A_123
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- 5y
Carl CornettCarl Cornett
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- 5y
I mean, focusing on the positive in that 9 out of 10 days are OCD free. I think you’ve got to accept and celebrate that. That being said, working with a therapist to help you work through the portion you’re stuck on could be helpful.
RedMaxRedMax
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- 5y
We always think that who we were before OCD was this happy, go lucky person, but ocd was always lurking inside us in ways we didn’t see. I remember being a real hypochondriac about things here and there, and eventually all this anxious thoughts cumulated in me becoming depressed and even more anxious, truth is those thoughts prob will never go away but you can come out even fucking better than before OCD really hit you, I’m so much better equip to deal with my anxiety and what life throws at me and I wouldn’t give that up for anything even before OCD really hit me
alex.123alex.123
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Yeh that’s completely normal you have to try to not engage and ruminate about the thoughts
JBird88JBird88
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Same here I’ve been having days where I feel completely normal. And other days I feel like I’m going nuts
ruminating_redheadruminating_r...
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- 5y
Personally, I think some days I am better at dealing with the thoughts and some days they seem to get stuck because I spend too much time on them
LinkLink
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You took the words right out of my mouth! I too struggle with certain areas here and there but most days Im fine. Its weird but im thankful!
RedMaxRedMax
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- 5y
We tend to think we will be finally happy once OCD is 100% gone, but this is something we prob gonna have to manage the rest of our lives , but that’s okay. I became much happier when I realized I just need to coexist with OCD, and that I can still do all the things I enjoy even with OCD. And if you’re enjoying yourself and having good days 9/10 then your way ahead of the curve. You’re allowed to have one bad day every once in a while, that’s normal, don’t think just bc u have one bad day you are regressing. Success isn’t linear, you have ups and downs, and if you have more ups than downs then you’re doing well
ruminating_redheadruminating_r...
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- 5y
This is something I struggle with. The want to be “who we were before ocd” it can’t happen and it likely won’t. We all need to learn to manage and treat it as well hat it is. A condition we can’t wish away! Chrissie Hodges has a good video on this! Thank you!
JBird88JBird88
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- 5y
I think maybe this is having to do with stress ....
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- 20w
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- 19w
Can anyone relate?
anyone else have a good evening/ day then fall back down hurrendously the next day? Honestly yesterday I felt great! Like I knew what I like (opposite gender) and these ‘false attractions’ are just false alarms caused by OCD… like I knew these thoughts and feeling are OCD. Today I question it all over again. Are these false attractions real? Why has my loss of opposite attraction feel like it won’t return? Though yesterday I got snippets.
Vee <3
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- 13w
Heyyyy!
So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.
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