Other people with ocd, telling people with ocd not to do compulsions seems hypocritical to me I especially find it hard when they’re fine and dandy now and have “seen the light” so expect people to go him yeah I’ll just stop” That’s how I see erp too. Stop doing the things you already didn’t wanna be doing in the first place just to function God I’m angry

Yeah I know giving advice while you aren’t okay seems a bit hypocritical but they are people who are living well and managing and have ocd they can control it and I’m shitty rn but on a good day not giving into compulsions help

The root of ocd is the same for everyone who suffers....no matter what your theme. It's a cycle. Obsession,complusion,releif. Then right back to obsession,compulsion,relief.

People who do give advice on here aren’t acting like it’s easy or going around and saying that. Everybody on here who suffers from OCD can say that it’s one of the worst fucking feelings in the world. I get that you think it’s hypocritical for others to give advice that they may or may not be following themselves. But the point of a support group is to learn from each other and get out of this rut together. Also, telling someone not to do compulsions is like telling a fish not to swim. However, it can be done with practice. The goal is not to eliminate compulsions or obsessions as a whole by just “stopping,” but learning how to live with the anxiety that drives us to do the compulsions.

It's frustrating, but it's the only option. It isn't about seeing the light, we all have our good and bad days. But refusing to do a compulsion is an important tool in our toolbox.

Aha yeah I get this too, it frustrates me when people act like it's easy... cos it's actually really really difficult. Once you've done it for a while though I guess you wonder why you didn't just do it earlier, and then you want to tell others that they should just do it too

Stoping compulsions helped me a lot and compulsions are the ones that got me here I remember on my first day of fully thinking about my Hocd I was on some crazy shit I’d say walk like a dude nigga if you don’t touch that then you gay etc etc trying hard to get attracted to every ass etc etc then after 2 days it manifested into me scanning guys to make sure I wasn’t attracted so yeah they really hurt if I knew better if I knew how to stop em I wouldn’t be here

We all suffer. Some days are better then others. I dont look at it as advice...but support. We support eachother. Tell each other what works and what doesnt...

God I so badly wanna flick the switch off again It came on so suddenly this time