be on NOCD. It’s been over a month since one of my worst OCD episodes started, being here has been helpful. While it can be triggering and I notice I can use it as reassurance. Being able to share about the challenges of living with OCD and relating to others has helped. I know one day at least I hope where I won’t be on NOCD. But meanwhile connecting with other OCD sufferers has been comforting.

Username: 777Q777Q

Date posted: 49w ago

I agree overall with brenoaugusto I look at this platform as a Community . Also the give and take on here is helpful for the giver and receiver in the process of ongoing improvement and stability. 90% of the people on here are really great and it is nice to get to know them a little better .

Username: Simon Simon

Date posted: 49w ago

You raise a good question. I try not to use it for reassurance, but instead to help people who are in that very scary place I know all too well. I think purposefully engaging in conversation about OCD, especially during a spike, can certainly be a compulsion. That being said, the OCD groups and friendships and support I’ve gotten throughout my OCD journey are very special to me and I truly believe having an OCD community is life saving.

Username: Joe87Joe87

Date posted: 49w ago

Thanks for all of your responses I agree with every one of them. I suppose the relationship that you feel you have towards the app plays a big part in this. For instance I have just had around 2 months away from this app as at the time I could feel myself over using it and wondered if it was actually become a part of my ocd. I believe that it did so maybe a good way for me to look at it would be to congratulate myself for recognising that and having a break and then also congratulating myself again for feeling like i need to come back on for a little bit to get some support again. I think I have almost had this unhelpful viewpoint of I need to beat ocd and then I can live like I never had it and forget that it's even a thing when it would probably be more helpful for me to own it a bit more and be like hey its OCD its a part of me but it doesnt define me just like someone enjoying a particular sport or TV show. Yeah it's a part of who they are but it doesn't define them

Username: Serena

Date posted: 6y ago

A suggestion. I saw a post of @OCDtreated on Twitter and I’d like to share with all of you who want to recover. “I am not a fan of OCD forums. Full of reassurance seeking.” I kinda agree with him on this. When people are troubled by OCD, they are more vulnerable to negative stuff and more skeptical with positive information. Although an OCD online group/forum can be helpful in some way (knowing that you are not alone, reducing the stigma, finding understanding), it can also be not that helpful. We talk here without any therapists’ guidance, and it’s so easy we post “unhealthy” information or questions to seek reassurance. One way to get better is to “getting comfortable with being uncomfortable”. This requires you to get more involved with your life, less from OCD. Constantly checking on ocd forums is not getting on with your life. However, I am not saying that you should not visit OCD groups any more.

Username: Jay Bird

Date posted: 2y ago

This app has become overwhelming

There are so many posts on here now that it’s become quite overwhelming. Some days I can use the app appropriately and get actually helpful information out of it or attempt to offer insight to people struggling. However, lately I’ve found I’ve been using it as a bit of a compulsion to see other people struggling like me to “reassure” myself it’s OCD. But I’ve also been triggered by a lot of people offering others really bad advice that isn’t good for OCD. There are way too many reassurance seeking posts (I know it’s hard, I’ve been guilty of it too). I think I’m going to take a break from the app. My advice to you, stop seeking constant reassurance. Stop obsessively reading stuff related to your intrusive thoughts/worries.

Username: Thunder_cloud

Date posted: 1y ago

OCD recovery- mixed emotions

So I’ve been getting treatment for about 3 months now and it’s been slowly starting to work I think and days are slowly getting easier. There are still plenty of bad days and days where I just feel completely defeated but I’m gradually learning how to deal with these emotions. Part of me is really relieved and excited as OCD was absolutely awful and the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. It held me back from so many things and I felt so trapped and I never imagined I’d be in so much agonising discomfort everyday. However part of me is also really uneasy as OCD is what I’ve known for so many years and I don’t know life without it. It’s almost unsettling integrating back into the ‘normal’ way of life as part of me doesn’t know where to start and I feel like I lack foundation if that makes sense as I have been unable to do so much for so long. I’m also finishing school soon which makes things even harder as I don’t know what comes next, or who or what I’ll become and do with my life. I guess my question is, is life beyond OCD worth it and is it worth climbing out of this hell hole? I also know that I’ll probably always have OCD and there may always be bad days but it’s just becoming less disabling and time consuming which is so exciting but sort of terrifying at the same time. I also am worried that I’ll live a boring and miserable life because at least dealing with OCD left me with something and made life more interesting, much more painful but It almost became my identity. But I guess there has to be something more beyond this life I’m living. Sorry this is long.

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