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- 7y
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- 7y
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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- 7y
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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- 7y
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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- 7y
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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- 7y
@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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- 7y
@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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- 7y
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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- 7y
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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- 24w
back in october i made my first post about my specific type of ocd, how it mixes in with my day to day and how i “deal” with it. i talked about the starting point, how it gradually got worse, and then how it was going just a few months ago. i always think it’s insane how much can change in just the course of a small to a large amount of time. right now, i honestly feel like garbage. to be quite sincere i really want to give up, i’m barely holding on by a thread. and if i cut that thread, i really doubt anyone would care. i’ve never considered myself to be a suicidal person, and i still don’t consider myself that right now. it just gets to a point where it’s just, a lot to deal with. i don’t really enjoy things a lot nowadays. sure i have good days like everyone does, like today, when i was just enjoying my day without worries. but then it all comes crawling back twice as bad the following days. i take online college so i’m usually just stuck at home most of the time. but, when i do decide to actually go out and leave my house, my ocd just explodes because i have this whole routine i need to do or else i feel like i’ll contaminate wherever i end up going. i’m not going to go really deep into my compulsions because it’s hard enough to live with them, much more having to type them all out in detail. but when i go out my compulsions go from wiping down all my stuff i’m going to use after showering, to washing my clothes/cleaning the washer + dryer. i also have separate things (or two of the same thing) i use specifically in my house, and items i use when going out. such as shampoo/body wash, deodorant, lotion, hair curler, etc. as if that’s not draining enough, i also feel the need to fast a couple days prior to any plan i make because i’ve forced myself to believe i need to feel empty in order to be clean. i’m not sure if that’s my past eating disorder talking, or my ocd, but my brain can’t help but think any food in my house is utterly and completely contaminated. i’m so tired of this feeling, feeling like nothing will ever be clean again. feeling like my ocd is trapped in my childhood home. feeling that wave of diseases rushing through my veins the moment i step foot into what’s supposed to be “home”. and i’m so scared of therapy because what if i do get healed, and then everything comes rushing back the second i step into my room. i’m planning on moving somewhere far from my current house in this next coming year, so sometimes i feel like just waiting it out. but it’s insufferable when going to hangout with someone. i miss my friends, my family, and my partner. it’s crazy to me that i’m dealing with all this at the young age of 18 but, i’m sure lots of people have it way worse. i just want to find a way out, any possible way. but i keep pushing myself deeper and deeper that when i finally find a way, it will no longer exist.
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- 22w
How long did it take to make this? And is it actually possible?
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- 21w
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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