- Username
- bruisedfawn
- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Username
- NazarNazar
- Date posted
- 5y 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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- ramennoodles97ramennoodles97
- Date posted
- 5y 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!
- Username
- ForryForry
- Date posted
- 5y 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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- axolotlaxolotl
- Date posted
- 5y 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!
- Username
- bruisedfawnbruisedfawn
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you so much everyone!!!!
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- Username
- Danz
- Date posted
- 6y ago
so im suffering from suicidal OCD. its so exhausting just to let them sit in my mind wondering around. it made me depressed. i use to to so afraid, confused, panic and so much anxiety spike. today im feeling numb to all those feelings. its getting into my core believe..there is still resistance thats why im so tired. not 1sec i could distract my self. everywhere i go i feel like its the last place that i will ever visit.
- 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 .
- Username
- a.non2
- Date posted
- 1y ago
numbness
I got diagnosed with OCD a few months ago after getting plagued with intrusive thoughts last November. It’s been present in my life since I was younger but didn’t become truly debilitating until last November. I’ve been in therapy since May, and I started an SSRI. I’m a Christian, and I’ve struggled a lot with my faith since this started. I’ve had a hard time with ERP because I fear it’s not going to help and actually make things worse. I have also had a lot of emotional turmoil from family trauma and marriage issues. I’ve become so hopeless and numb and desensitized that I don’t know how to continue forward. I don’t feel like I’m able to talk to anyone about it because it’s taboo, so I feel like a fraud and like I don’t deserve to do things I enjoy or hang out with people I love. I do want to get better but I also have a fear that I don’t actually want to. I feel like my whole life is ruined and that I’ll never enjoy living again.
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