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You can. In reality OCD a really just a pathetic coward that makes us think it’s a big bad monster. It’s like the wizard of oz once you pull down that veil it won’t have its power on you any longer
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- 4y
It truly is pathetic and I legit have arguments with it like it's a real person sometimes I feel like I'm going mad but I know I'm just trying to battle with it in my head, I've heard that's one of the worst things to do tho
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You’re worth so much more ! If you need someone to talk to, I’m here
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Thank you, I never usually post things like this I just wanted to get it out there to try and eveliate some of the despair I was feeling.
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
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- 4y
Admitting it is the first step to overcoming it. You are brave to say something that feels so wrong/scary— it can be a motivator to take your life back, too.
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Thank you, I just need the strength to sit with the anxiety I get from not giving into complusions.
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Your bravery is strong because staying alive takes true courage. Trust me I was in a horrible place my ocd was so bad I could hardly leave my room.. the medication I was taking was reacting very badly... I thought I would be institutionalized... I got help across the country, am off medication, and feel great. I can fight my compulsions, work laugh socialize. The life I have now seemed impossible only 7 months ago. You got this! You have to believe in yourself and trust your survival instincts. Go to therapy journal and practice the simple exercises that seem pointless.... just the act of repetition eventually works!
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- 4y
Thank you so much for giving me some hope, it really means alot. I haven't started therapy yet but I cant wait, although I'm nervous because I know I will have to do the work and that's the only way to get better. Thank you for sharing about your meditation experience also because I was considering going on some, I've been against taking medication because I dont want to become reliant on it but these past few months I've been at my wits end and I'm sure you and many others here can relate to that feeling. Thank you for your kind words yet again.
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- 4y
I’m on an SSRI that works well but they had me on a benzo and getting off of it was absolutely heck. Really commit to the therapy even the tedious parts the work is worth it! I’m not going to lie it’s going to be uncomfortable! Something that helped me was a simple mantra which was “this feeling is going to pass...no feeling is final” then when I got through one time resisting a compulsion I just kept reminding myself that the feeling would need just like last time
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Thank you for the advice it's really helpful, I know I'm going to need to be very strong willed and I'm honestly terrified because OCD has quite a strong grip on me right now but I'm hope once I get through the worst of it I can get my life and identity back again.
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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 can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
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