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Read a good book. Fir example Jon Hershfields about Harm OCD.
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my mum bought me ‘breaking free from ocd’ do you know if it’s any good?
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@cwllms Who is the author? Maybe I have read. I think its important to gain a good understanding of how OCD works so just start to read that book?
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@Estrid Fiona Challacombe
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@cwllms Yes, that's a great one
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@cwllms I haven't read that one.
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Here’s some things that might help you: What is OCD: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ What Causes OCD: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/what-causes-ocd/ How is OCD Treated: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/ How to Find the Right Therapist: https://iocdf.org/ocd-finding-help/how-to-find-the-right-therapist/ YouTube channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/everybodyhasabrain https://www.youtube.com/user/YOUHAVEOCD https://www.youtube.com/user/23katied https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5RsHynktqGlvUaP2ML0Faw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ClvnrcrC-3wr27fz_HlIQ Websites: https://iocdf.org/ https://www.treatmyocd.com/ https://www.madeofmillions.com/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ocd-stories/id1065492988 Apps: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ten-percent-happier-meditation/id992210239 Books: https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Unwanted-Intrusive-Thoughts-Frightening/dp/1626254346 https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-Personalized/dp/042527389X https://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-Mind-Into-Life/dp/1572244259 https://www.amazon.com/Needing-Know-Sure-Overcoming-Reassurance-ebook/dp/B07MMQ7HRK
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Wow Carl! You're king of the resources!
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Haha, I’ve accumulated them over time! Found them all useful in my own journey, and thought it might be helpful for others.
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@NOCD Advocate - Carl Cornett ah thanks, i’ve done quite a few of these before but i’ll make sure to check the rest out
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@cwllms They’re all good resources. The basic principles are the same—ERP, letting thoughts be there, not resisting, etc. The difficult part is actually putting all these tools into practice. Talking about exposure work is easy, actually committing to doing it is something else entirely.
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@NOCD Advocate - Carl Cornett yeah i get that - ideally i’d like not to feel like i’m going to vomit when i see the word suicide but one step at a time
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@cwllms Exactly! One step at a time. Recovery is hard work. And there’s going to be times it really tests the limits of your ability to endure. But it does work. It’s never been my primary theme, but I’ve had self-harm thoughts in the past. I couldn’t stand near a ledge or balcony for fear I’d toss myself off. Now I rarely worry about it.
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@NOCD Advocate - Carl Cornett ah thank you! it’s my main theme and then the rest of them are equatable to like a GAD level (i have that too, i’m a walking ball of anxiety) but it’s so much worse on my period and i just doubt my sanity constantly. it’s hand in hand with ‘mental health’ ocd which is also a ball buster
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This my first post and frankly I am so scared. I was diagnosed with OCD as my first diagnosis, at only 10 years old. Ever since, my OCD has COMPLETELY overtaken my mind and actions. Im scared that if I ever get my OCD figured out and under control, I may loose a part of myself, because its so familiar to me and all Ive ever known. As someone who is ready to tackle their extreme OCD thinking, where should I start? I am open to any/all suggestions. PLEASE leave any advice that you recommend and that has benefited you in your own journey!!!! Thanks!
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I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
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(Long read) hello everyone. i was out of the country for about 3-4 months and traveling. my ocd was not that bad at all and I was able to handle it even if it came up. on my way back home, it immediately started. i have learned how to handle it better, but i am more sad and just “awaiting” for something bad to happen. for example, i have sexual themed ocd. pocd and family related stuff, and also my ocd targeted my pets for about a year and it manifested into compulsions that disturbed me and made me not want to be around my cats. now that i am around my cats, i feel like “what if i harm them or do something bad?” or “what if you do those weird compulsions that happened before?” , when i look back on the compulsions that happened, it doesn’t feel like me and it was clearly driven by ocd, but it makes me worry i am just a sick person. i know myself and i know im not, but i had such a weird childhood and then ocd from 15 years old and up. so when these weird compulsions had happened , whether it was for the pet ocd theme or pocd or the family ocd, it feels like some sort of proof. anyways, i feel a bit for content with myself but i know how real ocd can feel and i just remember feeling so hopeless and suici da l, i just don’t want to go through that again. i take a more spiritual route of life and healing, and i wonder if anyone has some deep spiritual warmups or practices i could do to maybe open up my mind more? maybe to realize this is all in the mind? but also to not fight it… Not fight it meaning not let it take over my life. i racked up so much debt in therapy and i truly think i can get through this alone i just need a bit of help. but i dunno. any advice would help! thanks everyone ☀️
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