hi guys haven’t posted here in awhile but i’ve fully recovered and have a really good life now lots of friends enjoying school and have a really loving boyfriend who helped me out of my ocd even if he didn’t know he was helping me (just through being loved and supported i felt happy enough to recover) hope u guys can recover too i had severe ocd and basically got better within 2 months by myself :)
Did you have OCD 24/7? How did you do it by yourself?
@Crook yep! i could not leave my house or go to school from february - june and the true thing that helped me was making friends during a summer camp (i was forced to go to, yeah it was pretty hard but it did help with my ocd a lot) of who i talked to every day during summer over the phone and could really connect with, it helped me realize that life is more than just surviving and slowly over time i thought to myself “i’d rather be talking to my friends than washing my hands” and through that i overcame pretty much every one of my compulsions
@tupperware btw the summer camp was not for ocd Lol thought i should mention it was an art camp
Wow that sounds amazing, of course NOCD is happy to help you if the symptoms come back. Please contact NOCD and ask your questions. There are also lots of good tips on the Patrick McGrath Wednesday night webinar on the NOCD page on YouTube. Or really any NOCD webinar can be helpful. Go ahead and check out some of the videos. In addition you can contact NOCD for a free 15 minute call to discuss further. They can offer more detail than I can here. https://www.treatmyocd.com/about-us/contact-us
@Bruce M aww thanks i’m hoping they dont come back! i’ve been fully ocd free since september :)
@tupperware The relapse prevention stuff looks very similar to ERP. Just keep up with the exposures.
I'd love to hear some tips on conquering contamination ocd from you!
@KitkatM i’d love to!!!! my tips that helped me the most are to find something you enjoy more than the “good” feeling after doing a compulsion (for me it was having friends as my entire 9th grade year where i was incapacitated by my ocd, i had no friends. making friends over the summer brought me more dopamine than the short rush after a compulsion did.) i started to forget to do my compulsions because i kept myself occupied with hanging out with friends over the phone and playing games with them and plus, i had a crush on one of them who is now my boyfriend, so the feeling of love was stronger than my ocd!
@tupperware for me, it was just about finding what i was missing in my life to feel fulfilled, and once i was able to find it, ocd no longer became the first priority and it slowly faded from my life
i am not exaggerating the severity btw xD i was completely incapacitated because every thing i touched except my home computer in my bed was contaminated. i was in bed 24/7 and every time i went to the bathroom even to use the toilet i would have to take a shower and shampoo my hair
Hiii happy for u! Would u be able to say how u fully recovered from harm ocd and what ur experience was with it?
Just wanted to give some hope to those who are having ocd spikes, spirals and worries. This past year I have regained my life back. I went from beginning to isolate myself, being convinced by my ocd that my hobbies are bad and that I should avoid things I enjoyed, and having constant panic attacks. With the work of IOP, psychiatry and nocd, I have made great strives towards my future. I now don’t avoid things and instead embrace my life and ANY possibility that may come. Don’t let the ocd bully you. Yes, I have intrusive thoughts still but I am able to go about my day instead of obsessing over them. You can find this too. I encourage anyone on the fence to please seek help if you are in a tough time, it can literally save your life.
Hey people! Hope you all are doing well. I used to use this app back in time, when I was dealing with many subtypes of ocd, mainly related to my sexuality. But, today, I live a life free of of obsessions, at least in terms of my sexuality. I do think that I still have a way to go to get better in terms of mental health - yet I'm not ruining my life over silly thoughts. When I have time and energy, I will write about my experience and story. But, for now, please know that what you are going through at the moment is only temporary. You will feel good inside your skin one, hopefully very soon. If you need a company or a person to vent to, please let me know! I can listen. I emphatise with you all and send you love. best, caleb
Today I over came something that had been consistently bothering me with my contamination OCD and I'm over the moon I never thought I could do it yesterday the anxiety was there but I sat with and it faded I'm so happy thank you for all your support guys and I recently started working out and I feel much better To anyone out there struggling it gets better trust me a few months ago I was at the Lowest point in my life I couldn't even leave my house I failed really badly at school but now I can even go outside I try to socialize some days are harder than others and I've had a few hiccups along the way but it has gotten much better And I'm starting a recovery course for school to make up for my grades I'm so happy guys 😭then I can finally get into uni
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