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I’m in the same boat, but I’m sure there is someone in your life that makes you feel like a success. You are worthy, I truly believe that. I feel similarly, but I know that these are just my bullshit ocd thoughts, they are evil and try to convince you and I of things that aren’t true. Stay strong and wake up everyday with the mindset that you can do this and come out on top, sure there are days where it will be tough, but you just have to remember that it gets better. I’m here for you and I’m sure there are so many people there for you as well.
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This was exactly the same boat that I was in last year just as I turned 25! I had a complete mental break down, and had OCD thoughts about harming myself or taking my life, but here I am a year later and I just turned 26 on Tuesday! At that point in life I thought that I was stuck forever and now I’m finally just about done with my therapy sessions and I can’t tell you how much of a difference a year has made! Don’t worry, we’re all out here rooting for you and rooting for each other!
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Don't worry I just turned 26 and am in rehab because my HOCD turned me into an alcoholic ..
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Thanks so much I def have a good support system I just get caught up in comparing myself to others n soemtimes I feel I’ll never be a success bc of my ocd
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Thanks I was doing good for 10 months I relapsed Tho bc I cut back on meds I just turned 25 Monday but the fact it came back twice feels like My life’s over & everything goin on in the world doesn’t help
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Ya I have problems with drinking soemtimes
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Only makes everything worse , do not drink as a compulsion
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Learned the hard way when I blacked out 2 weekends ago
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I usually would say I’ve never been depressed , but recently in my life since my anxiety/ocd has been so bad and having relationship problems I’m feeling kinda sad / stressed. I keep getting scared of being depressed I keep having intrusive thoughts of “ you’d would be better off if you weren’t living” “ I don’t wanna live if it’s like this” and it’s just scaring me 😞
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I feel like I’ve lost who I am , even since my depression and ocd started. I don’t even know what I like anymore:(( I doubt everything I think and it’s so draining because I just want to feel like my old self again😭 I feel like I have no motivation to get better which is bothering me so much because I want too but something is holding me back from doing what I need to do :/ with all my thoughts and doubts , I feel like I can’t trust myself . I don’t know if I’m the only one that feels this much pain
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I’m 21. The 3 year anniversary of my graduation from high school is soon. Lately, I’ve been worried about where I’m going in life and if it’s even worth it because I don’t know why I exist or what my purpose is After graduating I lost a new job I loved due to poor management on my boss’s side, they failed to teach me my job then fired me for it, and moved from my mom’s house into my dads house due to issues with my stepdad, both of which put me into a depression. I got a new job 3 months later. But ever since being fired and moving out, I feel like I’ve been in a depressive cycle of Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat. I’ll get home and doomscroll for hours, and occasionally play games with friends at nights. Occasionally I’ll do my hobbies but usually feel guilty for it. I don’t see my friends and family nearly as much as I used to. I want to, but it feels like everything I want to do, my intrusive thoughts find a way to keep me at home. “It’s a waste of time.” “You need to be productive on your time off or you’ll go nowhere in life so stay home.” But then if I stay home it’s “you need to go out and do something.” “You’re being unproductive sitting at home all day.” “Seeing them wont make you feel better, you’ll never be happy” My girlfriend lives 6 hours away and is usually the only time I’d go outside and live and feel in the moment, but even then I’d feel guilt. I feel like my OCD makes me feel guilty for everything. She’s helped me a lot, but lately we’ve had a few issues we’ve worked past that made me fear for losing her too. I’ve felt depressed for years now. Before being fired, I usually felt pretty good and was almost normal feeling. I’d had control over my fears and intrusive thoughts of suicide and the meaning of life, and had accepted them and wasn’t afraid. I knew it wasn’t me. But lately I’ve been trying to push myself out of this depressive cycle, and it’s made my OCD and fears of suicide and if life has meaning, come right back. I’m handling it slightly better, but it’s still hard. I just want to move past this and stop questioning why I’m even doing anything, if I want to end it all, when I know for certain I don’t want to and that I get to make my own meaning in life. I have dreams, I want to get back into art. I want to move in with my girlfriend eventually and start a family. But my OCD makes me so scared to even try to make art, and it makes me so scared I won’t be happy or content with my dreams. I feel so alone and sad. I feel like life will pass me by while I’m stuck feeling this sad and scared. It sucks, but I’m trying my best to get there. Gotta keep moving
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