PSA: As an individual who has recovered from Ocd, i have learned the main nature of this illness and would love to share it with you.. Common to all themes and subtypes, we must realize that the specific thought isnt the issue. If it was, the thought we have now accepted or are not afraid of would have cured of us our anxieties. Please have faith from mental health professionals that we must abandon the importance on specific thoughts. Because what is so scary about these thoughts? It is the emotion that they bring. Ocd uses unpleasant emotions or sensations, (often extremely debilitating ones) to scare us into submission. Please know. That if you learn to sit with, accept, and learn that you can handle all emotions and sensations, all levels of anxiety, depression, everything, ocd will no longer have anything to scare u with. Noting helps. "I am noticing I am very very scared about the thought I had about . I am noticing I am feeling very . Sitting with this intense emotion, I am learning that I can handle it." Acceptance, of the good and the terribly uncomfortable, is the only way to treatment for ocd, but also many other emotional and mental problems people come across. I am personally with you as you struggle. I have had diagnosed severe ocd for 14 years now,, just recently been recovered. I. know. the. anguish. But please hear me, the only way to rexovery is embracing, and no longer fearing or trying to get rid of that anguish. We are not our ocd. This reality, along with having the courage to face any emotion (debilitating anxiety), to stop doing compulsions, and to expose yourself daily (preferably around 15 20 minutes or so), will help all you beautifully minded people to recover and to live even fuller lives after this experience!

Fox-y 🦊

Date posted: 5y

May I ask you how long did it take you to recover?

Dianaaa

Date posted: 5y

Recovery times differ for all people and im not sure it is relevent to my overall message to share the exact time frame, but please know it is possible, and I had severe ocd for 14 years before I did!

cwllms

Date posted: 5y

thanks ou for this message

Nasim

Date posted: 5y

Thanks for sharing?

Nasim

Date posted: 5y

Sometimes my anxiety is so high that is almost unbearable for me. It is so painful?

Dianaaa

Date posted: 5y

That was actually a thought I had while recovering. You are beginning to feel the emotions ocd was holding you captive with. But realize also, "I am having the thought that anxiety will be unbearable". This is also a common ocd thought. Then, feel the pain and anxiety that that thought brings. I know it is painful, dark, scary and debilitating. I know, but sitting with these emotions, learning that you can handle them, all of them, even the painful ones, is recovery. Then ocd won't have any thing to hold you captive with, because you are learning to accept everything, even the extremely uncomfortable!! It is so hard but so worth it

Fox-y 🦊

Date posted: 5y

Where you doubting about your recovery along the way?

Dianaaa

Date posted: 5y

im unsure if I should answer this because I feel like it could be used as reassurance, which would hurt your recovery! but I think ill just say that recovery is learning how to handle, feel and think anything, becoming ok and accepting of all thoughts and emotions alike, not the good and the mildly troubling ones, but not the really bad or painful ones. All emotions and thoughts are able to be felt and learned to accept. I hope that helps :)

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