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I really appreciate everyone’s support here. It means a lot. I do my best to share what I’ve learned with others and try to make other people’s dark times a little less dark. You’ve all certainly done that for me. I’m getting through this set back and refocusing on doing erp. I had taken a break and it’s clear I need to restart because I’ve backtracked. And that’s okay. I wish you all so much luck with your own journeys.
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We are all here for eachother ♥
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I also can resonate with the first parts that I wouldn't give others the rules or advice that I myself live under by OCD. My therapist says it's something called Cognitive Dissonance Wishing you the best for your recovery ❤️
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I think OCD can easily become our identity card that we have of ourselves. Like if you were to imagine introducing yourself it would be. "Hi I'm Ella and I AM OCD. I'm a walking, talking, living OCD human." But we're not, right? There's other parts to us. But our suffering of OCD consumes us and we identify as solely being OCD. Im still in this, with one of my goals to build confidence in these coming years to gain a broader perspective of ALL the parts of me, not just OCD and the intrusive thoughts. Not sure if any of that even makes sense..
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Beautifully said.
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im afraid to...
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I'm sure it feels terrible, but it sounds like you're doing a good job processing ☺.
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Aww. I’m sorry. I’ve noticed that the less OCD I have it’s easier to see who the real me is. When my OCD gets bad I too fear that that’s the real me, and the other me is a lie. When you are healthy though you’ll be on the other side. Keep up the good work. And exercise and eat healthy.
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Wow, I’ve been thinking about this so much lately and I really REALLY relate - the uncertainty can be debilitating at times and the fact that people can perceive us in ways we may not know is really really scary sometimes. Know you’re not alone in this and you won’t feel like this forever! ❤️
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harm ocd is the bane of my existence. people always tell me that if you have anxiety over a thought, that’s ocd. and these intrusive thoughts cause me IMMENSE anxiety. i’m constantly looking for reasons why i’m not what these thoughts tell me i am. but WHY DOES IT FEEL SO REAL?? it’s like i can’t reassure myself that this isn’t me and i don’t want to do it, but i also look for reasons why it’s not me. my brain is constantly telling me “if you don’t act on this, you’ll never feel free”. WHAT EVEN IS THAT?? and why does it feel real?? anytime i think about getting therapy, i constantly think that it’s not going to help me positively but help me realize i am this person. i just wish someone with harm ocd could get into my brain, understand me, and tell me everything will be okay. i wish someone in recovery could tell me that they’ve been where i am, felt the same feelings, thought the same thoughts, and got through it when they thought they wouldn’t. i feel like i’m drowning in it. another thing is i think about how my mom knows a surface level understanding to this form of my ocd, but if she knew it all, i’m scared she’d never look at me the same. i’m scared she’d be scared of me and think i need psychiatric help. IM TERRIFIED.
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I genuinely can't help but feel irredeemable over every little mistake made or regret I've had. It's so up and down, but I just miss the certainty. Knowing "this is who I am." I'm so disconnected from myself. Like, I'm really, really trying. Today is really rough... I got triggered the other night, and it's been hell since. I've been fighting seeking reassurance. I want it so, so incredibly bad, but I know it won't help me :( Some days, I just don't want to be here. It's funny because yesterday I felt amazing until I got triggered. I just immediately spiraled after that. I don't know. Does it genuinely get better? Will therapy really help me? Sometimes, I think maybe this is the best it'll get, and that scares me. Sorry for the vent. I'm just feeling so overwhelmingly anxious right now. I can't even cry (due to Zoloft). It feels claustrophobic somehow, having all these emotions trapped inside of my body with nowhere to go 😭
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It is not the thoughts or urges that scare me anymore. It is the way I feel like I’ve absorbed the compulsions into my identity :( I am doing them so automatically that it feels like I am choosing them freely and they’re me. and because of that, it feels like I AM the OCD now, not just someone with OCD. I think I’m just deeply trapped in a loop. I was trying to survive unbearable fear so I started scanning. Then I started pre-scanning. Then checking if I pre-scanned. Then I check how I feel during all that. I run to beat my OCD to the “punchline” (intrusive thought, urge, sensation) because I’m so scared all the time. So scared that I don’t even feel it anymore. I feel numb and all that’s left is this jittery residue and numbness. Now it’s all tangled together in a huge knot. I feel so extremely lost. I think this may just be meta OCD, but I’ve never ever felt so gone before :( I’m really scared.
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