Frustrated

Just need to vent. Starting off by saying I just started my journey on NOCD and I’m feeling super hopeful. I went to dinner tonight in the middle of Manhattan with my aunt uncle and cousin and just was a wreck the whole time trying to keep it together. I had a bad migraine today due to work being so overstimulating and stressful. But of course the OCD took it to another level of convincing myself that I was going to embarrass myself at dinner and pass out or lose balance bc of the headache. This then caused me to spiral and have several mini panic attacks, which I think I had fairly well but I know I was fidgety and uneasy. I’m just so over this. I used to be the life of the party. Able to make conversation with anyone. Funny and outgoing. Now I’m stuck in the prison that is my mind and I can barely get through a simple dinner sometimes. It’s moments like these that I feel helpless and quite honestly, like a loser. Any positive words would be appreciated right now. Thanks for listening to me vent ❤️

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 6d

You are not alone!

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 6d

ERP will help you a ton!!!! I'm so so excited that you are doing NOCD!!! That is a great place to learn ERP therapy.

Aidy.b

Date posted: 6d

That sounds do awful and I definitely have been in that tipe of situation so I get that. Hope you feel better! And just so you know you are not alone and you got this! You can make it through anything!

emsisokay

Date posted: 6d

Completely understand. Remind yourself, as I have to, that OCD lies. OCD makes me feel pathetic. But it’s wrong. I was in the same boat (coincidentally, I also had a mild OCD induced panic attack during dinner last night — in midtown! Had to go to the bathroom to calm down). You’re okay. It’s okay.

Jon Tarullo

Date posted: 6d

You are in the right place and made an excellent decision to start your journey here! I have been getting therapy for OCD for about 15 years now and kind of consider myself a veteran in getting therapy. LOL In my opinion, NOCD is the best in the world when it comes to giving people the tools to conquer their OCD with ERP. Past therapists I have had were good, they did help me in some way or another, however, they usually incorporated a lot more talk therapy than ERP. My best advice is to work with and be as honest with your therapist as much as possible. In the past, I have hidden some things from past therapists and have learned this slowed my progress. I started here at NOCD about 3 or 4 months ago with an excellent therapist who I trust completley and who knows exactly what he is doing and has helped me get the closest to being free of OCD I have ever been in my life. I am here to tell you or anyone else here suffering from OCD that your life will probably be even better than you can imagine when you make progress. As much as OCD sucks and has taken so many things away from me during my life, recovering from it is so worth it and every aspect of my entire life is so much better! Even though ERP can be hard work sometimes, it is more that worth it and once you start seeing improvements and how much better your life gets, you will want to continue. Even if you have some bad OCD moments or days on occasion as I do from time to time, they will probably not be anywhere near as bad and you will recognize the OCD and will get better and better at not letting them bother you and living the life you want to live and not the life OCD want you to live.

Anonymous

Date posted: 5d

Thank you everyone for the support ❤️ it was very helpful reading these responses

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