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thank you i needed this 🩷 currently 4 months into ERP and feeling hopeless and really struggling and this gave me some hope

Well done to you, for fighting back and taking the power away from OCD. I also have had OCD for a very long time. Over the years the themes would change, sometimes reverting to ones from decades ago. I also thought therapy couldn't work for me, my fears were too real, my guilt too deep. ERP slowly started, to break down those fears, yes the therapy felt hard at the beginning but I was desperate to get better..... very quickly I realised that to spend my days in rumination was much harder than doing the therapy.

I am so proud of you for continuing to persevere even when it took time to see results. I been there too when OCD was like a giant to me and just felt hopeless if I will ever beat this monster. HOPE does exist! I also learn something about “what if’s”. They’re called cognitive distortions “false alarms”. I hope that’s help you get some understanding of it. 😊

Thanks for sharing 💖 and yeah! We should stop thinking about “cures” with our neurodiversities, just as Autistic people has taught us! Ppl have to learn that we neurodivergent ppl exist. That’s why I don’t like seeing my OCD as a monster and I look at it more like “anxiety from Inside out” 💖. Let’s hug our neurodivergence but that doesn’t mean they’ll take control of our lives!

My 5 year old was recently diagnosed with OCD and this gives me hope that she’ll get the support she needs earlier on in life ❤️ thanks so much for sharing!

This sounds like my journey and gives me hope that ERP might get easier. I totally feel like I'm going to gym for my brain and sometimes it feels so exhausting that I get depressed. I hope one day I'll be able to tolerate discomfort much better than I do now!

What you have said is really inspiring.. Thanks for sharing it.. This is really motivational for someone like me who has been suffering from OCD.. I wish you all the best in life!

Your story is incredible

Thank you for sharing. I can definitely relate. 💗

Would love to find erp by me on Long Island

NOCD doesn’t accept Medicare