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The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD was very helpful to me, it covers many different themes but also has a lot of chapters about the destructive thought pattern of OCD that apply to any kind of theme. It also provides exercises and tipps on how to do meditation and ERP that can help you get through rough episodes. Also take a look at podcasts about ocd, like the Fear Cast, Ali Greymond or the OCD and Anxiety Podcast. Listening to them while taking long walks has helped me to understand the pattern and mechanisms of what is happening in my brain and how to react in a more mindful way. I also tried Self directed ERP with this app for a while, it helped me as well. And be kind and patient with yourself, it takes time to get better, with or without therapy. But if you put in a lot of work, you can get very far without a lot of money!
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I still haven’t been able to afford therapy either, but I am on the mend and feeling much better than I did last year. If you can get therapy definitely do it, but if you’re like me and simply can’t- here was my recipe: The mindfulness OCD Workbook^ as mentioned above, and the best thing for me was a book called the happiness trap by Russ Harris. It teaches ACT - when isn’t ERP but helped my forms of ocd. I’d give those a try. And be forgiving of yourself, you’re taking the first steps which shows you’re on the way to feeling better! 💓
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I also bought a workbook aboit ACT, I've heard good things about it, but I am sort of "safing" it for tougher times bc I am quite well at the moment..But that's probably stupid, it would probably be good to read and work through it now so that I am prepared when it strikes again...
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Yes for me I’ve been reading this book for a full year- I have to ate it slowly! It’s a lot to sink in and takes so much time that it probably wouldn’t be helpful when you start feeling really badly or in a crisis moment you know?
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Yes absolutely! I will take a look at it soon! There more we know the better 💪
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Read not ate😅^
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Please don’t think that because you can’t afford therapy that you can’t get better
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I used to obsess so much about the fact that I couldn't go to therapy that this became a whole new theme... it was like I couldn't believe that I came so far without it so I constantly questioned my own progress.
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@Shoeshifter if people can go to therapy they definitely should and it is good that this is recommended but sometimes I miss some positive perspective for people who cannot go...
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@Shoeshifter I totally agree. I can’t afford it but luckily I have a family member who can help me afford NOCD. I did come super far with just books and YouTube and advice from people on the internet, on my own. I need to remember to give myself credit for that
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I pray your situation gets better and I’m sending lots of love 💕 and positivity ✨
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Do you maybe have family members that can help or maybe friends?
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I could never ask.... no way! I always pay people back and I feel like it would add more debt you know and my parents don't have much either. Thank you so much for your message that's so nice 🥺🥰😭
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Just try to accumulate as much knowledge as you can about ocd, knowledge is so powerful!
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Hello! I am trying out and looking to partake in therapy, but I literally don’t know what is good. So could use some personal perspectives. Thanks
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I'm anxious about looking for/starting therapy even though I know it'll be worth it. I'd love to hear any advice/experiences anyone is comfortable sharing!
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I just feel like therapy isn’t working… like I get to talk about myself and understand myself… but I’m already incredibly self aware. My therapist thought I was like 5 years older than I am… and she gives me such basic strategies that do absolutely nothing for me. And a psychiatrist prescribed me with Zoloft… but I don’t know if T want to take medication. I’m scared of side effects… and I’m scared of getting better… I’m scared of letting my guard down. I know it will make me less cautious which makes me less likely to push myself to perfection like I currently do, which I can’t have happen. Every time I talk to my mom about it, she’s always like “Let’s talk about this some other time, I’m busy with other things”, and then never remembers. But in the rare moments we do talk about it, she treats it like I’m signing up to be a drug addict. I also feel very guilty for spending so much of my parents’ money- therapy… medication… etc… and also the idea of my being unlovable is so deeply engraved in my brain… I genuinely, truly believe it. No therapy or medication can fix it. I can’t change my mind. My therapist tells me my misophonia is not a “deal-breaker” and that someone would be lucky to have me as a partner… but then why hasn’t anyone ever liked me? My own FAMILY can’t stand me. How do I believe something I know isn’t true? That’s even harder to accept than me being unlovable. I can’t see someone loving me. And it is so incredibly exhausting to seek love,e I know I cannot have. My sister says, “It will get better with age…” It has only ever gotten worse. To the point I don’t want to get better. It has reached the severity where I feel more safe and successful with anxiety. My past 3 birthdays have been me wishing for therapy. And now I have therpay- and medication, the potential key… and I refuse? Am I too deep in? I cant get out, it’s too late. How did absolutely no one notice how much I had and have been hurting? Why did no one listen to my cries or worries? I feel really depressed and hopeless right now. It takes so much effort to get up every day… I’m so tired.
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