- Date posted
- 26w
I'm struggling
I did SO well yesterday, but here I am struggling again.
I did SO well yesterday, but here I am struggling again.
Keep going!! Recovery is not linear… there are ups and downs; 2 steps forward , one step backward… keep going!💝
@Hopeful58 Thank you! I really want to ask you if something follows the lines of OCD that happened to me
@Anony1314 I would be honored to “listen” to your questions…
@Anony1314 You love your children. You had an intrusive thought and your body reacted because you were thinking about it. Because you want to protect and love your kids… OCD is causing you to doubt that… then OCD can keep you in compulsion mode which is the whole goal of OCD. Are you in therapy with NOCD? What is happening to you is a very common OCD theme… you are not alone!!!💝
I am STRUGGLING. Ugh why did I allow this to happen
I'm struggling with a lot of doubts today, but trying the best I can to keep on living my life 🥲 I'm on 150mg of Sertraline right now, and honestly, I'm feeling a lot better than before. Do I still get triggered? Yes! But I'm handling it easier. The only issue is, I feel like I'm obsessing over recovering? Not if I'm doing it "right," but more so getting to a point where I feel "perfect." That's not possible, I know. Even before OCD spiraled out of control, I struggled with other issues on a daily basis. But life felt simpler back then, and I didn't have this magical (and annoying) ability to remember every single bad thing that's ever happened to me or every single intrusive thought I've ever had in extreme detail 😭 Whenever I'm feeling okay, I can not help but think, "Remember how bad it was (insert time-frame)?" And then my mind zip zaps through every instance I've ever felt anxiety, like...? I don't even know if it's me doing this or if its OCD, but it frustrates me so, so much when it happens. Anyway, that's all for now... If anyone can relate, we're in this together 🤍 Hang in there!
Last week was a lot easier for me. I felt like thoughts didn’t control me and my actions as much as they did earlier. Today was really hard for me and I feel like I’m starting to lose hope again:( I can’t take the thoughts and the feelings that come with them anymore. I feel like I have failed and I’m never going to be happy again.
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