I’m scared (I’m sorry if this is long)

Are you in therapy right now through NOCD?

First thing I need to know, are you in therapy right now?

Oh yes my mistake sorry. I suffer from SO-OCD and have for 5 months of it being so serve and now i have been able to manage it. Everything you have talked about or shared in your post is literally what I have been going through, but I’ve been able to manage it. Don’t get me wrong I still suffer from it and there are good days and bad days but I can say I’m getting to the point to regain my life back. It’s never easy but you can do it.

One thing I took from being in NOCD and with my therapist shared a video for me and in the video a lady talks about intrusive thoughts and she said intrusive thoughts are like someone’s opinion, you can accept their opinion but you don’t have to agree with it. And that’s just like with our intrusive thoughts or unwanted images , we know it’s there but we don’t have to agree or solve it. Sit with the discomfort or whatever emotion you feel and let it pass and continue to do what you were doing. I know it’s scary and for the longest I was so scared and I still am but It gets better. It does take time and especially putting in the work but you got this. Your not alone

I know how you feel, I’ve been through for 5 long months, from not eating, dropping out of school, not enjoying the little things, being scared to go places like the beach especially with my beautiful fiance and she’s my everything. So I know what you’re going through I know it’s scary but I’m here for you, especially because I suffer from the same subtype as you. But there is hope and I constantly pray to my lord and savior and he’s been the main reason why im here where I am rn :) 🙏🏼

Especially being with my fiancé, I know it’s scary but there is light on the other side. Continue to do exposure and if you have a response prevention practice that. And the truth is we have to accept the fact that OCD is going to be part of our life, we don’t accept what it tells us of course but you want to get to a point where you can manage it whenever ocd pops up because it will even after regaining your life back that’s the part of conquering ocd. I’ve gotten to the point where I accept that I’m diagnosed with ocd and it’s going to be in my life until the day I probably die but of course not agreeing to what it tells me but learning how to manage it when it pops us is the conquering part. So even though I have some ways to go im always working and putting the effort and also praying every day cause like I said God and Jesus Christ is my go to and forever be and he’s is the reason I’m doing better :)

It’s okay no worries , I did too lol. That’s what OCD does, it makes you feel like you did something wrong. When those unwanted thoughts pop up sit with the anxious or worried feelings and say to yourself I notice the intrusive thoughts make me feel anxious and I feel this way because of my OCD but I can live with the anxious or worried feelings and continue what you were doing. I know it’s scary but with time of practicing those unwanted thoughts will tolerable and your ocd will have less power.

If not, I would love to try to help. I suffer from the same subtype as you. If you like advice please let me know.

Is it through NOCD?

Does your therapist specialize in OCD? And if so, what have you guys been working on?

Contamination from what?

And what about your SO-OCD?

Well I can assure you SO-OCD is not a small thing especially If it’s effecting your daily routine

It’s always going to be OCD. The real thing is this, you can never satisfy OCD. OCD is the doubting disorder. I can talk for hours about this but unfortunately I can only message on here lol but all I can say is that the more your brain treats those images or unwanted thoughts or feelings as a threat your OCD will continue to be there. What usually helps me and how I have been managing it so far since being in NOCD is notice the intrusive thought, image, or feelings, acknowledging how it makes me feel which for the most part it’s either distress, discomfort, frustrated, or disgust. And what I do is i sit with that and practice my Response prevention and it can be something like. I’m having an intrusive thought, it makes me feel distress and frustrated and I feel frustrated and distress because of my ocd but I can live with the feelings and I sit with it without trying to solve it, disprove it, or argue with it. I continue what I’m doing and it goes away, I practice this every time my ocd pops up, it’s scary at first and I’m still learning but I’m able to regain most of my life back, I still have a lot to work on but with time and more effort I will be back to 100%.

I hope this helps! Have a goodnight okay, and we’re all in this together:)