js94
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- 5y
sometimer01sometimer01
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I’ve wasted the whole year in anxiety. Almost lost my job, my wife, my life but I will win this battle.
js94js94
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- 5y
How'd u get through it
cam332179cam332179
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- 5y
Honestly don’t look at it this way. You didn’t waste your life. You we dealing with a mental condition that most don’t go though. If at all, just know that you’re best years are soon to come :). We only say these are our best years when we compare ourselves to others experiences. Just know that the pain ocd has caused will make the good times even better :). Your life isn’t something that is something to hate, it’s just the perspective you’re in about it :)
cam332179cam332179
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And yes I know my grammar is choppy, I’m really exhausted lol
Cranium PizzaCranium Pizza
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It's rough, I'm not going to lie. But I will say, you're a baby. Not emotionally, I mean you're still very young even if you don't feel that way. I would love to go back to 25 and have another chance. and no, your early twenties are not necessarily the best years of your life. It's when people are still figuring things out and deciding who they're going to be at least for the next little while. And if you're a few years behind the curve, so what. I'm not saying your life is going to be sunshine and rainbows but I am saying that it is not too late.
kditokdito
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Hey if it makes you feel better I’ve been dealing with these for like 10-13 years now on and off! Sometimes I think “omg why have I had them this long” but really it’s because when they go away for periods at a time we just get so happy to have release that we don’t work on ourselves. We need to remember to work during the easier times as well as the really anxious times
cam332179cam332179
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Yes!!
js94js94
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College, relationships, traveling, potential career, etc
Fear Strikes OutFear Strikes...
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Most or all of that is stil possible after 25 years old.
js94js94
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- 5y
Yeah I guess ur right
Usern4meUsern4me
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- 5y
Yea, how did you get through it?
sometimer01sometimer01
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I’m still going through it
sometimer01sometimer01
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I just can’t give up
Fear Strikes OutFear Strikes...
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Why do you consider 19-25 the best years of one's life?
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How long for HOCD.? (SOOCD)
I feel I have HOCD FOR MORE THAN 10 years now. Basically all my ocd started since me and my husband started dating for real…. Will it ever go away? Will I ever be happy? Will I ever know? I don’t know… How long for you? Edit for me it’s more SO OCD cause I think I’m bisexual
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