Anyone willing to share how debilitating their OCD has been? 1. Able to work? 2. Consider yourself miserable? I haven’t been able to work three years and have been occasionally suicidal many many years
I'm on leave for my job cause of it and I feel like I might never be able to go back or function normally and it causes me even more stress, I really do feel miserable and like my life is forever going to be focused on this thought
It also triggers my suicidal/harm ocd, where I feel like I'm going to accidentally or subconsciously harm myself or worse cause of the thoughts even though I don't want to:(
@Anonymous You’re not alone. It sounds fucking crazy but please look up Chris Palmer Keto diet. Harvard and Stanford in these few months is researching keto and finding for some reason it’s healing bipolar and schizophrenia often. Trying it for OCD, some small benefit but it’s not even been two weeks yet. But I can feel a trajectory. I really mean it. I hate quack science and fad diets but take a look. If it’s between suicide or trying it, like my situation, I decided to do it. I can live without sugar and without bread and brains. I can’t stand OCD at this level anymore
@Anonymous I'm not fully understanding the Chris Palmer thing. Is it a diet that's supposed to help OCD? Sorry, but I'm having a hard time focusing lately
Unfortunately, OCD can definitely be a very crippling depressive disorder. I’ve been working on treating my OCD and I’m doing a lot better but I definitely am still struggling but ,I highly recommend looking up how to treat your OCD and as you slowly get relief from your OCD , I cannot tell you the relief that you will feel. OCD is treatable, but alot of work and takes time. I’m sorry you feel this way. OCD truly is terrible. At one point I had harm OCD and thought I was a horrible monster that was going to try to kill my family. I was able to treat it and get better and so can you. Please keep trying to push through don’t let OCD get the best of you. 
Do you think it's treatable with every theme? I have the worst 😔
1. I am able to hold a job, yes. 2. Yes I am miserable
I am disabled with OCD. Can't work and hardly function on a daily basis. I have no idea how I'm going to start working again. It seems impossible, but the funds are running low and my marriage is suffering bc of all this. It's become a hell like no other! I'm so scared and don't know how to fix my life right now
@Speckles So sorry.. had a note about keto above. Not the fad diet. Sounds wild but it’s slightly helping me a week and a half in. Last ditch effort. But lots of people online saying it helped their OCD and new research at Harvard and Stanford recently , take a look
@Anonymous I will look into that. Thank you!! I can use all the help that's out there.
@Speckles Good luck, hope it might be a fit for you.
Yes I do think all ocd regardless or theme or obsession or amount is treatable . there are a lot of studies that show that OCD is very treatable but it will take a lot of work and  time and patience and  and dedication to treat it.  As you continue to learn how to properly manage OCD and treat it you will find it easier to work on different themes of ocd . I do not have as many things as you, but I have a couple.  You’d be surprised how much all of OCD has in common, regardless of what the obsession or theme is. Please continue to treat it and you will get better but it’s gonna take time and you might go a little backwards in the process. It’s not a linear process but it is a very doable. you have to keep trying until you get better. I’m rooting for you :)
Thank you... I'm so desperate now. I really am hoping to get help soon, so I can beat this thing!
@Speckles Ocd is hard but you will get better just keep going.
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
Hi! I’m new to the NOCD community, but I’ve been dealing with OCD since I was 12. I’m almost 29 now, and my biggest issue is health anxiety. It’s gotten to the point where getting work done is nearly impossible because i can’t stop spiraling. I’m lucky that i work remotely, but also makes it easier to be in my own head… Asking for advice - how do you all deal with the intense anxiety and are able to make it through a 9-5 work day? Any suggestions on how I can actually be productive? Thank you!
I’m so scared I’ll be stuck in this forever soo soo scared
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