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Just always remember that through all these OCD themes that we hear about, in this case HOCD (I battle it as well), that the content is IRRELEVANT. The OCD brain that we have been both blessed and cursed with in my opinion will always be your brain. However, you can learn how to manage the way your brain works. I have beat HOCD once with a lot of work, research and help from my specialist. But again, when times or tough or you are going through some life changes, your brain will most likely resort back to those base OCD coping mechanisms no matter what. But, the better you get at handling the thoughts in the right manner (using mindfulness, exposure therapy, etc) then when tough times do come you are ready. I encourage y’all to get to know yourself and the way you think. Dig into how your brain works and operates. By doing that, you’ll slowly become more present as your OCD begins to become a faint background noise most of the time. I’m saying this because I’ve reached that point in my life/therapy with this sh$&. I saw what it was like to be more mentally free. It’s freakin awesome. Keep grinding keep learning ✊?
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 5y ago
Just wanted to say this response is brilliant. Much respect to you bro , you have a great understanding of it ???
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 5y ago
I accept that this is only one part of my life and that things can get better in the future , I haven’t seen or heard or experienced everything , so how do I know nothing will help me recover ? That’s the question you should ask yourself bro , because you can recover from this. Through the OCD lens you’re more likely to look at a situation with more pessimism , but it doesn’t have to be that way. Try to look forward to events that are coming up !
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I know how you feel. I am so ashamed of my anxiety and life but what I do to keep myself motivated is surround myself with family or friends. Taking the time to engage with them and see how much you matter to them has helped me realize that I’m cared for, and it puts me in a good mood. I also take time to do calming activities, like meditate. It was hard for me to get into it because my mind almost never clears, but listening to sessions that talk about acceptance and self confidence helps me. I get to hear motivating words and ways to accept who I am and know that it’s okay to be flawed. Then I try to keep that mindset throughout the day, and when it gets challenging, I choose to accept it instead of beat myself up. It is very hard and it doesn’t work every time, but trying is better then doing nothing. You can get through this. The biggest thing is to keep a positive mindset. Just think about the things that matter to you and what’s going well. Gratitude is key. Good luck!
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- 5y ago
Amen brotha ?✊? sounds like you have it figured out. Stay on top of it and never settle.
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- 5y ago
It feels real but it’s not
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Just need to be strong my man , I just wish my attraction for women would come back it’s killing me
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What is it like for you right now man, you look at them and feel nothing?
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I thank you all for the positive messages It gets really tough gents I’ll definitely apply all of the techniques you mentioned
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Hey man , I guess not giving in because I know it’s bs
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I get you bro bless up
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Knowing that it’ll pass
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- 5y ago
I do feel like that but when I’m down I sort of like forget I mean it’s been 7 months
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- 5y ago
Yeah kinda , like I know within myself I love women and always have but my libido is shot - all these HOCD thoughts are killing my drive. Fuck I miss them :(
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- 25w ago
Ill be honest, I want to write a letter if anything happens, if I loose this battle and put and end to it. But even if my thoughts keep coming, I try to keep my head up, stand up strong and look them at them for what they are, thoughts. I’m still scared, I still can’t go to sleep normally, but I feel a tiny bit of hope. I really hope my feeling is right, I really hope. Whathever happens, I’m still proud of myself, I’m still proud of my achievements, I am proud of me. Whathever happens, please don’t forget This message. Please, don’t forget me
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- 22w ago
I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but when I learned more about it, I never related to anything more. A little back story: when I was younger, there were a couple of youth suicides in my area and the schools felt the need to have someone come in and talk about suicide. Well the person they had come in did a horrible job teaching it and basically made it seem like the smallest negative emotion or feeling or change in behavior made you suicidal. This ended up scaring me so much that I got horrid anxiety. Fast forward to now, Everytime I feel anxiety and panic, I fear I'm going to kill myself. Everytime I feel down and depressed, I fear I'll end it all. I'm scared to be around anything sharp because the "What if" I hurt myself comes into my mind. There are always intrusive thoughts at almost every point of the day. And it's not only for me. Everytime I hear someone being negative, I fear they will be suicidal. I know in my heart that none of this is true but it's terrifying me that it's stuck around so much that it makes me scared that maybe it is true. I've had a lot of death in my family in the past year and a half and a lot of other family drama that I'd never had before that is now also bringing up existential intrusive thoughts. And I'd never questioned anything about life before but now I get the "why is life like this?" and "does anything we do matter?" and I hate it. I don't want to think like that. I just want to go through life being able to handle things normally again. It terrifies me even right now going "what if you give up?"
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- 18w ago
Really bad theme right now is death, I keep thinking about how one day or at any moment my heart will stop my brain will stop & my memories & everything I know will all fade away. It is giving me so much anxiety I’m only 18, but I realize it all happens to us it is bound, we are born to die. I know it’s a silly thing to be scared because it’s not helping the quality of my life worrying about it and even when I do die, I won’t care , if you don’t have a working brain then how can you care 🤷♀️. It is tainting my everyday life currently & honestly making me terribly depressed & it is giving me derealization & making me feel nihilistic, I’ll remind myself it’s okay but then with my ocd i don’t stop thinking and thinking about it and it’s seriously so hard to stay present in the moment because this thought just feels like I can’t scrub it away it’s miserable I struggle with religion, but I do pray to anything that’s out there possibly listening, because it is comforting, it just feels like this whole experience Is pointless & I am afraid of the unknown and what is to possibly happen but I’m subjected to it anyways so why should it matter
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