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OCD will probably make it impossible to really know that. I mean you can ask yourself: I’m I otherwise really happy and excited about who I am, but worried others won’t be? But chances are, OCD will find a way to twist and manipulate your emotions to make you think the answer is yes. So the answer is: maybe. Allow for maybe and only maybe. Not yes or no or probably. Just maybe. Sit with that uncertainty and the anxiety it causes until it drifts away without trying to resolve it further.
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Well I feel sick at the thoughts and don’t enjoy them but when I think of girls I feel nice and happy
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I’m guessing you’re taking about HOCD, and the answer is still: maybe. You can’t know 100% that your fear isn’t true when you have OCD. You just can’t.
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@pureolife Yes hocd
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One thing that is the hardest part of OCD is you have to accept that you will never know truly. This does not mean you are what your thoughts are telling you it means you have to accept the uncertainty. No matter how many times somebody tells you, you aren’t that way your OCD will never let you believe them. So biggest step to recovery is accepting that you may never know! That’s what helped me, and I was dealing with the same type of ocd.
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Yeah I’m trying to accept them I just have to remember feelings are not facts
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@JS0406 Yep exactly! Keep working hard, that’s one of the hardest parts of recovery so it’s ok if it doesn’t always work. You can do it!!
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my appointment with the psychiatrist is months away and still need to confirm everything but after talking with my therapist last night I just feel even more scared. Like scared I'm not going to provide enough info and then she'll tell me that nothing is wrong then all of this is for nothing. Of course, id love for there to be nothing wrong with me and to feel none of these things that have been bothering for so long. But the fear of being told that there isn't when its causing so much worry... it's making me really anxious. But it also makes me feel guilty because I feel like I'm just looking for attention or making something out of nothing. Even though I know very well it isn't nothing. I know that people sometimes take years or even decades to get help or get a diagnosis that actually fits what they've experiencing and im scared of that too.
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