Did some exercises while filing my nails. Wasn’t perfect—made them a bit short—but I stayed less anxious about it, and I don’t think I got so stuck as usual. Took longer than I hope to one day, but also less time than often takes me. I might continue the exercises by carefully cleaning up the cuticles and then celebrate by a little gentle manicure. We’ll see how tired I get. Oh, and all of this has been a gift I gave myself to work on me a bit while I’ve been SUPER BUSY with my first week of teaching classes remotely, getting all the welcome emails out, figuring out technical difficulties, LEARNING 4 NEW CURRICULA, and NOT YET HAVING THE MATERIALS! Feeling pretty proud. Lots more work to go for teaching, mask-making, house work, plant babies, fur baby, new band pieces, ... , and of course working on myself and fighting my OCD. I’ll get there by acknowledging the mountain while focusing on the next step! And I’ll celebrate the steps already taken! You’ll get there too! And I’m proud of you for those steps arcing towards improvement! Celebrating all of our steps! March forth, my friends! 🎉

Today I over came something that had been consistently bothering me with my contamination OCD and I'm over the moon I never thought I could do it yesterday the anxiety was there but I sat with and it faded I'm so happy thank you for all your support guys and I recently started working out and I feel much better To anyone out there struggling it gets better trust me a few months ago I was at the Lowest point in my life I couldn't even leave my house I failed really badly at school but now I can even go outside I try to socialize some days are harder than others and I've had a few hiccups along the way but it has gotten much better And I'm starting a recovery course for school to make up for my grades I'm so happy guys 😭then I can finally get into uni

What did you do today to work on managing your OCD? All wins/accomplishments are welcome to be posted! :-)

I’m sure it’s been a rough few days for everyone, maybe even weeks or months. Hell, this last YEAR has been up and down for me! But I wanted to take this moment to congratulate everyone for coming this far. It’s no small feat! OCD is a killer, and it’s good at its job! The fact that all of you are still here fighting is a testament to how strong you are! We may not have the answers or explanation to everything, and that’s okay. We have to stay in the present, not the past or the future. Remember to practice being uncertain! It’s hard to remember the good days we’ve had despite all these horrible ones! There’s no scar to show for happiness, but we’ve got plenty to show for misery and pain. Keep hanging on, you’ve got this!