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- 6y
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- 6y
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
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
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
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
Thank you so much everyone!!!!
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- 23w
I dont know what to do anymore. I think Ive had the 'pure O' version of OCD for more than ten years. I feel like so much of my life has been wasted from this disease. For the longest time I just tried to ignore the intrusive thoughts, and push them off as anxiety, and basically dissociated for years of my life. Feels like Ive just been on autopilot and a shell of myself for nearly 15 years. Its actually hard to even imagine of all the experiences, emotions, connections with others, and personal growth that Ive missed out on- if I do, I think it would be too much to handle. I think Ive even forgot and dont even know at this point what it is to live a normal life and experience positive emotions. Now that I sought treatment for it specifically, it feels like it's gotten worse. Like by acknowledging that part of myself, suddenly added focus just makes it more real and in the forefront now. I wonder if I am actually going insane. Will not go into details for reassurance but the thoughts just rip my soul out. Its so difficult as well because I will get random 'clarity moments' throughout the day where I feel like Ive solved something, then get completely derailed by another OCD thought stream and forget everything. It feels like Im just on a merry-go-round of hell, not going anywhere thinking I am at times.
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- 21w
I know everything im dealing with is OCD. I have accepted that, but I just feel down. I don’t want to live the rest of my life like this. I just want to be free from this horrible illness. Any positive stories and recovery journeys will help. What did recovery look like for you? I used to be so happy, I miss it so much. This feels like it’s taken everything from me. How do you just live your life despite how you feel? Any hope will help!
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- 19w
i want to get this out of the way; i’m not suicidal. i’m a 17 y/o guy whose been living with OCD for what i assume is most of my life despite only getting the diagnoses last year. i’ve been hustling on despite my mental health really consuming my life to moments in time where i question my sanity and self control. it’s the lack of control that really kills me with this disorder. each day i wake up, it’s the same persistent reminders; it’s the same meaningless conversations replaying; it’s the same small rituals that just barely let me breathe before the thoughts return. nothing i do is gonna stop that unbearable monogamy where i have to sit back and let my eyes be peeled open; i don’t know how to live with that. no pill has worked on me, and any response i give the thoughts just make them worse. right now i’m trying to just sit through it and not care. don’t let it effect me emotionally; try not to feel the discomfort. then it starts to manifest into physical pain where i feel the bones of my chest have this pressure—like staples entering them at the rhythm of a heart beat. i’m getting though this, but i’m not enjoying my life when doing so. i don’t know if i have a future where it isn’t just this repeating through the process of each day. i don’t want to spend the rest of my life avoiding the one thing i’m supposed to have control over. i also don’t want to drown my days in self medicating or get addicted doing so—like i already am. i don’t see the way to make this life of mine work, especially given how much i don’t have to do deal with at my age. of course that will come to. look, i’m not at risk; i really don’t want in anyway to die despite being basically hopeless. i’m numb to the pain of it, i don’t feel anything in my desire to escape these cycles, i just need an out. i’m not seeing a way to move forward. i’m willing to hear anything.
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