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You're very welcome always happy to provide a little bit of kindness and motivation. ❤️☺️ My theme is harm ocd. I'm sorry you've had a relapse but it's perfectly normal during the long road to recovery. Better days are coming. ❤️ Honestly the best and only advice I can give is to help yourself as much as possible. Practice little bits of erp on your own push yourself to get out and surround yourself with good people. Talking on this app can help too! What is your theme? Maybe find a good book. And always remind yourself better days are ahead and you are strong positive talking to yourself can help loads. Whenever you achieve something that you thought would be impossible make a note of it and next time you come to do something remind yourself you've done it before you can do it again You got this honey ❤️
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@nomoreocd I'm so sorry to hear that honey ? I know no matter what the theme is any ocd is hard to deal with! I've always suffered from it but my biggest relapse was this year. It was a terrible few months. But honestly I'm so much better now. This app can make it worse in some cases as it makes you wanna seek reassurance sometimes I think when you're feeling at your worse maybe don't use this app but at the same time it can be a real help
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@nomoreocd When it comes to erp a great quote I remind myself of daily " spend a short amount of time in an extreme and excruciating amount of discomfort and anxiety or live a lifetime with the monster roaring." basically saying erp is hard and it causes a great deal of anxiety but choosing that over a lifetime is the way forward. The more you expose yourself to your fears the easier it gets. The more you give in and avoid it the more you feed that monster. I see ocd as a monster who I fed for far too long. I starve him as much as possible now and he becomes quieter
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I'd say about 3 months maybe longer. And yes had urges all the time! Something I learned it completely normal. My harm ocd made me have thoughts about harming and lashing out at family and they became urges physical feelings which was scary. Honestly I know how hard it is to carry on and find the motivation but one day something inside me just snapped and I knew I didn't wanna let ocd take over my life. It took alot of strength belief in myself and positive thinking. My therapist helped a lot and still does. Medication which I never wanted to take but it helps. Meditation relaxing music. Being kind to yourself all important
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@nomoreocd https://youtu.be/AZZIxyY23IA watch this video honey it helped me understand so much and its where the quote came from ☺️❤️ there's lots of motivational videos about ocd on YouTube this is my favourite ❤️
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@nomoreocd Hang on honey I'll try copy again
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@nomoreocd Type in ted talks ocd starving the monster
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@nomoreocd I'm 29 ☺️ you?
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@nomoreocd You're still so young with your whole life ahead of you ☺️ I'd love to be 18 again haha. The weight can be awful! What country are you in? I'm in the UK I was on a very long waiting list for therapy so I found myself a private one. I have to pay but Its worth it
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Thank you ☺️ ❤️ you are strong too and I believe in you!! ? If I can do it so can you honey never give up
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@nomoreocd I understand what you are going through it's tough ?but please remind yourself you've overcome this before and you can do again. Tell yourself you can do it and you will. Positive thinking is so important. Tell your ocd monster you are living your life no matter what and if it wants to come along for the ride fine but you're living your life anyway. That's what my therapist told me. Tell yourself this will pass because it will and times like this will only make you stronger. ❤️
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Hey people! Hope you all are doing well. I used to use this app back in time, when I was dealing with many subtypes of ocd, mainly related to my sexuality. But, today, I live a life free of of obsessions, at least in terms of my sexuality. I do think that I still have a way to go to get better in terms of mental health - yet I'm not ruining my life over silly thoughts. When I have time and energy, I will write about my experience and story. But, for now, please know that what you are going through at the moment is only temporary. You will feel good inside your skin one, hopefully very soon. If you need a company or a person to vent to, please let me know! I can listen. I emphatise with you all and send you love. best, caleb
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Today I over came something that had been consistently bothering me with my contamination OCD and I'm over the moon I never thought I could do it yesterday the anxiety was there but I sat with and it faded I'm so happy thank you for all your support guys and I recently started working out and I feel much better To anyone out there struggling it gets better trust me a few months ago I was at the Lowest point in my life I couldn't even leave my house I failed really badly at school but now I can even go outside I try to socialize some days are harder than others and I've had a few hiccups along the way but it has gotten much better And I'm starting a recovery course for school to make up for my grades I'm so happy guys 😭then I can finally get into uni
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I am FINALLY starting to (somewhat) recover from this last existential spiral, which admittedly, was probably the cruelest my OCD has ever been to me. Only thanks to you all. You were all able to provide me with kindness, understanding and support… without the kind of reassurance that feeds OCD, of course. When I downloaded this app, I was genuinely terrified. I was so scared that I was permanently doomed to the endless whirlpool that is the thoughts produced by my own brain and that life as I knew it was over, that I would never be happy again. For anyone who might be feeling that way right now, your OCD is LYING to you! Whatever you may be going through, it CAN get better. As hard as it may be right now, HAVE FAITH! Get up and do that thing you want to do in spite of the fear and discomfort. Take the fear with you like a whiny, unwilling toddler and do it anyway. Watch the movie, read the book, order that takeout you’ve been craving, bake the cake, wash the dishes… Please do it anyway! It will be hard at first, I won’t lie. But the OCD part of your brain, like a toxic partner, WANTS to win. It wants you to give up on those things that you love, all those things that make you happy so that there’s no space for anything but itself. Don’t let it win. The more you push yourself, the more you rewire your brain to realize that as much as it may feel like, the obsession doesn’t matter! Thanks to you all, even without therapy (YET - I’m starting that journey on Tuesday because there’s still a lot to unpack, and I know that OCD won’t just magically go away), I was able to get a basic understanding of ERP and learning to sit with discomfort and how to live life in spite of it, rather than letting it take over my very being. So for that, I thank this community. I think I would be in a very different place right now if it weren’t for the people I’ve met here who truly understood my experiences. I hope you have a wonderful day. Please don’t give up. You deserve to be happy, no matter what your brain is telling you ❤️
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