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books for ocd
Is there any book recommendation for ocd? It can be more scientific or fictional
Is there any book recommendation for ocd? It can be more scientific or fictional
Shala Nicely "Is Fred in the refrigerator"? Excellent book.
The YouTube channel OCD recovery has a list of recommended books! I'm going to try to find the link for you hold on
https://ocdrecovery.com/resources/ I haven't read any from their recommended reading list but I do really like their Channel and live streams! They go in depth on a lot of topics that go unnoticed as OCD themes.
Everything from Jon Hershfield, Sally Winston and Kimberley Quinlan!
-“Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts” by Sally M. Winston & Martin N. Seif -“Everything is an Emergency” by Jason Adam Katzenstein -“The Man Who Couldn’t Stop” by David Adam -“Relationship OCD” by Sheva Rajaee -“Overthinking You” by Allison Raskin -“Pure O OCD” by Chad LeJeune -“Thriving in Relationships When Your Have OCD” by Amy Mariaskin -“Rewire Your OCD Brain” by by Catherine M. Pittman and William H. Youngs
Looking back, I realize I’ve had OCD since I was 7. though I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30. As a kid, I was consumed by fears I couldn’t explain: "What if God isn’t real? What happens when we die? How do I know I’m real?" These existential thoughts terrified me, and while everyone has them from time to time, I felt like they were consuming my life. By 12, I was having daily panic attacks about death and war, feeling untethered from reality as depersonalization and derealization set in. At 15, I turned to drinking, spending the next 15 years drunk, trying to escape my mind. I hated myself, struggled with my body, and my intrusive thoughts. Sobriety forced me to face it all head-on. In May 2022, I finally learned I had OCD. I remember the exact date: May 10th. Reading about it, I thought, "Oh my God, this is it. This explains everything." My main themes were existential OCD and self-harm intrusive thoughts. The self-harm fears were the hardest: "What if I kill myself? What if I lose control?" These thoughts terrified me because I didn’t want to die. ERP changed everything. At first, I thought, "You want me to confront my worst fears? Are you kidding me?" But ERP is gradual and done at your pace. My therapist taught me to lean into uncertainty instead of fighting it. She’d say, "Maybe you’ll kill yourself—who knows?" At first, it felt scary, but for OCD, it was freeing. Slowly, I realized my thoughts were just thoughts. ERP gave me my life back. I’m working again, I’m sober, and for the first time, I can imagine a future. If you’re scared to try ERP, I get it. But if you’re already living in fear, why not try a set of tools that can give you hope?
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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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