- Username
- uwotm8
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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
That’s good to hear
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
Where I'm getting stuck is that there are two approaches in therapy. And the two contradict each other. 1. Experience the intrusive thought, don't do the compulsion. 2. Do an exposure. I don't believe I can move forward because the two contradict each other. I don't understand how people go through ERP and come out feeling better from OCD. I don't get it. I'm trying to do both #1 and #2, but the two just clash. What am I doing incorrectly?
lately i’ve just been so angry at anyone who doesn’t suffer from ocd. like i know it’s not their fault but i’m just so angry and jealous they don’t have to deal with this. i get mad when i see them do something as simple as sitting at the kitchen table without thinking about it when i could never in a million years do that because of my contamination ocd. i’m angry and jealous and i know i shouldn’t but i keep blowing up at people because of it. i know everyone has their issues but all i can think about is how much easier they have it because at least they aren’t like me. i’m just so jealous of everyone who doesn’t have to live like this. and i’m mad at myself for having ocd in the first place. it’s all so exhausting and i hate it.
I don’t like the ERP for Harm OCD because I feel like I’m careless purposely to prove something to myself like I feel like I genuinely try to do something. Has anyone else felt this way?
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