- Date posted
- 11w ago
Reassurance
Posting for reassurance and not getting comments due to that is so hard. OCD is so hard..
Posting for reassurance and not getting comments due to that is so hard. OCD is so hard..
It is hard. When you post and you don't get interactions, try to see it as an ERP exercise. It's an opportunity to sit with the feeling of anxiety or loneliness, and to respond to thoughts with "maybe, maybe not." Remember that there are 8 billion people on the planet, and billions have lived before us. I know it may not feel like it, but the odds are heavily in your favor that you aren't alone in any way, no matter what your thoughts or compulsions are. ❤️
@djflorio Thank you!
We know reassurance is bad for us (even if it feels good in the moment). Take no one responding as the sign that people DO care and you are not alone! Every other app and social media person reassures because they don't know what you're actually going through (OCD). They think reassuring you about the specific topic you asked about will be helpful, but the people on this app know it won't be. It can feel isolating not having those comfort answers we are used to. Honestly, it's like detoxing. It's miserable until one day the addiction becomes more and more distant. We can handle the discomfort of this because we've handled the discomfort of our obsessions for much much longer. Hang in there!
@Morgan_Haz Thank you!
@Neuron0405 Of course! It definitely doesn't help when we don't realize what we are asking even if reassurance. It's the sneakiest thing for sure!
@Morgan_Haz Yes!
what are you seeking/needing reassurance on?
@alyssa_h Hi, just in general, I’m not sure how to go about when one posts and there are no replies/interactions; feels even more alone
I know I shouldn’t be seeking reassurance as I know this just fuels OCD, but I really need to vent. I just continue to feel so alone with these thoughts and worries. I feel pathetic for writing about this again on here, but right now it’s just overwhelming feeling. I have posted on here before about this, but basically I continue to have thoughts that people are out to hurt me, including family members. I don’t even feel comfortable at home right now cause I get these thoughts and I feel so fearful/anxious of them. I’m terrified this is more than OCD and that these are actual delusions. It’s always just in the back of the mind the past few days and it’s exhausting. Feeling like I can’t trust others and not even myself. Plus it goes a long with my harm thoughts, because I thought “if my mom is trying to hurt me, I need to hurt her first as a way to protect myself!” And I just feel so much dread thinking that. Like I’m actually going to do it and it makes me depressed and panicky. Plus I picture all these different scenarios, like me being in the hospital, my life officially over, losing my job, etc. I’m thinking the absolute worst. I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with OCD at 15 and have had flare ups over the years on/off, but at the beginning of this year it started my worst flare up yet and has just continued to persist. First started with health, then turned to my usual theme of harm, and now it’s harm/mixed with fear of psychosis. I try hard to just let the thoughts be, but the anxiety persists and the thoughts won’t go away. It makes me feel so uncomfortable and hard to concentrate on anything. I just want to know if this is OCD or delusional thinking. I feel like I need to know for sure, to know that I’m actually safe and that I’m not a danger. If the longer I wait, the more damage I’m actually doing to myself. Thank you to whoever reads this and relates or responds. I appreciate this community and how open-minded and open-hearted you all are. This disorder is horrible how it makes us doubt and question everything.
The other day I made a post about being kind and supportive and not being judgmental when commenting on other people’s posts because someone made a comment on my post insinuating that I don’t have ocd and i’m actually just a bad person. At first it didn’t really bother me because I know i’m not a bad person but now my ocd is latching onto their comment and it’s making me feel horrible. My post that they commented on was about how whenever I think things to myself like how my pre teen daughter is blessed to have slim legs and not chubby thighs like mine and she’s growing up into a nice shape or my teen son has a nice shape jawline and neck and it’s good that he’s slim but he’s too slim or how all of my adult kids are so handsome/beautiful my ocd turns my random normal mom thoughts into something inappropriate. I know I don’t think of or look at my kids or any kids or young person in an inappropriate way. My ocd says I do and I was seeking support. That persons comment was so damaging for me. I tried to think maybe they have never had dark disturbing intrusive thoughts with their ocd themes and maybe they just don’t understand or maybe they have never had pocd theme or maybe they are not a parent but even if all of that were true, their comment was still so judgmental and damaging. I am struggling even more now because my ocd is latching onto that persons comment and making me feel like a horrible person. Has anyone else had this happen? How did you get through it?
Hello! I just got diagnosed with OCD a week ago and joined the app today to find a sense of community. Since my understanding of treatment is minimal at this point, I'm confused why everything on here tells us not to seek or give reassurance? If someone could explain the reasoning behind that it would be greatly appreciated, as I want to make sure I'm not only watching out for it in my personal life but also using this app appropriately.
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