OCD is a superpower

@andrewt_ Thinking negatively about ocd is putting you in deeper hole. Trust me I did this too for year until I found subtle things that I actually gained. We are given OCD purely out of inconvenience.

@Nick Krieger All due respect, you don’t know what’s making me worse. You don’t know what my OCD is like. Most people who recovered from this disorder did not do so by finding things they gained, they recovered by doing ERP

@dianajt30 Because they don’t know how to control it

@Nick Krieger

@Kevin V Trust the process man continue your treatments but remember you’re becoming a better person through it all.

@Nick Krieger Of course I am going to continue treatments, they are the most enjoyable part of my life right now. I am becoming a better person, but that is in response to having to deal with OCD, not because of it.

@Theeckmas It doesn’t. People just feel the need to find the silver-lining in everything. A lot of people love to glamorize mental illness as if it doesn’t destroy lives every single day. Your struggles are valid

@Theeckmas It takes time patience is key and once you heal you will be thankful trust me.

@andrewt_ A lot of negativity your spreading man. This app is too guide us on a better path not drain in our sorrow.

@Nick Krieger Bruh.

@Theeckmas What I do

@Nick Krieger I’m actually not spreading any negativity. Guiding someone on a better path does not involve telling them that their disorder has benefits. It doesn’t. It involves getting them to take the step of doing ERP. Also allowing someone to acknowledge how much they’ve been through because of OCD isn’t them draining in sorrow. Everyone is allowed to be angry over what this disorder has made them lose. It’s a valid response to extreme pain. You also just have to encourage them to get help and not let their lives be controlled by the disorder. So instead of telling me I’m being negative, you could also consider my perspective

@777Q I’m not sure what having a sense of humor has to do with this. Also it’s okay to want to see the positive in things but not everyone can do that, especially with something like OCD. The relationship you have with your struggles is personal and no one can define it for you. As for OCD having positives, that’s not a universal experience. OCD is a disorder, it’s not something that automatically generates happiness. One’s interpretation of it is what may cause them to feel positively, but that’s a subjective experience

@andrewt_ I agree with some of your comments. That is why in my comments I specifically said personally speaking for myself and my own life experiences only . I am able to share how I feel in a constructive manner and am happy this is fundamentally an open forum to accept different points of view for discussion whether you choose to agree or not . And yes a sense of humor I personally feel is very important in almost all aspects of life . That is my opinion, no need to challenge it . I am being very polite here in my comments.

@777Q I’m being polite too. Just as you are able to share your opinion other people are able to share theirs too especially when they feel passionately about this kind of thing.