trouble getting help

Hi! Yes it took me 2 years between knowing I had OCD and getting help. I kept thinking I could fix it on my own but I couldn’t. Therapy has totally changed my life for the better. Anyway. Yes that all sounds about right for OCD. With OCD we don’t like risk. We want to have certainty that nothing will go wrong. But the truth is the worst could happen. And focusing on preventing it prevents us from living our life. So we have to practice accepting that the worst could happen and be guided by what we care about rather than what could go wrong. “Live your life based on your values not based on your fears.” Is a quote I try to live by! I’m not perfect at it but I’m doing my best. Anyway. So yeah. Maybe you are lying. Maybe no one will believe you. Or maybe therapy will really help and you’re not lying and people will believe you. But it is worth trying to do therapy. One thing that has helped me with intrusive thoughts is giving myself permission to think bad thoughts. Your thoughts don’t define you, your actions do. But what if you do something bad? Well then you did something bad. And hopefully you will do something good next time.

Hi Leah! Yes, to answer your questions, this is normal and it is OCD. Ive dealt with multiple themes throughout my life, and last year was when I decided to get the help. The change within a year and some months has been LIFE SAVING. This is a tactic of OCD to keep you in the loop of anxiety and fearing the unknown. I want to acknowledge that you have taken the steps for getting in this app and bravely stating this, I am very proud of you. You have a community here that will help you and give you encouragement without feeding the OCD monster. You are not your fears and you are not the thoughts and images that pop in your head; OCD likes to latch onto the things we care about the most and try to corrupt it. You are not alone. 🫶🏻

Hello, I just recently started therapy for OCD and yes this is something I experience and have been experiencing for quite a long time now. It’s actually what made me feel compelled to get help. It’s almost traumatizing to ourselves that we put ourselves on trial in a way. I hope you feel less alone just knowing that this is very much a real thing

I don’t have a diagnosis for OCD, but I sure get stuck in my head a lot. I think it’s only half n half. One half being just human nature of the brain stressing, and the other half depends on the person and other factors. Try walks, they help get my mind of things when I can ☀️

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