RECOVERY STORY AND HOPE/TIPS!!! Hello everyone! This is my ‘success’ story, I wanna help anyone who is struggling with ROCD or HOCD, or OCD in general. I struggled so much at the beginning because i didn’t know what was happening to me! i started feeling disconnected from the world and just so numb, my heart would pump so fast and i felt like i was completely crazy. i had thoughts of... “do i love my bf?” “am i gay?” “what if i lost ‘feelings’?” ...(etc i think u guys get it) Until i came across the name of this thing i was experiencing, i had felt such a relief that the thing i was going through had a name and that many people in the world were experiencing it. I knew i was not alone. Many of you are probably so anxious to know how to get ‘rid’ of this.. but in reality you don’t get rid of the thoughts! You have the thoughts but not as often as you usually had! eventually you’ll realize that they are just thoughts. <<HERE ARE THE THINGS/TIPS I HAVE>> #1- You have to learn that love is not a feeling, love is a choice. You have to stop searching for this ‘feeling’ because you will not find it. You have to accept that in that moment you feel uncomfortable and that it WILL pass. #2- You can not avoid things that trigger you!!!!!!!! once you are triggered, DO NOT! I REPEATTTTT DO NOT!! hop on google, or go to your partner for reassurance! this is the main thing that kept me in that ocd cycle. #3- It is okay to feel uncomfortable, but you have to accept that feeling and continue doing what you was doing! #4- Once you get those thoughts, you have to label them as “OCD” for example: {my constant thoughts were “you don’t love him” i would say “ oh hi that’s my ocd, welcome i know im having this thought again, i choose to ignore you right now and have control over what im going to do next”} after that i would continue what i was doing and that thought would flow away eventually! this helped me so much! #5- get off forums, and get off things that give you constant reassurance, it only keeps u in the same loop. #6- journaling helped me so much, i wrote down how i was feeling and my progress that helped me dump out anything stressful i had in my head. #7- meditating, this helped a lot as well. when i was having a lot of anxiety i would go on youtube and just relax on my bed listening to some guided meditations and it truly calmed my anxiety a lot!! #8- Yoga in the mornings!!! THIS IS A BIG ONEEE!! My anxiety would be really bad in the mornings, so once i felt that anxiety i would relax and do yoga with adriene on Youtube. After yoga, i would journal and start off my day with my prayers and set affirmations and get my day started. #9- stop having social media expectations of love! there are days where i have the thoughts but they don’t even bother me because they are just thoughts !!! i don’t even stress about them! and if you’re scared about leaving your partner once you heal, trust me you will not! BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER. I believe in every single one of you guys. This was a hard journey that i had to go through. But it was not impossible, At moments i felt like i wanted to give up because everything felt so REAL , but i knew that it would pass and that i need to hang on. I love you all, and if you have any questions please comment, and i’ll help you!! If i did it, so can you! do not give up!! YOU GOT THIS!! GET OFF THIS AND START YOUR STORY AND YOUR JOURNEY TO HEALING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????