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- abbirose
- Date posted
- 4y ago
So many reasons, family, friends, pets, but most importantly, because you never know how happy your life may be after ocd recovery. What if (see what I did there) life can be fulfilling what if you CAN recover and live a normal life. Ocd what ifs are negative, but what if we can make our what ifs be positive?
The future you :)
Things get better. I know you’ve heard it hundreds of times before, but they do. I seriously considered ending it a almost two years ago, but what I did instead was call a friend. Best decision of my life. Then I looked at my life and found places where I could be taking better care of myself and I tried to improve. My sleep schedule was a mess, I was doing too much at once, ect. Also therapy helped a lot. If you need help talking to parents and are a minor, school counselors are an excellent resource. I know that can be scary, but I had one who changed my life. If for whatever reason therapy isn’t an option, it’s still possible to get better. Here is a list of self help books: https://iocdf.org/books/ Here are some articles on practicing erp by yourself: https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/expert-opinion-self-directed-erp/ https://www.get.gg/ocd.htm An article for self help if your in a crisis: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/are-you-feeling-suicidal.htm Also don’t hesitate to call or text a crisis line. Also I’m here to chat I’ll be up for a little while.
thank you.
@abbirose Of course! Do you need someone to talk with right now? Are you able to keep yourself safe? (I can talk either way).
@Nikki1809 i’m ok. thanks
@abbirose Ok. Take care. ❤️
It seems obscure but neuralink is going to be able to cure OCD in largely the same way as deep brain stimulation does. Currently deep brain stimulation, which is very effective, is only used in very treatment resistant cases because it requires invasive brain surgery, but neuralink is not invasive, much less risky and in future may not require surgery at all. This is likely 5-10 years away, but I do think it would be worth waiting. There is going to be a big livestreamed update on the project on Friday, so maybe you could check that about if you need something to give you hope.
****check that out
id love more info on this
@luchalysol The short version: https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/elon-musk-s-great-and-terrifying-brain-machine-interface-neuralink/ Assessing the claims, including OCD: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-27/neuralink-what-we-know-about-elon-musk-s-brain-startup The long version, with a very detailed (but easily understandable, and you can skip bits) explanation about the evolutionary history of our brain, how the cortex works, BCIs in general, and how Neuralink will be able to affect & empower it: https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html
there are so many reasons, think of the things you enjoy. what do you like to do? is there anything that brings you comfort?
not anymore , nk
is there a place where you can sit without being disturbed to meditate? What helps me is to remain in the moment and conscious of my breathing. i use a meditation app which is super helpful
set an on my family is trying to sleep and I have screen time on my phone so I can’t do anything. I tried to ask my mom if I can borrow her phone so I can watch something that will call me down but she won’t let me and just yelled at mw
What keeps you guys going? Really hate my life right now so I just want to know what keeps yall moving
Someone please give an honest reason to actually think life is somewhat worth it.
I want to start by saying that I’m ok, I don’t want or plan to kms or anything. I have been haunted a lot lately by not feeling like I have a solid reason to really want to live or fight to enjoy life. There has to be a reason, I mean there’s 8 billion people rn who have some sort of a reason or will to live. When you’re struggling and you start to think/feel that you don’t know why you’re doing this, or what the point is in trying so hard or fighting so much, when you wonder what makes it all worth it, what comes to mind for you? What keeps you going?
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