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I have the mindfulness workbook for OCD by John hershfield which I love, I regularly watch YouTube videos with Chrissy Hodgens (this is really great if you suffer from pure o) and I listen to the OCD stories podcast literally everyday on my drive home from work. All of this in addition to medicine have really really helped a ton!
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I also recommend The OCD Stories! I also follow some OCD Instagram pages, such as ocddoodles, madeofmillions, and ocdrecoveryuk
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Jason peterson on yt - meditation , insomnia help , relaxation Mikhaila Peterson on yt- her story about her health problems and solving it with strick diet - inspired me to change diet and see if it helps CBD oil - relaxation , mood improvement Vitamins B - supplementing- I dont have panic attacks since i started taking vitamins B Positive thinking - this is hard but negative thinking can ruin the best day That's my recommendation
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I think it was jason Stephenson
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I was watching Ethan Smith’s two-part scrupulosity video with Jon Herschfield and Patrick McGrath and thought it was good. https://youtu.be/s6t17145IQ4 Going to use Fred Penzel’s book “Obsessive Compulsive Disorders: A Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well” to help me make my hierarchy this afternoon. “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing” is moving. I tore a page out of it and have it on my wall.
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‘feeling good the new mood therapy’ really helped me with the depression that comes with my OCD. it’s a book by david burns and i would highly recommend it
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I love "The anxiety toolkit" a podcast with Kimberley Quinlan.
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Following Instagram pages about ocd helps
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Looking back, I realize I’ve had OCD since I was 7. though I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30. As a kid, I was consumed by fears I couldn’t explain: "What if God isn’t real? What happens when we die? How do I know I’m real?" These existential thoughts terrified me, and while everyone has them from time to time, I felt like they were consuming my life. By 12, I was having daily panic attacks about death and war, feeling untethered from reality as depersonalization and derealization set in. At 15, I turned to drinking, spending the next 15 years drunk, trying to escape my mind. I hated myself, struggled with my body, and my intrusive thoughts. Sobriety forced me to face it all head-on. In May 2022, I finally learned I had OCD. I remember the exact date: May 10th. Reading about it, I thought, "Oh my God, this is it. This explains everything." My main themes were existential OCD and self-harm intrusive thoughts. The self-harm fears were the hardest: "What if I kill myself? What if I lose control?" These thoughts terrified me because I didn’t want to die. ERP changed everything. At first, I thought, "You want me to confront my worst fears? Are you kidding me?" But ERP is gradual and done at your pace. My therapist taught me to lean into uncertainty instead of fighting it. She’d say, "Maybe you’ll kill yourself—who knows?" At first, it felt scary, but for OCD, it was freeing. Slowly, I realized my thoughts were just thoughts. ERP gave me my life back. I’m working again, I’m sober, and for the first time, I can imagine a future. If you’re scared to try ERP, I get it. But if you’re already living in fear, why not try a set of tools that can give you hope?
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Looking for inspiration
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I’m new to the app and wanting to know who else experiences this form of ocd. Some background I was a therapist for over 10 years now I am out of the clinical space. So I have background knowledge of ocd but never knew much about relationship ocd. I realized over the last several years with my now fiancé, that I have a hard time just letting go in general, whether that’s an argument or statement or feeling. I want to be able to just accept things at face value and move on (and talk later if my partner is ready as needed). But when conflict arises I can’t disengage till there is a clear resolution. It’s causing serious strife as he can feel trapped and it escalates the argument. I am reading more and this sounds like relationship OCD. Anyone else experience this? Curious on what others have done to work on this for themselves. I do have a therapist but we are not doing work in this area yet as I am realizing this is an actual concern.
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