Flying

@24luis Thank you 🥹 do you relate?

@Dreamydream Tbh with flying no, I’ve never been on a plane and do have a fear of heights. I know for a fact if I were to get on one now I’d probably be really anxious and scared potentially.

@24luis Oooo really, I’ve been on a plane a bunch of times and traveled alone a bunch of times. Since my relapse i haven’t traveled and ofc my ocd is like making me anxious and scared for no reason. But u should challenge yourself to start traveling i think you’d enjoy it little by little!

@Dreamydream Honestly I have been wanting to go to another country or something like Japan haha, always wanted to try there food it looks really cool there to me. Plus I’ve been wanting a vacation/distraction but with ocd distractions is never possible or a good idea unfortunately. But yeah I have thought about potentially taking a helicopter tour to get rid of the fear of getting on a plane at least

@RoxckstarLui You definitely should! I’d love to go to Japan too. I think u should experience traveling and going to new places! U only live once and u should see as much as the world as possible! How old ru?

@Dreamydream I am 24, how old are you? And how many places have you been too and where?

@RoxckstarLui I’m 26. I’ve flown to Miami, Texas, Los Angeles, Utah, Arizona, Atlanta, Chicago, and Saint Lucia.

@RoxckstarLui And Puerto Rico

@RoxckstarLui I’m from NJ/NYC

@Dreamydream Oh wow nice, what’s New Jersey like, and let me know when you go back to Los Angeles I’ll go with you haha, also if you ever want too talk or something

@RoxckstarLui New Jersey is nice it has everything here and so close to the city. Haha that would be fun. U deal with harm ocd?

@Dreamydream Yes and no, but not really per se, mines more around real event moral ocd. But I just have more so intrusive thoughts intrusive imagery ocd theme around psychosis etc. I align mostly with pure o ocd

@Dreamydream I mean I have had thoughts about hurting others and the violent thoughts, I did google a little bit about harm ocd but still not sure if it’s what I sometimes think about. If you can explain I can tell you if it’s what I also think sometimes or not

@RoxckstarLui Just violent thoughts ab my loved ones or anyone sometimes /:

@Dreamydream Oh yeah i too have those thoughts often too. My advice they are just thoughts it doesn’t mean anything. If you genuinely wanted to act out on those that’s different. Thoughts are thoughts

@RoxckstarLui Yeah they just bother me that i even have them still. I don’t like that i even have those thoughts

@Dreamydream Same I’ve been having some thoughts recently that have been getting to me, thinking of getting medication soon

@RoxckstarLui U think it’ll help?

@Dreamydream I do think it’ll help him. The thing is is that I don’t necessarily expect like all of the dots to go away but from what I’ve heard they just kind of the medication depending on what they give you I’ve just heard that it just kinda helps for the thoughts to not be as eater, intense, or as sticky if that makes sense so I do think it’ll help in the sense. I don’t expect you know everything to go away, but you know I’m I’m. I will still having the thoughts if as long as they’re just not like as intense and that’s all right for me I guess I can learn to live with it

@RoxckstarLui I feel like as time goes on the thoughts will be less and less and start to fizzle out too. U may not be thinking like this forever u know

@Dreamydream Yeah I do think this won’t be forever what’s been making it worse is that I’ve been somewhat sleep deprived for a while now and have noticed that since I’m not getting my well rest my intrusive thoughts have been intense. But I’m working on trying to get more sleep just takes a while for me to relax wire down etc

@RoxckstarLui Oooo yeah sleep deprivation will make it worse while ur actively having ocd. Have u tried magnesium glycinate?

@Dreamydream Yes I am currently I am taking two in the morning and two at night before going to sleep, same with some l theanine at morning and night, I take California poppy at night along with the ltheannine and mag, and in the morning I take blue vervain with ashwaganda along with mag and ltheanine. Was taking other herbs as well but stopped was combining too many herbs together.

@RoxckstarLui Oooo okay good. Yes i heard it’s not good to take too many together too. I was taking the mag glyicinate for sleep when my ocd was at its peak but i stopped taking it cause I’m able to sleep fine now. Does the l theanine help with thoughts during the day?

@Dreamydream Tbh with you, I’m not sure if it helps, I’m still having thoughts feeling dissociated regardless, I’m sure it helps it might be helping my baseline nervous system, but in terms of helping with the thoughts I’m not sure tbh, what I find that helps a lot is getting more sleep. Because I don’t feel as anxious per say? So I think these herbs are helping that, I was actually taking nac and insitol for my ocd but stopped because wasn’t sure what was working and wasn’t etc. I’m also currently taking vitamin d3 and b complex. It’s supposed to help with the thoughts etc and my dissociation. Unfortunately I’m not getting as much sleep as I should, I think it’s due to my work schedule and my job itself. Just trying to figure out what to do now, been trying not to make decisions based of feeling and or emotion. Need to be calm and think before I do something. Actions have consequences.

@RoxckstarLui I take D3 too I’m very deficient in D3 and my doctor said it helps with mental health and when i looked it up there were sooo many articles and things linking d3 and mental health. Regardless of all that my thoughts/ ocd is a lot better then it was months ago when my relapsed started but it bothers me that my harm ocd thoughts are still Lingering /:

@Dreamydream Yeah d3 is linked to alot of mental health benefits, which is why I started taking it along with b complex, I work night shift so I don’t get as much sun as I should, also been reading that sunlight is really good for mental health. I did have some harm ocd thoughts today that kinda stuck around for a couple of minutes honestly I just kinda let it be there per say

@RoxckstarLui Does ur harm ocd pertain to other people or loved ones? And what does b complex do?

@Dreamydream Both, but not as much, B-complex vitamins can help support your nervous system and overall brain health, which might slightly ease symptoms like fatigue, baseline anxiety, and stress sensitivity. They’re not a primary treatment for OCD, intrusive thoughts, or derealization — but they can: • Support energy production (helping fight mental fatigue). • Aid neurotransmitter synthesis (serotonin, dopamine, etc.), which plays a role in mood regulation. • Help reduce homocysteine levels (high levels are sometimes linked to mood disorders). They’re generally considered a supportive tool — not a replacement for therapy, ERP, or meds — but can contribute to more stable energy and resilience under stress

@RoxckstarLui Ahh okay maybe i will try that as well. Thank you! Ru on medication? Sorry if i asked that already

@Dreamydream No not yet, going to get medication soon hopefully

@RoxckstarLui I’m not either , Ur in therapy?

@Dreamydream Yeah I am recently started, how are you today u doing okay

@RoxckstarLui I’m okay still deal w the harm thoughts just not as intense as a few months ago so i guess that means therapy is working? I’m hoping that it just keeps getting better with time. Wbu?

@Dreamydream I was dealing with some harm thoughts today. But today has been interesting

@RoxckstarLui Why what’s wrong?

@Dreamydream Ehh just tired, wondering if someday I’ll ever be normal. And be able to move on with my life.

@RoxckstarLui Same lol. Wonder when our brains will stop thinking like weirdos so tiring

@Dreamydream How have you been doing today with your thoughts

@RoxckstarLui I’m ok not too bad, I’ve felt way worse so i can’t complain. Like i said i just still have some lingering harm thoughts and pocd so yea /: wbu?

@Dreamydream Honestly if you can try to do erp on those thoughts, there are plenty of online sources on how too, don’t fight them, let them be there, and I just had my appointment for medication

@Dreamydream And again easier said than done about letting them be there not trying to be inconsiderate or anything, you have to learn to sit with the discomfort it teaches your brain that this is not dangerous or at least it try’s too so you don’t react to it or feel some type of way