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Yes! That thought keeps me up at night. I feel defeated.
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Oh yes. I felt this way often. I felt that life couldn’t possibly be worth living if I have to feel this way all the time but the grass really is greener and if you hold on and get help, you will get to that side just like I did and be in awe of how far you came. I know how it feels to be in the thick of it. It feels so impossible but you are so incredibly brave for coming here to get help. You’re not alone. This is only the beginning of something you will live with forever but that you can take control of and maybe even one day be thankful for. Because it will lead you to so many people who need your help in the way you needed. You will be a God send for them. And you’ll be at peace and in control of your OCD.
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Thank you so much. What has helped you?
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@Anonymous Therapy is really helping so keep on doing that! I know it’s hard but you can do it. Having a relationship with God is crucial for me. Reading the Bible and praying often. He gives me peace and strength and hope! Staying busy. Watching things that make me laugh. Getting rid of caffeine COMPLETELY. That’s a HUGE one. Guided meditations to help me fall asleep and giving myself permission to worry later so I can really get some sleep or meditate. Sometimes I would take stock of my fear and let myself have a day to relax from it and let myself worry later. Sometimes I wouldn’t even go back to it because I was able to let my mind and body rest and it made it easier to work it out logically. Time with friends and family. Exercise is huge! Inositol (powdered B vitamin) helped a lot. I worked my way up to 6 grams, 3 times a day over the course of a few weeks. 1 mg methyl folate. 2 mg methyl b12. Pure encapsulations Sero Plus. A lot of times people with OCD or other mental illness are highly deficient in B vitamins and the vitamins and minerals essential for sending Serotonin to the brain which is what anti-depressants do. Supplements, exercise, and time outside is CRUCIAL. It’s so hard to sleep when your constantly worrying. Try writing down your worries and give yourself permission to worry later so you can get some much needed sleep. Maybe give yourself a week and just add to the list if something pops into your head. The mental rest will do wonders and you might be able to approach those fears with more strength and the ability to see them logically. Prayers for you my friend.
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Science and medicine is always making discoveries so i have hope that maybe they’ll figure out the true root cause of OCD and maybe even find a cure. Believe it or not, many mental illnesses can be cured (take depression as an example)
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But don't they say that mental illnesses never fully cure?
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@Miro Depends on the illness. But what I’m saying is that certain illnesses that were previously thought to have no cure may turn out to be curable someday.
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@cmac1339 Hopefully
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Yes this is my biggest fear... and I feel like the only way I can get out of it (through crazy ruminating) is to sit in a room of my house for 24 hours straight.... unfortunately the way I do my rumination and compulsions has caused this to be the only answer to being happy again
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I’d love to chat, I relate to that so much. I have to be forced to leave my room or house
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@em887766 Me too
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@babs7119 Let’s set up a convo!
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@em887766 Let’s set up a convo !
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@LucyA5118 @emidrew_xo on IG (:
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Yes. It used to bring me immense panic. But I’m slowly accepting it and working towards recovery. It’s similar with depression and anxiety as it’s not something that can be cured, but someone can recover from it and live a pretty normal life, only difference is that just like anyone we have bad times- but typically our bad times are related to ocd. The channel ocdrecoveryuk talks about how there is a chance to not have chronic guilt/anxiety/intrusive thoughts/etc and live and not even notice you have ocd most of the time
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On YouTube channel?
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@babs7119 Yes youtube! They also have an Instagram
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@c.cat Thanks
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@babs7119 Of course!
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@babs7119 Why don't these OCD channels hardly ever mention my theme, illness anxiety OCD or like mine biggest obsession is fearing cancer and death.
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Yes absolutely. The feeling that I'll never be normal again and the thoughts will never go away. And I'll feel that especially when my anxiety is at it's peak. It's so overwhelming.
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Where is this channel? YouTube?
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I feel like I’ll never lead a normal life again with OCD, my thoughts have begun to be convince especially about POCD. I feel like so sad and down that this will be my life forever. I’ll never get to fall in love again without intrusive thoughts. I’ll never be worth falling in love with. I can never be intimate again. I’m just done, my life is over. I can’t even look at my nephew and niece anymore without the smile fading. It feels like I’m so nasty and then my brain convinces me this is how I feel. That there’s some part of me that is a p*do and that’s it. I’m a disgusting human being for that. I just feel hopeless
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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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My mom will sit and listen to me for quite a while, but she interrupts a lot and gets angry/upset. While I appreciate her passion, it's often stressful. Every time I come to her, if I even *mention* OCD, she gets frustrated and says, "Everyone deals with these issues, you know. It doesn't mean it's OCD." And I repeat, "I'm not saying my issues are unique — I'm saying the way I respond to them is a problem." But she just shakes her head and says, "Okay, I need to get back to my day." Full context, I'm an adult, and I live with my boyfriend, but I'm staying at my mom's for the next month. After living away from home for years, I went back to living with her during the pandemic, and I only recently left to live with him. Honestly, I think living with her for so long in my adulthood really messed with me and made me feel like a teenager all over again. I feel like my mental growth is stunted, and that's part of why my OCD is so bad lately. Not blaming, just noticing. She doesn't seem to understand how relieving the OCD diagnosis has been for me, because it explains so so so many things I've struggled with for years, and it's exciting to have more resources that can help me. But I think she sees it as me finding an excuse to *not* work on myself, which is just untrue. I'm not going to let OCD hold me back or use it as an excuse, but I'm also not going to pretend it's not a problem when I know it is — I was even diagnosed through NOCD. The whole point being to fix it, not use it as a crutch. When I have an issue, it's unbearable. Any issue, big or small, feels just the same. I feel a sinking feeling, my mind races, my heart beats out of my chest. I end up running to my support systems, crying, ruminating for days on end. Then, months later, the same exact issue can feel like nothing anymore, because it's no longer an obsession. I'm sure everyone deals with issues in a similar way, but I *know* there is something specific and debilitating going on with me. This is reassurance seeking, but in the face of being told I'm making a big deal out of nothing, can someone diagnosed with OCD tell me if they relate to the specific intensity of these feelings??
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