Any OCD over comers ?? How long did it took ?

I was born with OCD because it runs in the family. I had physical compulsions only for quite some time and then it turned into Pure O. I also have a bunch of other mental illnesses and ADHD, so lots on my plate. It took 6 years to fully recover from all my mental illnesses, but I’ve been subclinical for almost 5 years now 😊

I’ve had it since I was a child. Now I’m 35 and free from it for like 4 years now. I struggled for years because it wasn’t until 2020 I was diagnosed and everything just made sense and clicked. I think a big part of it for me was I didn’t feel alone or something was specific to me and once I found the community it just was a huge burden off my existence. Plus I been practicing things to help it actually for years on top of discovering ERP and now it’s been nothing but peace 🙏🏻

I started having ocd issues June of 2020. When I finally got help for it in 2021 here on NOCD, it was practically gone for a whole year or so, but it came back. I think it is because I stopped practicing my scripts and things that were helping me to get past it. Now, it comes and goes, but I TRY not to let it bother me anymore and I continue practicing the things my therapist and I created. I’m not 100%, but I’m DEFINITELY not where I used to be in 2020. The biggest thing is to get help for it. This is my second time getting help here on NOCD and that’s okay.

I would like to know too, this is so hard dealing with day after day

How you did it ?? I been dealing with it 6 months now