Mely
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- 6y
m.a.d.m.a.d.
- Date posted
- 6y
Yep. I think it’s common for people to get into this cycle of thinking whenever they start to get over their OCD theme/enter recovery. Honestly, it’s just another way for our OCD to latch onto our fear of the future and the ‘what if’s’, and keep us in a state of anxiety and rumination. What helps me is to just try and ground myself in the moment and remind myself that there will be good times too (and that there have been good times where I’ve felt invincible from OCD). I just try and strive for that feeling of clarity.
getmemymedsgetmemymeds
- Date posted
- 6y
With years it will get better/easier to deal with and live with. I don't know if it goes away but it definitely gets better
awowawow
- Date posted
- 6y
Absolutely. Sometimes I kinda miss the days when I was younger and had no idea my behaviors were attributed to OCD. Realizing I had OCD gave me a lot of answers, but it also triggered a new obsession over the sadness of being “mentally ill.” Which in hindsight is a stupid term. OCD is really a silly thing— don’t beat yourself up over it. Everyone has their battles and this is ours. Don’t let it get in the way of your fulfillment of life
aurelienaurelien
- Date posted
- 6y
It greatly depends on the effort you put into your recovery. It's a ton of very hard work. But a lot of people did it and so can you! You're not that special!
not_perfectnot_perfect
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes but then I can see areas where I gave gotten better and medications that have helped and I know that I have hope.
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Anonymous
- Date posted
- 22w
Decades of OCD..confused about my next steps!!!
I have had ocd for decades! Could I still be cured???? (Of you can call it that?) I have seen different therapists but it never had fully left me...not by any stretch of the imagination. I do want to be free of this ocd and its power over me and all the bad that it brought into my life!!! Some days I am strong and feel like I am fighting it put other days...many days...I don't get things done or if I do I take a long time to-do the things I need to get done. I feel like I know this is just then ocd stopping me and that these are just thoughts but nobody in my family understands and though they have shared my journey and hated it a I do.....it just feels like I want so bad to be the best person I coukd be but I avoid places, people, things, that have any reminder of my ocd.......and so it restricts me from getting better and completing tasks the way I used to. Now UI might go and make 2-3 trips cuz I am worried to shop at a place and therefore it takes my time up. The avoidance I do is bad! When I actually don't listen to my ocd and don't avoid something...I feel great! ,However, it happens so rarely!!! I.dont know how finding a therapist through NOCD will help me. It is not in person and two be honest I almost think I need medicine to push me along. I don't have anybsteady and consistent improvements. However, I don't think I want to be on medication for the rest of my life! I am very confused!
Vangogh00021
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- 13w
Any OCD over comers ?? How long did it took ?
I’m so scared I’ll be stuck in this forever soo soo scared
juless3
- Date posted
- 12w
OCD is chronic
The thought of ocd being long-term is scaring me pretty bad. My therapist told me in our first visit last week that it will always come back and it triggered me. I know everyone says it’s manageable, but I keep having the thought that I won’t be able to handle it the rest of my life and I will want to suic. myself. I am terrified :(
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