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I agree with you so much Buttermilk! If I had to say one positive thing about having this terrible disorder, it is that I feel like I am such a strong person and can deal with so much because of it. Honestly when I look at the people around me who don’t have this disorder or don’t understand it, I feel like they wouldn’t be able to put up with half of what I deal with Every. Single. Day.
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This really helped me: The reality is EVERYONE has intrusive thoughts. Literally 100/100 people. What separates someone with OCD from someone who doesn’t have it though is that those with OCD associate extreme meaning to the thoughts. The symptoms are a result of your focus on the thoughts vs just letting them exist. Once you allow yourself to have the thoughts and accept that they will always be there, the better life becomes.
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I keep hearing that ocd never goes away but it can be treatable and I agree but we can beat it to a point where is doesn’t impact us as much
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Honestly, having been living 10 years with this disorder, I would be happy just to be able to have my symptoms to a point where they are manageable and do not have such a big impact on my life.
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@Specter you are correct that there is currently no cure for OCD but if we are able to get to a point where it doesn’t have such a large impact on our lives then I feel that is essentially beating it :)
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@Buttermilk: I hear what you're saying and I used to have this exact same mindset. However, you can easily fall into a trap thinking like this and it can backfire against your OCD. You cannot keep waiting for the OCD to "go away" nor should you be putting your life journey completely on hold until your OCD "goes away". Think about how much power this is giving the OCD.. you're letting OCD know that it completely controls your life and won't let you live. Unfortunately, OCD doesn't seem to just disappear all of the sudden. The smarter solution is to work hard at getting better, learn/educate yourself on the disorder, and live your life regardless of the OCD being there or not. Ask yourself, how can I learn to manage the OCD but still do what I want to be doing in life?
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I feel you. Ocd for me had became that “ he’ll angel “ in my head. “ I have been dealing with it for 3 going on 4 this summer! But I have to say I have became stronger and more independent but it really do but you through some shit.
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Yeah I agree with the both of you. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger!;)
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That's a great saying @LaPink!
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I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
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- 18w
I want to beat OCD because I have seen and felt the benefits of clearing my brain from unnecessary, pointless, thoughts. OCD is like 0 calorie food. It’s pointless. No nutrition or benefits come from my obsessions or compulsions. I don’t care to have answers to everything anymore. I catch myself just trying to stress myself out so that I have some worry to feed on. But like I said, it’s a 0 calorie food. I get nothing from it but wasted time and energy. My brain feels more spacious when I’m not consumed by OCD. I’m present. My personality has room to be herself without making space for bullshit. I tell myself now that worry is poison. I think Willie Nelson was the person I got that quote from? Anyways, that imagery of worries being poison for the mind has been transformative for me. I’m evolving. 💖 Thanks NOCD community.
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- 17w
Can someone please tell me at what point did you finally accept that it’s OCD? When did the ERP click for you? When did you just stop buying into the lies of OCD and finally let go? Like what does it take. It’s been 2 years of this for me and I’m in ERP currently and it’s just not clicking 😣 is it just me???
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