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- 43w
I stoped having panic attacks and anxiety attacks. I also could sleep the whole night again and be able to leave me house again.
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- 43w
Amazing!!
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- 42w
@Brooke cookie Oh my God, I struggle with leaving the house in panic attack as well. I’m sorry this may be a lot to ask. Do you have any advice for tiny steps to take? I appreciate it and that’s so awesome, you inspire me (:
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- 42w
@Brooke cookie Due to panic attacks *^
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 42w
@jessica_c I don’t know if it is the same for you but treating my OCD with ERP and  and learning to sit with the anxiety helped me be able to keep my anxiety levels for my OCD lower and that helps me not have the panic attacks.  I highly recommend trying to  treat your OCD slowly, and you should be able to see progress if your panic attacks are because of OCD as the anxiety levels should go down. I’m sorry you’re struggling with this having panic attacks from your OCD really sucks.
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 42w
@Brooke cookie My panic attacks are basically a reaction to super high anxiety and stress. Getting my anxiety and stress to a normal or lower level pretty much stops me from having them.
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 42w
@Brooke cookie Thank u so much this is really helpful (:
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 43w
When something I thought was going to be a 6 turned out to only be a 4 which then only took 4 minutes to get to a 1 during session
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- 43w
This will provide encouragement to a lot of people! You're stronger than you think :)
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 43w
When I was having intrusive thoughts and still went about my day like nothing was happening.
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- Staff
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- 43w
Nice work, stay the course! Teaching OCD that YOU are the one who's in charge.
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 43w
@Brenna - NOCD Team Member Thank you so much!
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 43w
When I am realizing that I'm not in control
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- 43w
We know how challenging this can be.. awesome progress!
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- 43w
When I had a full conversation that included some triggers and I felt no feelings of panic and my thinking felt truly rational. My husband and I high-fived because it was such a huge improvement!
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- 42w
Love the support!!!
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 43w
When I was able to get from a seven to a one - to actually work through an exposure and have my mind calm down.
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- Staff
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- 43w
Keep it up!
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 42w
When I was able to walk outside and see all the grass move and sway and the light reflect on everything and see how life is so beautiful!
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- Staff
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- 42w
Absolutely love this. Being able to notice the little things :)
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 42w
When I could sit with the feeling of anxiety in my body, the discomfort, and not have to do anything about it 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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- 42w
A huge "win"! You CAN handle uncomfortable feelings, no matter what OCD tells you!
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 43w
Pretty sure I unknowingly suggested my biggest fear as an exposure yesterday during session. I have real event OCD and I told the story of what happened. Felt so light and free after the session. Today, not so great ( but I’m still doing better)
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- 42w
Progress sometimes isn't linear. Keep it up with the exposures - that is awesome!
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 42w
I left the house.
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- Staff
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- 42w
YES!
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- 42w
When it clicked that me and my ocd were not the same person.
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- 43w
Some of my intrusive thoughts were drowned out by my therapist’s voice. 🙌💗
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- 42w
I have hyper awareness which is linked heavily to my health anxiety ocd. After resisting the compulsion of body checking my movement. I got up from a self coached 35 minute session and I felt that lingering anxiety went from a constant 4/10 to a 1.5/10. Progress over perfection.
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- 42w
Keep it up! Thanks for sharing this piece of hope!
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- 42w
When my intrusive thoughts weren’t bothering me as much
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- 42w
I noticed my ritual/compulsion to record most of my day turned into only half. Currently I’d say only 30-35% of my day I document which before was about 90% 😌
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- 42w
@SpiceyPisces Keep it up you are doing great and amazing progress! You are telling OCD you are in control of the situation. Give yourself a little something for what you have accomplished a little self care goes a long way!
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- 42w
@IN-tuition-FJ Thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement!! 😊 it’s a work in progress but I know I have definitely come a long way as many others have! ☺️
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- 42w
@SpiceyPisces My pleasure, but it’s all you! You have done the best you can and for that i congratulate you! Keep it up!
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@SpiceyPisces A little extra I like to say is that breathing exercises help a great deal, the same goes for walking in nature because Nature does not judges. Grounding - putting your feet on the ground, grass, sand can help because of the elements, now I know this one might be hard to accomplish but if you do this one with meditation or simply listening to some soothing music it will be easier. I wish you the best SpiceyPisces! 😊
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- 15w
So you got to ask me anything… Now I’d like to ask you something! I’ve heard from Members that they were so scared coming to their first ERP session. They were terrified that I would think they were crazy, that I would tell them their worst fears were true. That I would confirm they are some form of a terrible person or have them hauled off to prison for their thoughts. I’ve also had Members share how they’re very scared to begin ERP treatment because they’ve researched enough to know it means facing the fear, without the compulsions that have kept them feeling safe (but not really safe) this entire time. They struggled to see how they could be capable of doing this, while simultaneously acknowledging that they did not want to live like this anymore. If you have had your first session, what were your thoughts before? Did you have any hesitations or fears going into it? How did it turn out? If you haven’t yet begun to work with an ERP specialist, what is holding you back?
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- 15w
Can someone please tell me at what point did you finally accept that it’s OCD? When did the ERP click for you? When did you just stop buying into the lies of OCD and finally let go? Like what does it take. It’s been 2 years of this for me and I’m in ERP currently and it’s just not clicking 😣 is it just me???
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Can I hear some examples of specific parts of ERP that has helped you? I've been doing talk therapy for a few years and the major issue I have with it is that I already have analyzed all of my problems from every angle, so I'm kind of just sitting there yapping about it for an hour. I need solutions and things that make me feel better.
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