Weekly Wins: Time to celebrate 🎉

I went back to doing erp last night for a new ocd issue with my therapist and the anxiety was brutal but I did it! 😁

I'm going through a first period of no contact with my emotionally abusive parents and despite the fallout from that, I managed to stay focused on myself and my goals this week. This would have triggered so many OCD compulsions in the past and activated a lot of shame and it feels so liberating to be giving that back where it belongs for the first time in my life. My therapist said she's proud of me today 🥹❤️‍🩹

A co-worker was sick with a potential stomach flu (big trigger for me). But while I got home from work, I forgot about it for the rest of the evening instead of worrying and obsessing!

Started Zoloft and noticed my loops felt more manageable (less googling/using ai) to ask the same question over and over again. Getting married tmr and feel calm not ruminating on thoughts

I had my first therapy session in years!

I am able to function in my home where I grew up without doing compulsive stuff

I was traveling in different states for about 2.5 weeks so I couldn’t talk to my usual therapist. I was constantly being triggered and felt scared because I couldn’t rely on her to help me get through it. I’m finally back home now and I feel like I’ve grown so much. I’m getting spikes here and there but I feel more confident in my ability to move through them!

I was able to fall asleep 5 days straight with no sleeping aids!

Today I recognized my hurt feelings around my friends is my ocd feeding me lies. I stayed grounded in the truth of the situation and I didn’t cave in to the compulsion of telling my friends when it feels like they hurt me. It’s slowly getting better I think

I signed up for therapy here. I was doing CBT with Talkspace and I LOVED my therapist there but my OCD seems to be getting worse. I researched ERP and ended up here.

Got some stuff paid off for school, lot of money but feels good to have it off my mind

I’ve been struggling a lot lately with my ocd and I met with a physiatrist, I think I might start taking medication. I feel ready and ok with the fact that maybe I cant face my ocd alone, and may need other tools other than erp. :)

I quit my job that was causing me so much stress !

Started RF- erp this week. I’m nervous but so excited to get my life back

I have been practicing my response prevention messages across different setting and situations and I feel like it’s coming more easily to me and I’m starting to take back some control in my life! It feels freeing and I’m hopeful! ☺️

I got a full night’s sleep two days in a row and whenever I got up in the middle of the night for the bathroom, I didn’t ruminate on my intrusive thoughts.

Got through a challenging night and day with OCD

Attended my campus church bbq even when autism and/or ocd or possibly both told me it would not be as fun without the old leader of the group. I didn’t listen to Autism/OCD and went and I had a great time. Ate hamburgers,hot dogs, Mac n Cheese, and a cupcake, caught up with returning members of the group, played volleyball, and talked to some new members.

I’m taking a break from social media and it gets easier every day not having it.

I quit vaping 3 days ago.

I showed up, even when it was hard

Today I haven’t checked on my ex girlfriends instagram page even though she blocked me 6 months ago

I finished a painting 🖼 ✨️

I went to Disney, spent alone time with my kiddos. My anxiety was low and it was nice

My ocd and panic kicked the door in recently. I took my kids on several outings all by myself!

I finally brought the symptoms to light after hiding them for all my life because I was worried about what people would think of me and I thought I was the only one that had really disturbing and unwanted thoughts. Getting help finally

I visited a location that I thought would be triggering, but I wound up being okay. Also, I've been ruminating less. Situation is still not ideal, but progress is progress.

(a little late lol oops) last night i started having really bad intrusive thoughts related to harm, but i remembered the routine i should do during big anxiety spiked episodes. i referred back to something my therapist sent me and was actually able to go from like a 7 to a 3.. it was nice to finally have that control over myself and feel okay again. and remind myself that the thoughts really arent ‘suddenly who i am’.

I started medication for my OCD after intense fear of it effecting my baby/breastfeeding.

I started ptsd therapy this week. It’s in addition to my ERP

Ended up biking 35 miles Saturday as part of a biking club event and to put myself out there/meet new people. Even though I was lagging behind for most of it, I'm proud of myself for pushing through and not stopping with the fear or intrusive thoughts of what others might be thinking.

I became an OCD conqueror this week!!! I’ve been waiting for the day I could comment that sentence as my weekly win 🎉

I went to a running club on Sunday morning even though i was nervous about meeting new people and what they would think of me. Also i was on time! My OCD makes time management extremely difficult for me so i'm almost always late to things. Being able to resist some of my compulsions and make it on time is huge for me.

I’ve been feeling very triggered this weekend and wondering if I’ve made up my OCD. Instead of ruminating I filled out the fears and responses list and I feel like it’s helping a lot especially to get it out of my head. I don’t expect to get better all at once, this is just getting started and I’m feeling really hopeful.

Was watching a show and almost got scared of internalizing the same emotions and actions from the antagonists. Started my prevention response and wrote my worry journal and I didn’t panic or worry at all the rest of the day!!!

I’m proud of being able to hold some boundaries, even while being triggered and really wanting to seek reassurance.

I used 25 coping skills all in one day to keep myself safe

I finally booked my appointment with my NOCD therapist today - going to start the treatment next week

Nothing.

Seated thru pain

I was able to create a response prevention tip for a difficult time.

I had some really good days and am starting to get over a bad spike!

I didn’t use a lot of eyebrow pencil this week and I went into the world with my almost-grown back natural eyebrows so that was nice

I have job interviews lined up (I just quit my last job)

I did my first two therapy appointments! Im proud of myself for finally getting diagnosed and finding help

I did not reassurance seek after a fight with my sister where she was out of line and really unfair. I’m the past I would have called someone to hash it out. But I didn’t. I tried to stop it by going to a coffee shop and then buying a plant, just so I didn’t go home and think about it. My entire nervous system was a wreck but I didn’t give into it but calling another person.

Nothing

I just started ERP!