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I see a lot of people posting the same posts here (myself included at one time) to get reassurance. but there is a sad truth here: no one can help you but yourself. the only thing that will help you is therapy and acceptance of uncertainty. you are literally fighting your brain and you will NEVER win. There will never be enough reassurance for you and yet you can't accept the worst case scenario. there are even people who post the same thing in order to draw people's attention to their posts. but it won't happen. you are your own worst enemy, you are your own best friend, you get to choose whether to be enemies with yourself or friends.

Username: KymylandKymyland

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 33w ago

Thank you!! It’s so triggering seeing people ruminating and doing compulsions in the chat and seeing people give reassurance. It was never be enough!!!

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 33w ago

Very true 😎💜

Username: Cinnamoroll Cinnamoroll

Date posted: 33w ago

I’ve seen someone here copy and paste the same exact reassurance-seeking post every other days for MONTHS (think since January) now, and I feel terrible for them. Every time people give both amazing and not so amazing advice (in the form of reassurance). I used to try and help them out by giving tons of advice but I realized they may not want to listen to actual advice, they just want reassurance. There’s only so much we can do. I just hope one day they realize what this cycle does to them and get real help!!!

Username: Cinnamoroll Cinnamoroll

Date posted: 33w ago

@Cinnamoroll Also I’m not hating on them—I genuinely want the best for them! But at some point I realized it is out of any of our control to see this person recover. They have to begin to seek it themselves.

Username: KollinKollin

Date posted: 33w ago

Very true . I think it’s very important to always speak your mind and fill your family in on things. But realize when you’re talking about the same things over and over again. Everyone can only help you so much and it’s very important to keep your head up and wait things out . Because you’re right . It’s you vs you. Everyone can help but only you can pull yourself out of the hole

Username: Brooklyn33

Date posted: 5y ago

Okay. Do you really think all of the question you put here as reassurance are really going to help you? This is not gonna heal you. Please think twice. Coming here and nonstop posting about all of your doubts about your obsessions every day will harm you more than you think. Think twice, please. You don't need that to find an answer. You already know is ocd. You already know what's going on. Stop the cycle. Scape this shit.

Username: Tqh

Date posted: 5y ago

The amount of posts seeking for reassurance is ridiculous, people, if you see posts like that, please please don’t answer their questions, I know that you’re just trying to help, but you’re doing more harm than good by feeding the ocd monster. Notice how people wanting to be reassured are always coming back with the same question a few hours, or days later, so it doesn’t work and it won’t help you get better!

Username: myheal06

Date posted: 1y ago

self confusion and uncertainty

i’m trying so very hard to overcome ocd and try to live my live above it but i can’t seem to get through a single day without that annoying little voice in my head saying “you’re crazy”, “youre a bad person”, or “you’ll become a bad person”. which is probably the most terrifying thing to hear it’s like i’ve become afraid of myself a fear of becoming crazy which is making me crazy🤦🏼‍♀️ i’m not looking for reassurance, but any advice😭 i’m really struggling.

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