haydensmith
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- 1y
HOCD
anyone who has recovered from this theme, how did they do it because i’m really struggling, does medication help?
NicaNica
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- 1y
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.
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@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.
blazedblazed
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
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.
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@blazed my therapist is looking more into CBT, do u think this is a good option as well?
6827368273
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 1y
@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
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@68273 how long have you been suffering for?
blazedblazed
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 1y
@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.
blazedblazed
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 1y
@68273 Me too 🥲 some days are worse than others but I’ve gotten a lot better.
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@blazed are you more confident in your sexuality now or know what your sexuality is?
6827368273
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 1y
@haydensmith I’ve had 13years of ocd
blazedblazed
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 1y
@haydensmith I’m not, but I chose not to label myself and just date my preferred gender.
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@blazed sometimes you have to live with uncertainty for a while to become more certain in the future.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
I’ve got it and I don’t know who I’m anymore I’m soo scared
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@Anonymous same
haydensmithhaydensmith
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- 1y
@Anonymous how long u had it for
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
@haydensmith Since September but I have had ocd episodes before since Covid
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