- Username
- marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Recovery
Do you think one day in recovery they’ll be a day I don’t think about the fact I even have ocd?
- Username
- djfloriodjflorio
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w ago
It's certainly possible. It used to completely run my life. Now I have my ups and downs but a majority of the time I barely think about it at all.
- Username
- Ocdsucks56Ocdsucks56
- Date posted
- 23w ago
@djflorio Im glad to hear that you’re doing better
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 23w ago
@djflorio Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear you’re doing well
- Username
- Ocdsucks56Ocdsucks56
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Hey, I had harm ocd and I recovered from it, like it went away completely, and I went months without even remembering a single harm thought. Two months ago it came back stronger than last time but that’s my question too, like I know I’ve recovered from it before but for some reason since it came back stronger and it’s getting worse, I feel like I’ll never recover again.
- Username
- Anonymous 💭 Anonymous 💭
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w ago
@Ocdsucks56 I dealt with harm ocd too and it sometimes comes and goes but I always know it will go again. I constantly remind myself that it doesn’t matter whether it’s harm, relationship, or any other theme- they always feel like “the worst theme”, when I’m in them. Regardless of the content- it’s all OCD. That sometimes makes me feel a bit better. I imagine myself in water. Do I thrash and panic or do I lie on my back and let the waves take me along to calmer waters. This is just another wave and one you can overcome before. Ride it out, better days are coming!
- Username
- djfloriodjflorio
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Sorry to hear that you're having trouble again. Recovery isn't a straight line, it can be a bit of a roller coaster. But each time you face difficultly, there is an opportunity to learn, and to practice the tools that helped you before. Each time you come out of it, you'll be that much stronger. I strongly feel that the skills and tools we learn to overcome things like OCD make us better than "normal." I feel that I'm better equipped to deal with difficult situations than people who never worked on this stuff, even those without anxiety disorders.
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 23w ago
@Ocdsucks56 You can do it AGAIN!
- Username
- Anonymous 💭 Anonymous 💭
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Absolutely, and there will be periods of time where ocd isn’t as loud, or you’ll even find you’re managing better and it doesn’t have the same impact on you. Keep up the good work, thoughts are temporary. Instead of “what if I don’t have recovery”, try telling yourself “what if I do?” Imagine how good that feels!
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 23w ago
@Anonymous 💭 Thanks for the encouragement
- Username
- OCDFamilyOCDFamily
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Yes i do. Probably you will have bad days too. Remember the tools you used last time and keep doing the recovery work.
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 23w ago
@OCDFamily Thank you for the encouraging words
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- Username
- AmandaB345
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Read this for encouragement
Hi all!! It's been a while since I've been on here and I just want to say everybody can do this. When I was diagnosed with ocd and specifically so-ocd I thought oh lord I'm lying to myself and my sexuality. No! I've always been straight and will be!! Anyway, what I have learned is to let thought be a thought (that is harder than it seems). But if you try to not force the thought and let it leave when you want and show the thoughts that you are unbothered things will become easier. But today I have the realization that I no longer have the urge to figure it out because I do know who I am and that these thoughts are not of me. I no longer feel like I am lying to myself and I feel more and more like my old self. Anyway, if you have read all the way here just know you got this I'm proud and I feel myself beating ocd every day. You will have your down days and that's ok just get back up and keep moving forward. Love you all❤️
- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Can ERP exacerbate obsessions?
I was wondering if this is a thing. Like, say, especially if you are in the process of getting better. Doesn't doing ERP every day keep reminding you of your obsessions? Is there a point where you should do it less often? Or how does this work?
- Username
- Anonyymousss
- Date posted
- 22w ago
The truth about ERP
To peoples who are struggling with ocd and wants to know if ERP will actually work or not read this: It's been a year I'm struggling with OCD, in 2023 I didn't realize that I was being a victim of OCD, I thought it was normal to worry about the thoughts I was having, actually the thoughts are not even about me, I'm having thoughts about singer's sexuality since years I know it may sound silly but I have been since a year these thoughts are real to worry about, in January my ocd became stronger, I strat having episodes of ocd every week, in may I got to know that I have ocd and from the moment I got to know that I have ocd I didn't have a single day struggling without ocd, in April I started doing ERP it's been 5 months I doing ERP but I'm not still recovered fully but yeah I don't have episodes anymore, I don't worry about the single thoughts for days but still my every thought is controlled by ocd , I still have anxiety which is out of control, I still feel like these thoughts will never go away but I choose to live the way I want without caring about these thoughts.....I know no one's free to care about my mental health but if anyone's reading this please encourage me😔🙏
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