A space to give & receive encouragement

“When you feel lonely, stay with your loneliness. Avoid the temptation to let your fearful self run off. Let it teach you its wisdom, let it tell you that you can live instead of just surviving.” - Henri Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love

“Rest your head You worry too much It's going to be alright When times get rough You can fall back on us Don't give up Please don't give up” - Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

You’re extremely strong for dealing with these feelings ! Don’t forget how amazing you are when you hit a bump.

We are all in this together ❤️ I am truly grateful for this community! We are stronger than OCD!

You are not broken, it’s hard to see the other side sometimes when you’re in the midst of OCD, but the more you can ignore OCD and practice living your life, the better it gets.

I'm feeling lonely!

Holiday stress and loneliness is feeling crushing to me in a whole new way this year.

OCD hasn’t been kind to me this week and seeing that I’m not alone makes me feel better! I know that when it rains it storms but the sun eventually comes out I can sit through this.

If you've lost someone important or grieving a relationship, especially when the feelings are more sensitive this holiday, you're not alone. I don't want to feel bad on holiday but sometimes ocd doesn't feel like it's giving a choice. Know that even though the journey might be hard, you're not alone. Your bad feelings may or may not be valid, but they can just stay put. They can stay put 5 or 20 more times but they're gonna stay put! 🌼🫂

“Ocd is not a thinking problem, its a meaning problem” - this helped me realize that having intrusive thoughts was not the problem, attaching meaning to them was.

Don't allow your thoughts to have control. Be present and still your mind by meditating, grounding yourself, being in nature, and being positive. You are enough.

Remember that progress is not linear, yet it is still progress.

It has helped me to remember that “*feeling* lonely isn’t the same as *being* lonely.” I don’t have to buy into the negative and critical stories that my OCD / Anxiety tell me about myself and my life. I can tolerate them and accept them as stories (not as facts) and then lean into my values.

If you’re not happy during the holidays you’re in good company. Most folks just don’t own up to it. It’s all right to sit with those feelings and remember that you’ve got a community here with you. 🩵🩵

My boyfriend is out of town I’m worried we might break up because I’m noticing some incompatibilities. I delved deep into compulsions last night with tarot card readings and cried all day because I decided we probably needed to break up. Today, I decided not to do any more compulsions and not think about the status of our relationship

Can’t stop obsessing over something and my compulsions have gotten 3 times worse this week