Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

Can someone please answer

Im asking this not in a cheeky way. I want to understand. Once you've been diagnosed with ocd and you understanding the condition, the nature of it. The signs and symptoms. You know it's chronic and you will always have it for life. How can it keep tricking you ? Once you know it's tricks. You've seen behind the curtain so to speak, you know what is going on. Surely this is the closest thing we have to a cure ? How can knowledge disappear is my pondering. I want to know for myself. How can you keep spiralling? You've been diagnosed with ocd. You take meds to treat ocd. Your on an ocd online forum. Your talking about ocd. Your in therapy to treat ocd. You do erp to treat ocd. But you dont know if its ocd ? When you know ocd is even called the 'doubting disorder'? Your full of doubts and you have ocd but you dont know if its ocd ??? Its driving me crazy trying to figure this shit out lol Surely at some point logic can win. This is my hope for myself.

ToriVega123

Date posted: Yesterday

i don’t think it’s about figuring it out but more so just making peace with the fact that those thoughts will linger and choosing to react to them in a positive manner, that’s what’s kinda helping me atleast

Sandro542

Date posted: 8h

agree

azb1998

Date posted: Yesterday

Yes sometimes I even feel like I’m faking having it after 15 years of struggling

Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

I get these thoughts as well. Its quite maddening. Tries to take me back down the rabbit hole of the entire thing.

bredward26

Date posted: Yesterday

@azb1998 When you say 15 years do u mean 15 years of constant constant spiraling in your head

azb1998

Date posted: Yesterday

@bredward26 Yes 24/7 thoughts shifting with invisible compulsions

azb1998

Date posted: Yesterday

@bredward26 I never have one day of break

Sandro542

Date posted: 8h

@azb1998 - same

Wolfram

Date posted: Yesterday

It's a way of thinking that has carved neural pathways into your brain. The closest thing we can do is make those pathways redundant. They'll always be there but as long as you keep on top of it with everything you learn in therapy, they'll become obsolete. That's as close to and as good as a cure you'll get. You need to retrain your conditioned way of thinking and truly believe in it. You'll need to prove to your mind that the new way of thinking is the correct way, not just think about it. It gets easier the more you do jt

Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

This gives me a lot of hope because the brain has plasticity i think its called ? And you can change your neural pathways ! You can change your brain. I like this because it reminds me i do have some control in this situation.

Wolfram

Date posted: Yesterday

@Paris12 Yeah that's exactly it. Neuroplasticity. It's doable but it's tough. There's stuff like diet and exercise that help aid recovery alongside meds and therapy. Even breathing meditations, not so much for the immediate goal of calming yourself but resetting your nervous system

Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

@Wolfram I need that because my nervous system has been completely shot to pieces through many years of undiagnosed ocd. I have been hyper alert and hyper sensitive for so long. Ive been living in fear and anxiety for years. I do think my body needs a total reset. To start to feel safe. Thanks for your replies it's really helpful for me.

Wolfram

Date posted: Yesterday

@Paris12 Look at polyvagal therapy. I had some done alongside osthepathy. Within days the causes of my traumas and ocd etc presented themselves to me. It's a weird experience and explanations don't do it justice. It helped me deal with some underlying causes for my ocd. Just prepare for sudden memories surfacing

Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

@Wolfram That sounds really interesting! Im going to look into that.

azb1998

Date posted: 6h

@Wolfram Is Inositol helpful for OCD?

Wolfram

Date posted: 6h

@azb1998 Never heard of it but Google says it can help

#Lyla

Date posted: Yesterday

Sometimes even though we know its just a trick. The panic and overwhelm that come with that thought makes us its the only way to get rid of the panic is by engaging into the compulsion. And doubting if it's OCD. For example its not like a physical illness that you can have and take a scan or whatever they do and physically see it. It is mental so you can't actually see it so it makes us doubt things. A stressful event happens then ounce its over the relief is so good that your brain 🧠 kinda gets addicted to the relief which gives you dopamine and seterinin your brain then try to make you happy by making you stressed first (intrusive thought) and then relieved (compulsion) to give you relief/dopamine and seterinin. If that makes any sense Also this is just what my therapist told me so sorry if I mucked up

Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

I seen how amazing it felt to carry out certain compulsions. The feeling of relief felt so good so this was my brain getting a hit of dopamine and serotonin. Im going to research this further. Thanks for reply.

#Lyla

Date posted: Yesterday

@Paris12 All good 👍 if you have any more questions just ask I happy to answer whatever

Paris12

Date posted: Yesterday

@#Lyla Thanks a lot 🙂

Estrid

Date posted: Yesterday

I get you and I have often wondered these things too. I can say that following book gave me more insight and understanding I recommend it: Needing to know for sure - Sally Winston and Martin Seif I have read it 5 times and I return to it often.

Paris12

Date posted: 7h

Hey thanks I will get this 🙂

Anonymous 25#

Date posted: 19w

When?

Can someone please tell me at what point did you finally accept that it’s OCD? When did the ERP click for you? When did you just stop buying into the lies of OCD and finally let go? Like what does it take. It’s been 2 years of this for me and I’m in ERP currently and it’s just not clicking 😣 is it just me???

LizM99

Date posted: 8w

Is this something OCD does?

Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢

Lorrielle

Date posted: 7w

How has your trauma shaped your OCD?

I feel like after years of living in survival mode from various back to back traumas, I don’t know how to turn off my brain. It’s always in some sort of overstimulated cycle of overthinking, rumination, self checking, and seeking reassurance. I know there will be more peace after treatment. But just hating like I’m stuck in always feeling like I’m waiting for the next shoe to drop when so many shit things have happened to me early in life. How am I suppose to be excited about what’s next?

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