- Username
- Tanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
- Username
- Shep24Shep24
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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
- Username
- TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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
- Username
- M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 3y ago
You’re worth so much more ! If you need someone to talk to, I’m here
- Username
- TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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.
- Username
- sammydddsammyddd
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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.
- Username
- TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Thank you, I just need the strength to sit with the anxiety I get from not giving into complusions.
- Username
- Shep24Shep24
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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!
- Username
- TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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.
- Username
- Shep24Shep24
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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
- Username
- Shep24Shep24
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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- Username
- TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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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- Username
- Lavander
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Ocd makes me feel so lonely. I crave for intimacy and being understood and cared for so much but it's like I'll never have any of these. I just overthink over stuff that makes me feel like crap, and I can't get them out of my mind. I'm set to lead a miserable life, stuck with my broken mind. This is no way to live.
- Username
- h.1
- Date posted
- 4y ago
i just feel like this has ruined my life. even when i’m doing good in the back of my mind i’m worried if i see a child. it’s so hard because it’s always been my dream to have children in the future, all my life i wanted to be a mum, and now i don’t even know if i want to because of this and i feel like i can’t because i’m so disgusting. i can’t even go to therapy or talk to anyone about this because my biggest fear is them telling me it’s not ocd and that means i’m just an evil person. this means i haven’t been diagnosed which makes me feel worse because although i’ve done a lot of research obviously i can’t diagnose myself. i’m just so scared of what i’ll be told. i feel like i’m constantly living in fear of what i might do or what someone would think if they knew about the intrusive thoughts etc. even writing this i’m terrified people are going to think i’m a p because i haven’t been diagnosed with ocd.
- Username
- Idktbh
- Date posted
- 1y ago
POCD
Im so drained , I haven’t been diagnosed I’m too scared to go to a doctor and I did tell my mum I think I had ocd and she laughed at me with disbelief because Im not a clean freak . My last option is suicide if I’m being honest I’m only 17 and I’m already having these uncomfortable thoughts that make me cry for hours . I can’t go on social media I can’t speak to my family I can’t be around kids , animals without having a fear of getting turned on or feeling stuff or thinking stuff . The thoughts get so believable idk if there real or fake . It makes me extremely uncomfortable “what if I like this feeling “ I have to constantly check myself my body if a video comes up of a kid . What happens if I don’t even have ocd and I’m just a pedo . I’ve been through a lot of stuff but this has been the most draining , depressing period of my life . I can’t eat , I’m starting to think I’m depressed again . I can’t sleep , I don’t know myself anymore . I’m scared of myself , my future , what happens if Im becoming one , since I’m so young . I don’t want to be here anymore I don’t deserve it . I don’t deserve to have friends I don’t deserve anything but to rot in my room . I don’t believe I can get help I don’t believe I can get better . I just want to be normal I’m so jealous of people that just think normally .
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