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- 6y ago
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- 6y ago
There is nothing to be ashamed of. Ocd is a pretty common disease. Don’t be afraid to seek help - it is much easier to fight it when somebody supports you. The decision to seek help was one of the best decisions of my life
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- 6y ago
There IS life with OCD! I promise. It might be embarrassing or hard to seek help at first, but think of it an opportunity to get better at being vulnerable and seeking help when you need it. There's a lot to learn and grow from when fighting this. On a personal note, I've had harm OCD, religious OCD, all kinds of sexual OCD, contamination obsessions, relationship obsessions, scrupolosity, you name it. And I've found therapists and other resources who helped me. There's so much help, so much hope. Get help, keep fighting, it's worth it!
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- 6y ago
I read a book by Claire weekes, mainly about general anxiety but she talks about not fighting it but accepting your anxiety, have to say changed my perception of my OCD. You can be happy and have OCD, I am.
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- 6y ago
Hang in there! I’ve had this diagnosis a long time and will have periods of time when it’s really bad, and other times when I feel normal and fine - I had a stretch of 7 years when I had only mild symptoms! Now I’m in a bad flare up, but I know that eventually I’ll come out the other side again - you will too! For me, it’s a combination of SSRI and ocd-specialized therapy that create long term success (I’m off the ssri right now - long story - hence the flare up...can’t wait to go back on it in a few months!!) Have hope & seek help - you can have a full life along with ocd!
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- 6y ago
Thank you so much everyone!!!!
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- 23w ago
Hey today I’m feeling very tired because of my OCD I’m just so tired of it. I feel I’m doing everything to get better. I disregard the thoughts, I’m trying to do things like I don’t have ocd but it doesn’t want to go away. I was doing fine for a long period of time and now I feel like I’m back a square one. It’s been almost 2 months now I’m battling with OCD and I’m just tired. Sure I have moments where it’s better than others, I also have days where I barely have OCD but I also have really bad days like today where I just don’t want to get out of bed. Last time I had a relapse it took my 4 weeks to get out of it I don’t understand why this time it takes me more. I’m starting believing that I will never feel better again. Anyway I’m gonna try to find the strength to get out of bed and to start my day. But I just wanted to share. It’s such a horrible illness.
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- 13w ago
I’ve been dealing with a really bad flare up the last 2 weeks and i’ve been dealing with ocd on and off for years. I was finally feeling better today, So of course my ocd decided to bring up an old intrusive thought that was really upsetting and now i’m stuck on it again. The reason why I struggle so much to conquer my ocd is because I developed ocd as postpartum so my ocd targets my kids, the ones that mean everything to me. The intrusive thoughts range from mild to really disturbing. While I know deep down the intrusive thoughts aren’t true or me, the ocd makes it feel SO real and true which makes me feel like I HAVE to disprove the thoughts and with confidence but the ocd won’t let me. It also makes me question analyze and judge everything I do. It’s an endless cycle of pain and I just want to be a mom without ocd telling me i’m a horrible person all day every day. 😪
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- 9w ago
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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