Hello... OCD fighter... i really want to know... What is the actual reason of having Ocd? Wht do u think?

Yes

@Makki23 I have... and that made my ocd much hard to control. Would u like to share if u don't mind

@contemplative I just regret thinking the things I do

@Makki23 Same here. We all are same. Sometimes ....i start to think....why did i do that?....why.....how can i??

@Makki23 I wanted to know

@Makki23 Do u have any other social media platform to.connect?

@contemplative Instagram

@Makki23 Twitter?

@contemplative No sadly :/

@Makki23 Share ur instta id

May be.... u r ri8

Your therapist tells you ocd is a coping mechanism to avoid our pain?? That’s kind of harsh and could be incorrect in so many ways. The truth is, we may never really know ‘why’... but to tell you that is kind of insensitive, in my opinion.

@dmuhnyyy It is a coping mechanism. It's just a very maladaptive one.

@NOCD Advocate - Katie At least, compulsions are a maladaptive coping mechanism for escaping from unpleasant thoughts, emotions, and sensations

@NOCD Advocate - Katie Compulsions are a coping mechanisms. The fact that we have ocd is not a coping mechanism. Who knows why we have these thoughts, there is no answer, and no way to stop them

@dmuhnyyy It depends on how you conceptualize OCD. If you conceptualize it as a brain illness, then no, it's not a coping mechanism. If you conceptualize it as an entrenched pattern of unhelpful behaviors in response to unpleasant experiences, then it is a coping mechanism. I prefer to look at it as the latter, because doing so provides a roadmap for recovery

The first line treatment for OCD is behavior therapy, ERP. ERP alone works much better than medication alone. Medications are used for moderate to severe OCD to decrease the intensity of symptoms so that the person can be more consistent with behavior therapy

There is cure... who told u its not?

If it was just chemical imbalance.... doctors could fix it quickly... in some time.... bcz. Its easy to fix merely chemical imbalance

@contemplative Even people who have recovered still have the thoughts. The thoughts don’t just disappear and go away

@dmuhnyyy Actually it has many resons.... and the if someone says.... 90% recovery .... U know.... 10% thoughts are natural.... this is human mind..... ok.... but problem starts when they become worse..... or become out of control

@contemplative Yes thoughts are natural. OBSESSING over thoughts is not natural. The fact that they happen to people who still recover so often. But there really isn’t a way of knowing for sure. But it’s definitely something in the brain that we can’t control. Whether it may be an imbalance or not

@dmuhnyyy Yes mam. I can underatand ur pain... Would u like to share ur symptoms?

@contemplative Mine are just pure-o

@contemplative Ruminating is probably my main compulsion. I also have panic ocd. Ocd about panicking be never being able to stop.

@dmuhnyyy I also have pure o. But 1 year before... it was severe.... now... i m feeling only some improvement.... ...its not enough... I have regrets.... that makes it so hard to control.... . I dn't have friends u knw....

@contemplative Oh I’m sorry about that. It must be tough. But I hope you have some kind of support system

@dmuhnyyy I m just trying to manage it myself.... in last 1 year.... i felt... improvement.....by changing our thinking pattern.... i m here to make some friends... so that i can feel like i m not alone who is fighting....

@dmuhnyyy Do you actual panic attacks? I feel so panicky but not actual panic attacks.

@kls323 I have had actual panic attacks, which is what causes my panic ocd. But I mostly only start to feel panicky, my panic attacks are rare actually

@dmuhnyyy Thata how I am.

@kls323 Yeah. It fucking sucks im not gona lie. But you have to treat them like any other thoughts. Let them be there. Let the feelings of panic just be there. Don’t question them or ask ‘why’ simply allow them to be. It’s hard as hell. But I promise if I can get better with them; so can you

@dmuhnyyy You are so nice thank you. It does suck. Hoping when it if I get on meds it will help and not make me worse.

@kls323 In the mean time; try to stay busy. That’s really the only way to get through. I’m nervous for meds as well. I’m not sure if I want to take them

@dmuhnyyy I am busy half the time. I have 2 kids. So your not on anything yet?

@kls323 Nope. Not yet

@kls323 I feel the same way. Just about everyone on here say it works but when you look at reviews and stuff it scares me.