The premise behind managing your OCD is to become comfortable being uncomfortable. You’re not going to get rid of your anxiety, we had a disorder. But we can get use to it to the point where it’s just an annoyance in our life. But it takes time, patience, and commitment to getting better. You need to adopt good habits, talk to a therapist, maybe go on meds, you need to be open to options. Take it from me, I was fucking miserable two years ago, went through multiple meds and therapists until I found a system that worked. Now I’m rolling in all cylinders, close to graduating , interviewing for my dream job next week. It’s possible to control OCD, i still have symptoms, but after surviving the past 2 years it’s nothing I CNET handle. YOU CAN DO IT!

Of course you can. Please do. When you go to a therapist, don't hold back. Forget about the fesr that your thought's might be "too dark" or "dirty". It's OCD. If they knoe a bit about it, they won't be surprised. And being honest will be very important tfor your recovery. So I mean it. Don't hold back. whatever bothhers you. Let them know

Hey Redmax- Well done!!!!! Good luck.

I'm happy for you Redmax ?

I understand it's personal. Doing homework is vital. In fact I need to do script erp ( which is hard!) I'm glad your seeing improvement! I live in Los Angeles I'm taking a mindful classes affiliated with UCLA. If you check your local colleges they'll probably have mindful meditation classes. Off to the gym. I like to keep in touch with you. ❤✌

Hopefully, will a psychiatrist be fine to talk to? I have hocd and little pocd

Yes it helps Gummydrop. They are qualified too :)

I feel like I can’t ignore the thoughts

It is tricky. Just trying to sit with awful tboughts is so painful. I can see improvement. Part of me still can't quite believe I have this disorder! It's do bizarre. ?

Yes! I'm happy as well. Gosh you found out a month ago? It took me a couple months my friend told me to pray awful thoughts away it was the devil! I knew my brain was misfiring and I was on a loop. We should be grateful so much information and support is available. My ocd came out 9 months ago from a stressful event. I'm not surprised my brain explpded!!!! I heard a great statement: my distress surpassed my coping skills. Yep. This has been quite a year for me.

Oh boy at least you got diagnosed. I'm working with an ocd specialists which is amazing. Truly we need to do the work. I started meditating and am taking mindful meditation classes. What's your theme BTW?

Pure O, HOCD. I'd like to take mindfulness classes too. I think it could help a bit at least.

Me too with A little pocd. For a while i thought I was a criminal but that's basically faded. The mindful classes help. In fact is like to get certified so I can facilitate mindful groups. It's challenging with ocd sufferers. I think the most jarring is violent thoughts especially since I'm a gentle non violent person. It's cruel ocd, attacking what's important to us.

Yeah... that's so true. It's not just about making you think you're not the person you think you are or the orientation you have always identified with. It' also about not letting you enjoy things you have always enjoyed. You know, it's not only you're mind you "you might also like guys" (in my case), it's more your mind telling you" you like guys and you'll never get to enjoy sex and have a happy relationshio with your girlfriend. You'll lose all your attraction to girls and you have to accept it". It's so unfair and relentless...

Horrific!! I can't imagine. I'm sorry..may i ask what state your in?

That's a bit confusing to me, you know? The script part of ERP. Im currently developing my imaginal exposures m, like literally just started to write them down. But I don't feel "too triggered" by them. Not as much as the thought thought that they contain, which do scare me. I don't know if I'm doing them wrong or something. What is the scary part of doing your scripts? F.ex. is it writing them, reading them, visualizing them, the way you describe them or what? Sorry if the question doesn't make sense, I really want to understand better how to improve my imaginal exposures :( Makes me feel like I won't get over this if I can't tackle my fears head first.

And yeah, of course you can keep in touch. Whenever you want. :)

Grrrrr.. I just wrote tons and it erased. Hey there. So I get you!!! I think were doing it right. It's about habituation. Writing it Everyday re reading focused and fully present. Now for a while I thought I was a criminal. I.watched crime shows and read articles. That theme diminished. This theme I hate!!! Doing erp doesn't bother me. It's the thought that keeps running through my head. Now I need to do hw. It hard because it affects me. I generally isolate a little because. The subject matter sucks. Am I making sense?

Yes you are making sense :) I isolate too. It hurts because this got me distant fromcmy girlfriend and that's what has hurt the most since she's the person I care for the most. Doing erp doesnt bother me much either, which confuses me even more. I have been triggered in some moments, but most of the times exposures actually make me feel even better, not worst.

It feels easier to do erp with no-one around. Thinking about it erp is easy sometimes I actually forget I'm putting my self in the triggering situation. I did notice that I can feel down a couple days after. I dislike script writing for obvious reasons. Do you want to set a goal? We both do erp for something super hard all week everyday.

Jum... actually script writing es easier than exposing to images or videos. That's interesting jejej And honestly, I'm thankful for your challenge. It's nice to have someone who wants to do something together with this. It means the world. But I'll have to pass for now. I'm following a rythm with my exposures and I'd prefer to stick to it. Most of the times I can handdle it well. But when I force myself, it has backfired terribly. So I prefer not to push myself too much jajaj. I hope you can understand ?

I get it no problem! It's so funny this is my nature knock it out go hard. ? what happens is then I have these huge expectations and get impatient and frustrated. The scripts make me cringe. But then I'm sure it all does.?

That's why I want to improve my scritpts. They are not triggering me like I think they should. I think I need to make them more "descriptive" and think them more "vividly". Im sure that would be very triggering...

Yes! Come to think of it your right. Hey do you have the book, Freedom from Obsessive compulsive disorder? By Jonathan Grayson.. He's pretty radical and has chapters on script writing.

No, I have like 2 others that are pretty good too. The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD is one of them. I'm interested in hour suggestion for the book though. I'll give it a look. Thank you very much?

Did shala nicely and Jon Hershfeld write it? I have it and their book. In fact a have a whole library in the subject!

Nice!! It was Hershfield and Tom Corboy. It actually pretty good. The mindfulness part seems like a goal I'd like to pursue. But I haven't gotten too commited into reading it and applying it yet.

take care of yourself. talk soon. ✌❤

Take care and resist compulsions (yeah, easier said than done, jajajaj)✌? ❤

Hahaha I'll try.