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HOCD
anyone who has recovered from this theme, how did they do it because i’m really struggling, does medication help?
anyone who has recovered from this theme, how did they do it because i’m really struggling, does medication help?
I went through ERP and learned to not care about the thoughts. Also, my brother is gay and my mom’s cool with it, so if it just-so-happened I was gay, wouldn’t change a thing. I had to accept the uncertainty of 100% knowing for sure and caring to control everything. I haven’t had the theme since I was a teen.
@Nica so you didn’t become the sexuality you feared, yeah none of my family care about sexuality because my mums bi sexual and my dad has said no matter what i’ll always still be his boy, it’s just scary because i’ve never doubted myself before all this and i was girl crazy.
It can, yes. It won’t go away completely with medication, it just helps with reducing the anxiety and stress. ERP is what will really help you recover from OCD though.
@blazed my therapist is looking more into CBT, do u think this is a good option as well?
@blazed Yup, I did erp, it hasn’t left. I have had a few days of no ocd and it’s awesome but alas it always comes back . I still feel distress but it as much as before
@68273 how long have you been suffering for?
@haydensmith Unfortunately no bc CBT is more focused on analyzing the thoughts/emotions and using logic to figure them out. This doesn’t work bc OCD is not rational and there’s always going to be another “what if”. Staying uncertain and learning how to tolerate the discomfort is how you’ll get out of the OCD cycle - which is what ERP teaches you.
@68273 Me too 🥲 some days are worse than others but I’ve gotten a lot better.
@blazed are you more confident in your sexuality now or know what your sexuality is?
@haydensmith I’ve had 13years of ocd
@haydensmith I’m not, but I chose not to label myself and just date my preferred gender.
@blazed sometimes you have to live with uncertainty for a while to become more certain in the future.
I’ve got it and I don’t know who I’m anymore I’m soo scared
@Anonymous same
@Anonymous how long u had it for
@haydensmith Since September but I have had ocd episodes before since Covid
How long did it take to make this? And is it actually possible?
People who went from a really bad time with OCD to a better time now. Is it really possible? What was your theme? Did you take medication?
Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?
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