Having a rough day today. How are you doing?

@ForTheGlory290 My ocd has also been really bad these past few days maybe there is something in the air

@tt06 I would like to agree there is something in the air, but that would be our OCD talking. Sometimes we just have down days like today or multiple days

@alan87 "There must be something in the air" is an expression. ☺️

@kaylouise Lol, whoops! I glossed over that

@marie811 I understand what you’re going through. Glad you’re trying to enjoy spending time. I am married and deal with unwanted harmful thoughts toward my spouse and confessing wrongdoings.

@Cher54 Yes all the time. Check my page if you want!! Some of it has been really helpful for us real event OCD sufferers

@recoveryisneverlinear How do u make yourself feel better?

@Cher54 I can share my side. I just start to tell myself I don’t care. Like oh well, I don’t care if I lose control or if I confess or if it’s true, or about any of it. I told myself that today and I started to feel better just an hour ago or so.

@alan87 But what if it’s something that u really did or didn’t do things that u feel horrible about and is so upsetting. Do u still say u don’t care when u really do? I don’t think that would work for me. But thanks anyway. I’m glad that it works for u. The only thing I know that has worked for me is to just give it to God, ask him to forgive me, and let it go. That’s hard because I want to analyze it all the time like I could change it,but of course, that just is not going to happen.

@Cher54 They are things that I have done, and it works sometimes, maybe for a couple hours or less and then back to rumination and anxiety. I love what you said about giving it to God. Asking forgiveness from Him. It’s tough because like you said, I want to analyze it and all that stuff.

@recoveryisneverlinear I do wonder the same as Cher, how do you make yourself feel better.

@alan87 Personally, I try to identify when I am performing compulsions (such as reviewing and ruminating) and even if I still do perform them, its helpful to remind myself they are OCD showing up. I am also careful to resist compulsions such as confessing and googling/ reassurance seeking as I know that helps in the long term although initially it makes me feel more anxious. My real event OCD reminds me constantly that I don’t deserve happiness so I try to combat that by doing things which I feel like I don’t deserve and let the guilt be present (this works as a sort of passive exposure). Looking at professional OCD specialists on social media also helps me (I recently uploaded a link on here to a YouTube channel of a lady who is genuinely incredible when it comes to understanding and talking about the real event subtype). If you have any other questions I am more than happy to chat- this is a horrible feeling and one of the only positives is you don’t have to deal with it alone. Wishing you both the best friends 🫶

@Buttons B It’s not your fault. And maybe you haven’t backslid as much or at all like you think you have.

@Buttons B It’s not your fault you can’t help it

@Buttons B Be more kind to yourself buttons

@Buttons B Also, I love your username, buttons :)

@SadieCheese Me too! This is my first episode in awhile. What do you struggle with?

@alan87 Extreme anxiety and OCD for me. Racing thoughts like I have 10 tvs turned on at once.

@Stacey353 Hi stacey, same here. Bad harmful intrusive thoughts and feeling like I’m faking my love or marriage. And when I hear something like my wife telling my dog that he’s going to lose his mind when playing, it makes me think maybe that’s a sign that i am going to.

@alan87 Bless you’re heart I’m sorry

@Stacey353 Thank you for your support. You said you suffer from harmful intrusive thoughts?

@kathleen23 That’s amazing! I’m proud of you!