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- Naeun
- Date posted
- 6y ago
- Username
- Cat28Cat28
- Date posted
- 6y ago
^ok so... I used to have ocd where I focused on my breathing a lot. I went to therapy and there I did a lot of ERP. I learned to let the thoughts come to be, and accept them as hard as it may be and not give into compulsions. Now I have ROCD but for a solid two years I didn’t really have that much intrusive thoughts at all to the point where I didn’t even consider myself OCD. But now I have ROCD so
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- @Dee@Dee
- Date posted
- 6y ago
@naeun, I would recommend going in and getting evaluated to see the diagnoses because that can very. You could do some reading on your own. I’ve had the diagnoses of GAD, with ocd tendencies, then rediagnosed with just ocd. So I’m sure they share lots of similarities, and either way if the same methods work to treat then awesome. So you could have both or one or the other who knows. Ocd has themes, had usually doesn’t have themes that I know of... I don’t know enough to advise further... @cat28, I mean this respectfully and I know you said that you aren’t a doctor but I would avoid telling someone what diagnosis they may or may not...
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- Cat28Cat28
- Date posted
- 6y ago
^ig that means you have GAD. I’m not a dr. For me personally though, my ocd does get better. At one point I didn’t consider myself OCD that’s how much better it got.
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- WisebloodWiseblood
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Two separate diagnosis, with many similarities in treatment. Chronic means that you will likely always be challenged by your OCD, but you can get to the point where it is an inconvenience, not a dominant force in your life.
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- NaeunNaeun
- Date posted
- 6y ago
@cat28 like some days are good and some days are bad I have been diagnosed with OCD but never GAD? So I was confused Please elaborate how did ur OCD become better?
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- Mely
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Does anyone else ever have this fear that maybe they are gonna be stuck with this illness forever? I keep getting mixed answers so I never know if OCD really can go away or not and even though I'm doing alot better now with medication, I sometimes get really sad and start thinking that I'm always gonna be like this and that I don't want a life with OCD
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- amber.b2
- Date posted
- 2y ago
OCD?
I don’t know if what I have is OCD or just severe anxiety.. I’m really confused. Every time I do something that I feel bad about I will think about it for ages and it will ruin my day, and feel guilty. I keep getting emotional all the time and feel distressed , as if something is off but I can’t explain. Occasionally I have the urge to confess things and if I don’t they will be In my head making me not feel present. And I keep focusing on my partner and getting the urge to break up when I don’t actually want that (of course I have doubts like everyone does) but it’s more of a urgent upsetting feeling which hasnt left for 5 months, the only time it seems to go away temporarily is when I’m with him. and I’m soooo confused. My therapist told me I would have had OCD as a child so I can’t have it (I’m 20 years old but I don’t know what is going on with me). Starting to think I’m going insane as this has been going on for several months now!
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- Adam2010!
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Thoughts
When they say ocd never goes away we just learn to live with it, does it mean that we will have the same thoughts (obsessions) forever and we just learn to cope with it? Or that we will always be susceptible to thoughts all the time doesn’t matter what it is and anything can pop up and with ERP as a lifestyle will help us deal with any thought that occurs ?
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