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Thank you all so much. You’re so lovely and have honestly given me some hope ? It’s a dark time but it won’t be forever. I hope you’re all well too.
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I’m really sorry. I have religious OCD, which has some similarities with morality OCD. I used to self punish in the past too. I’ve found that resisting the urge to punish myself made my bad thoughts less frequent. The more I fed the OCD by punishing my thoughts through self frustration or rituals, the more bad thoughts I had. Although, I know that’s easier to see in retrospect. And don’t hesitate to use the suicidal hot line if needed. It’s always okay to ask for help. Praying for you ❤️
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1-800-273-8255 suicide hotline number- just incase you ever need to talk to someone (:
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Humans aren’t perfect. Life is not one happy story you read in books. You have to accept that. I too have traits I don’t like, but it is what it is. I am who I am, can’t change that. So we just gotta learn to live with it instead of hating it. Love yourself before try you love others.
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I'm sorry you're feeling that way. Im in the same boat too and it sucks. Ocd wants to try to ruin everything for us because that is its goal. I'm doing my best today to not respond to the thoughts as it makes it worse and are thoughts and feelings become more muddled.
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Sorry guys I don’t mean to bother. I just feel like you’ll maybe understand most. Half of me wants to ‘get prettier’ (lose a little weight and tidy myself up a bit) so I can be more confident and self assured. But the other half wants to cling onto my insecurities as they’re proof I’m not a narcissist. I’m so clouded rn about what to do because of my OCD and I don’t know what would be best. I’ve always wanted to look prettier, but not excessively of course. I never want to feel like I’m better than other people. I just want to be more confident, and love myself, so I can love others too.
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Not a bother. I get this. I feel like clouded is a good word to describe it. It’s okay to love yourself, in whatever way that may be. It is hard to separate ocd thoughts from real thoughts, but you aren’t your ocd. None of us are.
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@Color You’re right. I just don’t know what step to take. I don’t want to ever be self obsessed, but I do want to feel prettier! And I think in such a black and white way...
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@garden :) I get that. Me also. It is very hard for me to accept that there is a grey area. Maybe start slow? You could try thinking of self love/care as ERP. So maybe pick something small like doing your nails or something fun with your hair (whatever is small to you). Then, when you feel like you can successfully do that without your compulsions (especially the mental ones if you’re like me), try stepping it up. I know that’s way easier said than done, but I have to remind myself that starting, even if I fail for awhile, is a step in the right direction.
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@Color Also- I once read something that said, helping people with OCD is helping people to trust their own conscience & it sort gave me a goal to work for that made sense
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A little sad and down. I just feel uncomfortable in my own skin. I grew up with trauma, made mistakes, dealt and still deal with hyper sexuality, and my ocd is so bad. All of this makes me feel tainted, like a weird bad person. I hate being around people and even talking to therapist bc I feel like ive successfully fooled them. Also, I recently saw a POCD hate train on TikTok so now I just feel like a fraud. I get all these thoughts and feelings that im just using ocd as a mask because I actually am a bad person.. and that im some sicko or something, and also my brain tells me and I go back and forth with myself about “oh you just have morals because you don’t want to be shunned from society, and if you were to have no rules you would do disturbing things” and I know I wouldn’t, because I have morals now that are ingraved into me…I just want a normal life. I just want to feel normal. I tend to feel useless in this world, when I really want to do good things but I feel tainted and like I taint this world. I try not to let this consume me but it’s hard.. If you read this thank you. I know I am just in a funk right now but sometimes I wonder if it will be a forever funk… or that I need to “accept” im a bad person so that I can move on… which I won’t bc even if I am (maybe maybe not… I will never know with ocd) I wouldn’t want to be.
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I’m struggling so much, I don’t know what’s changed. I was doing so well for a solid two months and now it’s been over a month of just my lowest point. My bf has gotten upset at how much I do compulsions and it’s taxing him too. I can’t imagine how hard it is to be my partner right now. I feel exhausted I’m tired of my OCD finding new things to obsess or worry over. I’m so TIRED of getting stuck on technicalities. I’m so exhausted with the constant intrusive thoughts and intrusive thinking. I’m so sick of how compulsive I get when I’m so riddled with anxiety. I don’t want to keep pushing. It feels pointless if my life is going to be a constant loop of ups and extreme lows. I feel like such a disgusting, embarrassing person. I don’t want love because I don’t feel like I deserve it. I don’t want patience or understanding because it makes me feel so guilty. Like no one is understanding how bad of person I could truly be. I’m so lost and tired of this
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I feel different from others, I don’t feel as feminine and I feel like I’ve changed. I’m not sure why I feel this way. I also don’t think my ocd is ocd, it’s just something I told myself to feel better. I know! What if I am what if I’m not, I get it, but I don’t feel like i have a choice in the matter anymore. I have soocd and it’s eaten me alive for years. I woke up out of my sleep and got triggered and here I am. I don’t know what I feel anymore. I always wanted a boyfriend and now It seemed to change. I don’t want a girlfriend, it’s just that I don’t see anything for myself and I feel like I’m hiding. It’s hard to explain. Plus sometimes the way I move or speak makes me feel more masculine and it kills me. Im feeling so lost and alone right now. I know what I want deep down but I feel incapable of having those things because I won’t be able to have feeling. If that makes sense.
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