it’s like when i fix one thing a new fixation comes along. how can i prevent this from happening? how do i keep my progress intact instead of making progress in one thing and going back on another?
Step one is acceptance. You can’t “get rid” of OCD, but you can learn how to live with it and not let it control you
I've heard that, but how do you control it when it feels out of control?
@Speckles Ride the waves of anxiety. You'll ideally have fewer peaks and valleys over time with ERP. Processed foods spike my ocd. I eat healthier, drink more water than I think I need & do core exercises. It helps a lot!
@Roberta I'm trying to. I hate anxiety but can't sleep anymore. I have bags under my eyes.
I downloaded an app called nerva...it's made for folks with tummy troubles caused by anxiety. Every day has a short story/meditation to listen to. Check it out, I found it really useful! After a few weeks, the narrators voice put me to sleep in a few minutes. Hang in there & take care!
Oh... thank you so much!! Appreciate it 🥰
One of my biggest struggles in overcome OCD is that in moment where I feel invincible and feel really good, my mind itches back at me telling me that it’s too good to be true and I need to feel back on edge. I call this my OCD homeostasis, and my mind just needs to revert back to this. How has everyone dealt with this effectively?
I have this idea that if i stopped my current ocd it will comeback again in another form. Forexample, when i was 9 by the help of a doctor i stopped washing my hand every 10 mintues but then ocd switched into another theme, which is religious, and when i stopped that it again changed. And now i have prefction and mental ocd. So my question is why bother trying fix something isn't fixable? It takes a while to notice that the thing you have been doing is ocd, double the time to treat it, is there a permenant treatment or is it just tourture ? P.S sorry for my english i'm not from the U.S
Hello everyone! I have grown up with OCD and gotten quite the handle on it. However, it still comes back every now and then and this is one of those times. For some reason, it has to get pretty bad for me to do something about and I am noticing an interesting trend. It gradually gets worse, I finally decide to resist it when it gets bad, it goes away to almost nothing and I let my guard down. My OCD is not nearly as powerful at this stage, but it releases just enough doubt for me to do the compulsion “just this one time”, and it gets bad again. Any recommendations?
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