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I struggle with this too. I’ll plan something that I’ll really want to do, then I just can’t do it or I stop wanting to. I feel like I’m stuck or something
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One don’t get frustrated with urself , if you can’t do something you can’t do something. It’s okay to feel not okay. Start out with small things , like somethings it’s hard to go to the gym for me. So I tell myself do 5 weight lifting exercises then run for 20 minutes. And if I’m feeling bad that day I’m good with 3 exercises and maybe 10 minutes running. Don’t compare yourself with other people who you think can do more than you. You’re living life with OCD that’s fucking hard but you’re doing it, you’re a warrior dude be proud of it.
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I do this a lot. I find planning something with a friend makes me have a higher chance of actually going out.
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Thank you all so much for helping me feel like I am not a loser after all. I will try RedMax's suggestion of starting with small goals and working my way up to the bigger ones and accepting that it is ok that some days I am not ok. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
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Yes has happened to me too
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Relatable
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I’ve been struggling with this so much this week... I get so excited by free time to get stuff done and then when the time comes I won’t get out of bed or just disappear into procrastinating. I’m so angry with myself for the years lost, I think redmax has great suggestions there... acceptance, self compassion and finding ways round the problem. I guess we need to accept working with our limitations more as I feel I can’t let go of how I think my life should look or be... which definitely doesn’t include ocd!!!!
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Me too
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- 24w
I've been bedridden with anxiety and haven't eaten much. I tried going on a walk and broke down halfway through to cry. It kind if helped my physical anxiety but hasn't helped my ocd much. ERP is so difficult. It just makes me exhausted and anxious and cry. And I don't even feel a little better afterwards, so what's the point? I get I'm supposed to build up resilience but when? when do I finally feel some reward? I'm suffering, I don't have the energy to fight these thoughts when all the thoughts I have are rumination or intrusive. Medications haven't worked for me either. Maybe I'm not going to get better. Happy new year to me.
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I’m turning 30 in a few months and all I can think about how my Parents never took the initiative to actually help me when it came to my mental illness. Now my OCD is probably the worst it’s ever been and I feel like I can’t do anything. Like I’m trapped in a tunnel and there’s no way out. I’ve gone from job to job, never fully finished my degree due to severe OCD/depression never making enough money for professional help and being gaslighted all these years about my illness. I resent my family and myself for not trying hard enough to get better. If anyone can relate feel free to share. Anyways I pray this year will be the year I find my out.
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- 17w
17f Just like the title says. I came to realization that I lost a whole year of life. I remembered my real event in the end of january of 2024. Since then my life has been a living hell. Also kinda made a couple new smaller events through this year. And I know I deserve it cause my event was actually bad. Even people without ocd on reddit agree it was bad. It's still ocd, but I deserve it probably. For this whole year I haven't had a day when I wouldn't think of it. It became my default state to constantly have it on my mind. I walked around, pretended to have fun, talked to people. Most of the time I wasn't really there, I was thinking about my event. My event haunts me when I'm awake, when I'm asleep. I spend this whole year either freaking out, being depressed, thinking on methods to off myself, ruminating, seeking reassurance or trying to distract myself with books, TV shows, social media or daydreaming. Literally barely engaged with reality. So it's so hard to believe a whole year passed... I can barely remember anything that happened during this year. I can't believe this is my life. Probably doesn't really matter cause I don't plan on staying there that long. There is no way I'm going to experience piece with myself. So I will be out in a year or so, since my plan requires some time. Finally will end it all. It just feels very weird. A whole year passed. I was so deep down in my head I didn't even notice. It's scary.
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