Y’all, I need to share some small success. I have been dealing with OCD on my own since age 19. Doing well on and off but never truly understanding OCD fully or how to REALLY help myself. 20 years later here I am 3 weeks into ERP and H-E-L-L-O helpfulness!!! My therapist shared this incredible podcast about ruminating with me and then I dove into that Dr.’s articles on his website. I am SO grateful for my therapist and this Dr’s information because it’s been a total mind switch flip for me. My biggest themes have been existential ocd, self harm/harm ocd and have dealt with other themes in the past just for short periods, but these ones I mentioned are my most difficult. Look, I know I still have work to do, BUT that’s the point; I ACTUALLY have helpful work to do and I’m beyond excited. OCD is hard - healing is hard. I’m choosing my healing is hard option over the ocd is hard option because at the end of the day there is SOLID hope in healing ❤️‍🩹.