Sorry for the constant posts

First of all remind yourself, this will not last forever..this too shall past..breathe and think of all the blessings you do have in your life..remember these intrusive thoights are not who you are..they are the opposite..get a warrior attitude going and fight, every thought and feeling contribute to ocd and move on with your day...they have zero meaning, remember who you are and your core values and stick to those, you are strong, you are worth it and you WILL overcome this, ill keep you in prayers

No need to apologize. You're among people who understand what OCD can put us through. You've rightly identified this is OCD being a jerk. Remember, OCD is egodystonic meaning it attacks things we value. As you said, these are thoughts and not you or your values. Everyone with and without OCD gets intrusive thoughts but we with OCD put them under a microscope, read into them, and demand answers. All this to say, you're not alone. It WILL pass. Try not to push the thoughts out but instead acknowledge the intrusive througts as thoughts and move forward. Sometimes I find talking back at the thought can be helpful like: "ha, oh, it's you OCD. I'm not going to react to you right now." Yes, the uncomfortable feelings may remain at first but they will reduce and eventually go away. Sometimes OCD feels like it's this wolf chasing us. And we react as if that's true. In reality, it's a yapping toy poodle 🙂

I’m almost to the point of having a complete mental breakdown, I can feel myself spiraling out of control. All I want to do is lay in bed and not do anything at all. If anyone can give me some tools to help me that would be great

Don’t get me wrong the thought is part of it, but being stuck in fight or flight right now is terrible and the meds use to help keep me from getting to this point but like I’ve said in previous posts I went like two weeks without it and wasn’t taking them correctly before and now I’ve been back on the Pristiq correctly for 5 weeks it still isn’t helping

Dude I get you, I have a husband and 6 kids, I've been in a bad flare for 8 months, I have good days and bad, its all consuming, but remember who your fighting for, your family and yourself, i bet you'd walk through hell and back for them, let the thoughts be there and breathe through them, you are ok, OCD is a liar, nothing bad will happen, and pray, pray, God's got you..and can fight this!

All I can say is try to distract yourself, maybe watch a movie or your favorite tv show maybe a tv show that makes you laugh, this isn’t the best advice but it helps me get through really hard times

Look up Shannon Shy, he has written a few books on OCD and he does peer support..I actually talk to him every few weeks and hes very encouraging, he has been through all the terrible themes and is fully recovered..he has a bit different approach and it works really well on the hard themes..check him out or email him to meet up on zoom, im telling you, this is guy knows what hes talking about