Hi! So I’m new to this forum and I’m glad that I’m able to be in a community and understands how I am feeling. I’m hoping therapy through this will lighten my pain through this hellish experience. Hope you all are doing well and we can get through this!!!

Hey Cameron! I also suffer with HOCD and I'm just wondering how long did you do mindfulness and exposure until the anxiety and thoughts just go?

@Jayro Hello!:) let’s take out the word suffering. You are not suffering it’s just a stupid little problem:) I recommend having a positive mindset. I’m only 16 and my hormones and emotions are crazy but being positive and loving yourself is huge in recovery. I still get intrusive thoughts and am not recovered fully but I don’t mind:) I know I’ve gotten better and my anxiety has lessened and I have very good days more than bad days. It takes some time and practice to get these techniques down but once you do and you don’t fight your ocd and you face thag stupid fear (notice how I label it stupid....cause it is!:)) once the anxiety is decreasing your thoughts will come less:) just remember to be positive during this:) there are 200 million people just like you:) look your asking for help that’s a huge step!:)

Thank you so much! I'm also 16 so I feel what you feel and I hope that we can get through this STUPID thing together :) Thank you!

@Jayro OFC!!! DUDE you’re not alone in this fight. If you want man we can check on each other everyday man until this is over wirh! If you believe in god or not this world has a plan for you and this is just an obstacle to test your strength! Normal people can’t do it but the people like us with this stupid problem arw stronger!

I do believe in God and I believe that everything will be alright! But I know that if I don't do anything about this and I just do the compulsions and give in to the thoughts, I would just fall deeper into these thoughts. We can do this!

@Jayro YES WE CAN. would you like to check in on each other every day?:)

That would be great! How would you like to be in contact?

@Jayro We can just use this app:) it’s not problem! I’m going to send out messages in the morning of positivity:) so we can talk under that section :) super excited for you man! Nothing like killing a stupid monster:) WE GOT THIS!!

Alright! That would be awesome! I can't wait to defeat this thing!

@Jayro Hey man how are you doing?:)

Hey man, I'm doing alright. Thoughts still come in waves but I do what I gotta do. This day just feels like one of those days where I don't really feel like fighting the thoughts? I guess a day where I just feel tired about everything? I will fight through this though no matter what. How are you?