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I personally believe it’s able to be suppressed to a negligible level. To assume it can be completely eradicated from the body via behavioral treatment alone seems a bit far fetched. There are physiological aspects to OCD. For instance, the immune system contributes to OCD. Don’t believe me? Look up PANDAS and Immune-mediated OCD. I don’t claim to be a psychological professional by any means. Just someone who has ran the totem pole with OCD for years.
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I always wonder if I had PANDAS because I got OCD at age 12 after strep infection and it was very sudden and wayy out of control. But nobody really knew about PANDAS in 2004 so undiagnosed
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Interesting! I don't believe I am cured by any means. I feel like OCD is a cycle itself besides the obsessions-compulsions-relief cycle. I had just over a year of suffering so bad that I was ill and shaky all the time. Then I discovered OCD was the cause and am doing my best to keep on top of all the ways to beat it. It wasn't as bad as the whole year, but was still as frequent, then I had two whole months of no thoughts, just occasional weekly anxiety of 'somethings not right. Then I had an argument a couple days ago and then suddenly the thoughts and anxiety were back, just as strong at first until I remembered my steps to cope with it. I'm still in that episode (hopefully coming out of it now). This experience has made me believe that we can reduce it to almost non-existent but there will always be a trigger that causes it to flare up once in a while. The hard part of that is it can feel so disappointing/frustrating and more doubtful when it flares up after a really long time of being ok. Life is unpredictable and full of twists and turns and uncertainty that we don't see new triggers coming so we will need to do ERP for those new triggers. But on the whole it can become more manageable where we can even get breaks from it. Chrissie Hodges on YouTube touches on this and she's been suffering for years (around 28 years I think 🤔) and she said she has a normal life and it comes back sometimes.
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If you have a mindset that you will be cured, you will be setting yourself up for a nasty relapse. It is a disorder that needs to be managed, and of course sometimes will be better than others.
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How long did it take to make this? And is it actually possible?
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People who went from a really bad time with OCD to a better time now. Is it really possible? What was your theme? Did you take medication?
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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!
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