Questions… I don’t want reassurance just advice

@Ms.shelovesfrogs All this is a fear? Honestly this is probably one of my worse days. I even cried in front of my wife.

@What is happening to me Yup all these is just a fear...it is our deepest fear. soocd targets people who feel confident and secure in their identity! It's never about sexuality change if not why do people with ocd struggle for months, years, days and never end up realising or discovering any thing.? Because it's not about any change. Soocd affects people with the most stable sexuality ground in fact! Sorry about how it's taking a toll on you🙏🏽some days can be harder than the others and forget advice, I'll be honest, it's hard to remember it's just a disorder when we're having an ocd flare and I get it can aggravate one when we're being told to "just sit with the discomfort and tolerate uncertainty" like MY FRIEND HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO TOLERATE UNCERTAINTY IN SUCH A CORR PART OF MY LIFEEEE. Ocd is hard, soocd is harder but it does get better and the thing is once we get better, we become more secure in our straight sexuality more than we've ever been... Rn I'm getting better but I understand recovery isn't linear. I do not care but I'm deciding to not let my ocd, autism, ADHD and bipolar disorder not interfere and rule my life. I write an exam on Friday morning that determines if I can pursue a career in medicine (I want to be a psychiatrist 🙏🏽 ) I know it's funny how I want to be a psychiatrist but I'm the one needing to see a psychiatrist rn😪(😂).. I guess my struggles with disorder would make me a better psychiatrist 😄. Soocd can get better(mine was getting better till I found myself indulging in more compulsions 🤦🏽‍♀️). I'll take my meds rn and go and study because I have to be a psychiatrist and help people with ocd and the likes.. If you're in meds, take them and don't forget soocd is just a disorder. If you were actually gay, trust me it won't be ocd that would let you know+ did you know that people who are gay with soocd have thought like "what if I'm not gay and I'm straight" they don't want to be straight and they've always known that they had attraction to same gender right from small!.. soocd IS JUST A DISORDER NOTHING MORE . I had this same theme three years ago(lasted for a day) then came back last year...more prove that it is ocd because ocd comes back like that

@Ms.shelovesfrogs It feels so real majority of the time… Honestly though, you are like a saint on this app. How you describe things and put them in words is beyond amazing. You are going to help so many people psychiatrist, you really are. I’m on Sertraline which I take at night. I am just wondering from your point of view if there is better medication to take? I swear, if I get through this, I owe you so much! I wish you the quickest recovery. You deserve it.

@What is happening to me Sertraline is good but I must say, clomipramine is golddd...(I've been on Prozac and was switched to anafranil) Clomipramine is an SNRi so it's more potent than sertraline. Clomipramine is used when you're not getting the desired effect (recovery from ocd) the way you're meant to. Clomipramine brought back my life to me. It reduced the intrusive thoughts to minimal (they weren't bothering me like they used to). + Stress can definitely worsen ocd, comorbid conditions like ASD,ADHD and so many other mental conditions can worsen ocd(sometimes you may not even be aware of them fully because of how ocd can absorb one and take a toll on a person's life and quality of it. + Thank you 🙏🏽 wish me luck for my exams by 6:30 am (on Friday tho)🙏🏽

@What is happening to me I hope and pray you get better soon enough

@Ms.shelovesfrogs You’ll do amazing at your exams!! But I wish you all the best in them!

@Ms.shelovesfrogs Good luck today! You’ll smash it!

@What is happening to me Thank you so muchhhh. I finished not long ago and it was quite easy. I hope I pass because I want to be a doctor and specialise in psychiatry 🙏🏽

@Ms.shelovesfrogs You will. Your determination is brilliant and I believe if you work hard you will earn what you put in 👍🏼