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- 12w
Hey friends
Just trying to stay off here as much as I can! Hope you are all doing well.
Just trying to stay off here as much as I can! Hope you are all doing well.
Great to hear! I’m also taking a small step away from the app, it definitely starts to become a compulsive habit to check on here! Glad to see you’re distancing yourself, I look forward to seeing you improve!
@Julian2006 Thanks friend!! 💗
@Anony1314 Hey friend I'm struggling so bad right now, could I please talk to you
@Anony1314 Ah shoot! I’m so sorry friend, I haven’t been on the app recently! What’s up?
@Julian2006 It's okay friend!!! I was holding my nephew, he's a newborn, and he was getting hungry so he started squirming around grazing my clothed chest). Of course, that caused anxious groinals. It didn't feel bad or necessarily good in the moment, and without thinking, I was holding his head still right there and I was moving it closer in that spot to make the feeling continue. It was like an automatic reaction to the anxious groinals. I had no thoughts. So I continued to have the groinals. After that I put the baby down and realized what had happened. Mind you, after ruminating all day about it, I can't say the groinals were just a good feeling. I think they were more anxiety induced and gave me that feeling in that area. Almost like the urge to pee feeling and made me feel so anxious if that makes sense? I was frozen in this spot and moved him back towards me for it to happen again and idk why other than I just wasn't thinking. Did I just hurt my nephew without consciously realizing it till after? Is this OCD? I would never intentionally hurt a kid, but it's like I wasn't even thinking when this happened
@Julian2006 Hey friend. I notice you never responded to my comment on here. I'm struggling pretty badly. I just need someone to help me.
@Anony1314 Ack, I’m so sorry friend, I’ve been struggling real bad recently too, and I’ve been avoiding the app a lot. You know how I feel about you. You felt an intrusive urge, you never hurt anybody. I’m sorry if my response is short and brief, everything’s just really triggering and hard to me, but I don’t think you’re a monster or anything. We have to try and practice than uncertainty and learn how to let go of these things, no matter how real, hurtful, and scary they are. I’m struggling with it myself, but we can get through it. I believe in you, I’m sharing nothing but love for you 💜
@Julian2006 Thank you so much friend. I'm sorry if this triggered you too. You know I'm here for you if you just need to vent. Sending hugs your way sweet friend
@Anony1314 It’s okay! I’m working through it, one step at a time I hope! Thank you so much, you’ve got this too! Hang in there!
@Julian2006 Thank you!! 💗
I go through periods I stay off too. I find it depressing. Hope you are well. I recognize your username.
@HopeForToday Yes friend. It's hard, but I'm trying to not at least not post on here as often. Have you seen my posts before friend? I like to get support from you OCD conquerers
@HopeForToday And sorry it makes you depressed friend
@Anony1314 Your name looks familiar. I don't remember your posts specifically. It's hard to stay off. It's nice to have a place where you can feel less alone, and at the same time it can cause problems.
@HopeForToday Exactly friend. It's hard to stay off. Could I ask you for your opinion on something, you don't have to if you don't want.
@HopeForToday If you don't mind
Hope you're doing well, too! 🩷 You're doing an amazing job, friend! :)
@nae nae Thanks friend!! You are too💗
Finding this app has helped me a lot in feeling like I'm not isolated and I've definitely met so many kind and helpful people here. You guys have helped me on my darkest days. However, because of my fragile state of mind, I think scrolling on here is becoming a compulsion and I feel like I end up triggering myself more by scrolling through some posts. I think it just ends up adding more to my intrusive thoughts and more ammo for my false memories and POCD to latch on to. And I know exposures are good for treating OCD, but this level of exposure seems to be doing more harm than good. So I will try to be less active (maybe I won't, who knows lol).
I hope everyone is doing well! It's been a week or so since I came on the app. I wasn't doing so well, but I promised myself I'd stay off until after my next psychiatrist appointment (two days ago). The appointment didn't last long. I regret not going into more detail with her, but I shared the basics of what I had been dealing with. We're raising my dose (Sertraline) to 100mg. Hopefully, that will do something...? The intrusive thoughts haven't been too bad, but I just feel... blank. There's not a lot going on in my personal life right now, so that might be the main reason. I'm doing okay, though. I've read three books in the past week. I'm about to start my fourth tonight. I don't know if keeping busy in this case is a form of avoidance or not. But I feel depressed if I'm not doing anything, so... here we are! 🥲
How's everyone doing today? I hope all is well for you. God bless each and every single one of you!
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