Question, who has felt better?

Awesome

@depressoespresso What med has helped you

@enola25 I’ve tried a few but been stable on Zoloft for a couple years now. Initially needed a higher dose but I’ve come down to 100mg and been pretty decent on that + erp ofc!

@depressoespresso Def would highly recommend medication though, it changed my life after the ocd hit

@vgb YES 🙌🏻

Fair sometimes same tbh

@Tea and Honey Yes, my mind is mine now

Wow, how did you do it? Lots of pateince and consistency with ERP?

@nae nae The journey of my recovery really started when I first earnestly prayed about it, and trusted God with it. The journey was very, very slow and over many years. After a few years, I learned that I needed to stop fighting the blasphemous thoughts every day. I started to let the terrible thoughts "run" freely through my head. It was a little bit of a scary step, but I did it. In other words, I just let the intrusive thoughts be there, even though they were horrible. And that opened the door for the intrusive thoughts to go away completely. I've no doubt that God did that for me. I still struggled with other things, such as "rules" and many other things, for years. And I still struggle every day today. But the intrusive thoughts are gone. I did ERP therapy years ago through NOCD. And I loved it, and I learned a lot. I found out that all the things that I was already doing is actually what ERP therapy teaches. So now I am a big proponent of ERP therapy. In fact, whenever I'm on this app, I'm constantly asking people if they are doing ERP. I really believe it can make a huge difference for people and get them functional in their lives again. I also am a huge proponent of letting the intrusive thoughts "run" freely through people's heads. It seems like the biggest hurdle that we all face in this community is coming to the point where we stop fighting and "fixing" the thoughts. If most people with OCD could do that, they would experience huge relief.

@Tea and Honey Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful response. I really appreciate it. I really, really want to get in with an ERP therapist. It's just an issue for me at the moment financially. I've been trying to do very small exposures at home, though. I've improved a lot, but I often find myself feeling down because I'm still not where I want to be. I struggle the most with moral OCD themes, and it's been a really difficult year 🥲 But it's encouraging reading stories like yours that remind me that recovery isn't impossible and that ERP will help. I'm not religious, but I'm glad you had God with you throughout all of this ❤️‍🩹