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@FJustRightOCD I agree with you some people just aren’t ready to get better or don’t want to get better( to readers that’s your prerogative ) i don’t want ocd anymore it has stolen too much from me already I appreciate your post. I don’t want to give into this ocd nonsense anymore. I actually want to get better.

@In the twilight zone - You can do it, I know you can. I appreciate your openness. I know my post triggered a lot of people who aren't ready to really face what I was actually trying to say, and I appreciate you understanding.

@FJustRightOCD No problem

This app for all ages is for working on OCD, and it has community guidelines. Of course everyone is welcome to share their struggles along the way, but that is not the same thing as repeatedly engaging in reassurance-seeking behaviour when NOCD is literally asking people to agree not to do it. Someone who signs up to be here, and makes a post, has signed onto those community guidelines. (They literally pop up before someone posts something too, and people regularly bypass them. After years of seeing this, it upset me.) You're welcome to feel how you feel, but I don't appreciate your perception reframing me as a hater. Especially towards a 15 year old. (And I did not know the user was 15. And you can see my response to them above.) You are welcome to step back from my post if it makes you uncomfortable. Or flag NOCD to this.

I did not know you're 15, I sympathize with you and understand the struggle. And however, this is an app for people of all ages who are here to work on/through their OCD. If you're struggling, and aware of the behavior you need to work on, I suggest seeking out the professional help you need. Instead of using the forum to keep engaging in behaviour the app is literally asking you not to do, isn't contributing in a healthy way for the community. Or for yourself.

I never said it is about me. It is not about me. This is a *community* app, for people who are *here to work on their recovery journey* and is not a reassurance-seeking Reddit forum. Being here means signing up to work on their OCD, and agreeing to community guidelines made by the professional developers of this app who are informed on our health and safety. And I think people who are getting so defensive and triggered by my frustrated mentioning of this, are miscontruing something: There is a difference between violating community guidelines of a *mental health recovery app* by choosing to repeatedly engage in harmful, reassurance-seeking behavior, VS sharing struggles with how hard it is to not give into compulsions and ask for advice from their fellow community members. In terms of user experience in this community space, I and others should not have to block 70% of the people on here who are abusing this app. But if that's so easy for you, you're welcome to block me. "You’re not about to be here to make people feel bad about this. "