Guys I need advice please ,it’s urgent

I understand what you're going through with the medication. I tried to go off Prozac for a few months. And I struggled so badly that I went back on fairly quickly. And then I had to readjust again to the meds. There are pros and cons to medication, but I've discovered that I can't really live life without it. So don't be discouraged! It's OK to try to go off meds, and it's OK that you need to go back on. It's all part of the journey. I learned a lot when I was off medication. I learned things about the medication, and I learned things about myself. So I don't regret the period of going off. Now about the floor thing--this is the PERFECT opportunity for you to practice ERP. What does ERP therapy look like in this case? Well, let's go through it. 1.). We identify the obsessions. In your case, the obsessions are all the thoughts that you have to fix the floor or replace it. 2.) We identify the compulsion. In your case, the compulsion would be ACTUALLY fixing the floor. 3.) You ALLOW the obsessions to run freely through your head. Don't try to fight them off. Just let them be there. You can wake up in the morning and say, "Hello obsessive thoughts. It's nice to see you today. You're welcome to stay all day if you want." 4.) You REFUSE to do the compulsion. DO NOT fix the floor or replace it. This is very important. If you fix the floor, it's giving into the compulsion. 5. Now you have to RIDE OUT the bad feelings that come when you deny the compulsion. Your OCD is going to scream at you that something really bad is going to happen if you don't fix the floor. You're going to feel really weird inside. You're going to feel really icky inside. You might even go into a rabbit hole of depression for a while. You need to realize that THIS IS NORMAL. Pretend that your anxiety and icky feelings are like a wave in the sea. You have to "ride out" that wave like a surfer until it subsides on its own. The more you practice, the easier it will get. -------------------/--------- I'm here to help you through this!! I enjoy helping people on this app so much, and I really enjoy talking through the issues with them! Just remember, when you have OCD, it's actually NORMAL to feel yucky and icky inside. I think that I spend most of my days feeling "off" or yucky inside. But I've learned that it's OK to feel that way. I know that I'm safe even when I feel that way. So I just ignore those feelings and go on with my day. It happens all the time, so I just accept it when it comes :):):) You have a great opportunity before you to give a huge blow to the OCD. If you can apply this ERP therapy to the floor, it will help you have victory over the OCD in lots of ways in the future. You got this!!!! Good things are ahead for you!!!!!!

Sometimes I imagine myself in a refugee camp or a Third World / Undeveloped country living in abject poverty on the bare essentials. Then, the problems I'm obsessing over and fearful of become miniscule. I realize how little I really need in order to be happy, and just how 'not right' or 'not perfect' things can be for me to tolerate them and retain my peace. Ultimately, every physical thing is succumbing to entropy (tendency toward chaos & disintegration), so it's great when we can zoom out our perspectives to determine what things are important or urgent enough to merit our focuses & energies. ~C

I'm sorry you're having this challenge. If your medicine worked previously perhaps you might want to try it again? My therapist is helping me to understand that despite feeling the urge to try to make things "perfect" it's really isn't realistic to think that anything can be perfect. It may make you feel better temporarily to make your floor look better, or the way you think it should be, but it's temporary and may leave you wanting to do more. To tackle the obsession, you might consider thinking about how to live with the uncertainty of not making everything perfect. It's hard to do but it can be done. I'm slowly learning that I can't be perfect or make things perfect and that's ok. I hope that you feel better soon. take care.