Feel free to share a recent win you have had with OCD. It does not matter how large or small it was. If you don’t feel like sharing the specific win, share how it made you feel! How did this specific accomplishment make you feel? It’s important to reflect upon our progress as we climb our way up the mountain of OCD. I hope this post serves as a place where you can reflect and experience some happiness today :)
Therapy has been going well. I'm able to pinpoint what is OCD and what isn't a bit easier. I stopped a compulsion earlier and I'm going back into self-employment soon. 😊
Lately I’ve been going to gym and boxing, helping improve my confidence and practicing mindfulness as I go
I have this thing, where I will obsessively think about treatment. Wether its if it's working, if I'm doing it right, and how often I'm doing it. And I found out that it's called meta ocd and Ive been feeling a lot better
A recent win for me is going to a standup comedy show. I was terrified the whole time but I was very proud of myself because my mind makes it hard to be in social situations but I’ve been taking my meds and I felt alive for the first time in awhile.
A dog threw up on my carpet and my clothing right in front of me yesterday literally made eyecontact with me it was haunting and while i was uncomfortable, i didnt panic, so yay me
@Kate Godfrey Would you believe me if i said that yesterday, the day after this, yet another dog threw up right in front of me and i didnt panic! Exposure therapy against my will is still exposure therapy i guess lolol
@Kate Godfrey That is awesome news! Go YOU!🙏
These last few days I managed to be kind to myself
ive been ruminating less and less and triggers that were big for me don't come with the insanely uncontrollable anxiety i feel now. it's still there but i feel like i'm more able to make peace with it
Thanks for asking this. I hope this becomes a mega thread or something with 100 replies because I really think there are not enough REAL SOLUTIONS out there for OCD, or people haven't seen them or seen them for their theme or in ways that resonates with them. Or it's like "Go to ERP." I need REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS and I'll take any actionable tips I can get lol. Here are my tips -- - NOCD is nice place to go to when you're really overwhelmed - I think for me learning about OCD has helped in many ways, but at the same time you kinda stigmatize yourself as being incurable or "stuck with this diagnosis," which can be very demoralizing. Whereas before, ignorance was kinda bliss - it was just some weird yet very uncomfortable psychological quirk I had that and was trying to work through. - Much of trying to temper OCD is to address the physical symptoms that come along with it - stress, anxiety, palpitations, tension headaches, etc. There are ways to kinda improve that with exercise, breathing, supplements etc. I took Magnesium Glycinate for a few months but I kinda overdid it and it became a crutch vs OCD. I would take too much and daily and I think it gave me depression or something 'cause I felt like an fn zombie and emotionally numb after a while. So my recommendation for that is maybe take it in spots for "severe episodes" where your body and mind just need to relax or you're completely overwhelmed and burnt out. Long term though, Idk. - Giving myself permission to "delay" rumination. This worked for a couple months, but then - of freaking course - my OCD starting getting more meta and asking "wait! is it OK to delay? What does that meaaaaan? You're just delaying dealing with something because the intrusive thought must be trueeeee" etc. So yeah, who knows on that. It may create more problems than it fixes. - Getting to the CORE FEAR. Going down that multi-layered rabbit hole of what is the root fear of why this thought is distressing etc. - Pray if you believe in prayer / are religious That's all I got for now. YMMV. I'm not really someone to listen to though lol because I hve no answers on this OCD BS and I've strugged with this daily for years. GL
Can you guys share your small wins from the past few weeks!? Success stories? Tips and tricks that helped you when you needed it? I think we all need some encouragement and positivity!
I’ve avoided driving majority of my teen years because I got into a head on collision when I was 17. Even before then, I was absolutely terrified of driving. Saying I was terrified is an understatement. I’d literally shake at the thought of anything to do with cars and imagine my body scrunching up with the car metal after getting into an accident. OCD would convince me that I simply cannot trust myself behind the wheel, and that something bad will happen - like I’ll kill my self, someone else, or an animal and I hated it. Needless to say, I genuinley could not bring myself to get started with driving until I was 19, which was a few months ago lol. I got my permit at 17, practiced driving a tiny bit then stopped after the accident I got into. I eventually got the permit renewed a few months ago at 19, then I finally got my license a month after. Now I’m 20, and today I drove myself 45 mins to and from work! I still need to practice more, but holy lord I never thought this day would come. All the years I’d feel embarassed/judge myself have come to an end. Just because I was delayed at doing something doesn’t mean I’m not capable. For anyone who has goals they want to reach and they feel like they’re impossible - they’re not. Fight OCD as best as you can. I hope I can be a symbol of hope for anyone whose struggling
Can anyone share any success stories regarding Pure/Real Event OCD? I think I just want some uplifting news more than anything, though this may read as reassurance seeking… not sure what counts and what doesn’t. So any education on that may be helpful too. Many thanks!!
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