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- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
Well first know you’re not alone. Next I suggest one of two things. Either OCD therapy online or in person. If you don’t wanna do that then you need to start self help books.
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- 6y
I dont know how to help but i’ve been there. May not be for a long time (probably 3 weeks max) but i’ve felt that depressive state/cycle. Feels like everything is drained but I hope you know it gets better and if it helps, think that there’s atleast 10 people out in the world who is in the same situation as you. Please don’t give up. Always remember life’s just like a wheel. Sometimes you’re on the bottom but you’ll always get back up and if you find yourself on the bottom again, you can only go from there. :)
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- 6y
Hi I hope you feel better soon! Ocd totally sucks and I understand your pain! You should really look up some info on ocd and watch some interviews online with expert therapists explaining ocd ... it can be really helpful for you to understand what is happening to you and that ocd is separate from you and your value system! Ocd is a tricky bully who likes to suck the happiness out but unfortunately because of our Behavioral we feed the bully and make it worse! Do some research so you can understand why this is happening to you, then start with downloading erp worksheets (there’s lots online just search erp free worksheets) looking up an online therapist can also be helpful! There’s ones that will even Skype with you! Good luck! Ocd is treatable and u can get better!
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- 6y
The thing is that I’ve had it for a really long time, and I’ve been doing fine for the most part but this past week has been horrible. The doubting thoughts are worse than I’ve ever had before. I weened off my medication and have been fully off of Zoloft for about 3 weeks. I don’t know if maybe weening off my meds has something to do with this or not
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- 6y
It sounds like it might be your meds. I weaned off my lexapro for a few months and my ocd came back with a vengeance
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- 6y
Yes, the withdrawal can last while your brain adjust. Hang in there and you will level out soon.
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- 6y
Do some things to show love to yourself. Take a bath in a candle filled room. Paint your nails or rub on lotion. Daily , show yourself love and receive the love from yourself and others. Also focus on trying to eat healthy and exercise 10 minutes a day. Take care!
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- 25w
I can't stop thinking about ending my life. I feel like I'm not even living, I'm just surviving. Everyone is capable of being a person and functioning and I'm just stuck here avoiding everything. My psychiatrist said my ocd is severe and it will all take time and I'll start erp and I'm already on medication but I just feel so depressed and like I won't be able to handle erp and it's already too late for me. I feel inhuman, it's debilitating. My major theme is just fear or contamination, I can't even make myself a meal I can't touch anything in the kitchen. I get stuck in the shower for 2 hours and when I don't shower because I'm depressed I feel like a walking germ. My hands are a mess, my school work is shit, I avoid and avoid and I'm just so tired of "living" like this. My psychiatrist said they don't have any therapists available right now like.... excuse me? What do you mean u don't have any 😭 I honestly don't even know why I'm typing this becuase nothing helps, nothing ever will. I'm so deep into this I can't get out, my room looks like shit, I can't live in this body anymore, I really can't. I let everyone down, I am and will be such a dissapointment. I don't have any dreams or goals or passions I just wasn't made to be here. I don't know how or who to ask for help like there's nothing anyone can do, I'm already on meds. I can't keep being like this, seeing everyone judge me for acting insane.
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- 24w
back in october i made my first post about my specific type of ocd, how it mixes in with my day to day and how i “deal” with it. i talked about the starting point, how it gradually got worse, and then how it was going just a few months ago. i always think it’s insane how much can change in just the course of a small to a large amount of time. right now, i honestly feel like garbage. to be quite sincere i really want to give up, i’m barely holding on by a thread. and if i cut that thread, i really doubt anyone would care. i’ve never considered myself to be a suicidal person, and i still don’t consider myself that right now. it just gets to a point where it’s just, a lot to deal with. i don’t really enjoy things a lot nowadays. sure i have good days like everyone does, like today, when i was just enjoying my day without worries. but then it all comes crawling back twice as bad the following days. i take online college so i’m usually just stuck at home most of the time. but, when i do decide to actually go out and leave my house, my ocd just explodes because i have this whole routine i need to do or else i feel like i’ll contaminate wherever i end up going. i’m not going to go really deep into my compulsions because it’s hard enough to live with them, much more having to type them all out in detail. but when i go out my compulsions go from wiping down all my stuff i’m going to use after showering, to washing my clothes/cleaning the washer + dryer. i also have separate things (or two of the same thing) i use specifically in my house, and items i use when going out. such as shampoo/body wash, deodorant, lotion, hair curler, etc. as if that’s not draining enough, i also feel the need to fast a couple days prior to any plan i make because i’ve forced myself to believe i need to feel empty in order to be clean. i’m not sure if that’s my past eating disorder talking, or my ocd, but my brain can’t help but think any food in my house is utterly and completely contaminated. i’m so tired of this feeling, feeling like nothing will ever be clean again. feeling like my ocd is trapped in my childhood home. feeling that wave of diseases rushing through my veins the moment i step foot into what’s supposed to be “home”. and i’m so scared of therapy because what if i do get healed, and then everything comes rushing back the second i step into my room. i’m planning on moving somewhere far from my current house in this next coming year, so sometimes i feel like just waiting it out. but it’s insufferable when going to hangout with someone. i miss my friends, my family, and my partner. it’s crazy to me that i’m dealing with all this at the young age of 18 but, i’m sure lots of people have it way worse. i just want to find a way out, any possible way. but i keep pushing myself deeper and deeper that when i finally find a way, it will no longer exist.
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- 21w
I’m really down and don’t have anyone i feel i can turn to. I’m just so tired of living as myself. I hate who i love with including myself. I feel so worthless. Having ocd on top of it makes me feel like im just a waste of space. I dont know how to stop feeling this way. Or if i deserve to. That’s all :(
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