Anonymous
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NandwenNandwen
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I watch her all the time š„° She's amazing
AnonymousAnonymous
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It could be that all the people telling you you can't ever fully recover are wrong. Ali recovered so why can't I. I choose to believe that I can fully recover. The thoughts may come back again but I can then choose to not react to them and let them pass on their own. I think people with OCD have over active and highly sensitive Amygdala but we can show it not to be afraid by how we react to it being afraid of a thought.
Dre83Dre83
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My therapist hasnāt said that I canāt recover she just said we canāt control our thoughts and they might not fully go away. But that we arenāt here to make the thoughts go away we are here to change your reaction to them to reduce the anxiety.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Dre83 That's right. Ali does say that in some of her other videos as well. I agree that sometimes she is inconsistent on what she says.
Dre83Dre83
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@Anonymous I would give my arm for remission for the rest of my life š¤¦š½
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Dre83 We can get there!
Dre83Dre83
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@Anonymous Iām glad your optimistic. Sometimes I am sometimes Iām not lol
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Dre83 I trust that I can recover. Do I know with 100% that I will? I don't know, I just choose to trust.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Dre83 Thats ok, it's part of the recovery
Dre83Dre83
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@Anonymous Thatās a great attitude!
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
Check out her podcast OCD Recovery.
Dre83Dre83
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I just listened to one of her videos and she said ocd thoughts like magical thinking, harm can totally go away 100 percent. I donāt think this is true based on we canāt control our thoughts, all the things Iāve read on ocd and being in therapy with an ocd specialist.
NandwenNandwen
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The thouts don't go away, because everyone has intusive thoughs. The anxiety goes away. Ocd is anxiety disorder... you just dont respond to the thoughts the same anymore qnd thats what shes teaching
NandwenNandwen
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@Nandwen Omg sorry, I don't know how to write haha
Dre83Dre83
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@Nandwen Oh ok I was like dam whatās wrong with me then. It was scaring me for a moment. Thanks for the clarity!
NandwenNandwen
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@Dre83 Nooo, you're good hihi ā¤ā¤ā¤
Dre83Dre83
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Iām not saying she isnāt good but I donāt think she should be saying that because those of us with pure o themes will then base our recovery off that and if the thoughts donāt go away 100% then we will think something is wrong with us.
AnonymousAnonymous
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I went 8 years without OCD before I had a relapse due to a huge life event. I can tell you it's possible.
Dre83Dre83
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@Anonymous When your donāt have ocd symptoms itās remission. Recovery is when the thoughts donāt bother you. Thatās what Iāve learned from my reading. So you was in remission for 8 years which is great.
AnonymousAnonymous
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Thoughts will come to you just like everyone else but you will train the brain to automatically dismiss them like a normal person.
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My OCD Journey
Looking back, I realize Iāve had OCD since I was 7. though I wasnāt diagnosed until I was 30. As a kid, I was consumed by fears I couldnāt explain: "What if God isnāt real? What happens when we die? How do I know Iām real?" These existential thoughts terrified me, and while everyone has them from time to time, I felt like they were consuming my life. By 12, I was having daily panic attacks about death and war, feeling untethered from reality as depersonalization and derealization set in. At 15, I turned to drinking, spending the next 15 years drunk, trying to escape my mind. I hated myself, struggled with my body, and my intrusive thoughts. Sobriety forced me to face it all head-on. In May 2022, I finally learned I had OCD. I remember the exact date: May 10th. Reading about it, I thought, "Oh my God, this is it. This explains everything." My main themes were existential OCD and self-harm intrusive thoughts. The self-harm fears were the hardest: "What if I kill myself? What if I lose control?" These thoughts terrified me because I didnāt want to die. ERP changed everything. At first, I thought, "You want me to confront my worst fears? Are you kidding me?" But ERP is gradual and done at your pace. My therapist taught me to lean into uncertainty instead of fighting it. Sheād say, "Maybe youāll kill yourselfāwho knows?" At first, it felt scary, but for OCD, it was freeing. Slowly, I realized my thoughts were just thoughts. ERP gave me my life back. Iām working again, Iām sober, and for the first time, I can imagine a future. If youāre scared to try ERP, I get it. But if youāre already living in fear, why not try a set of tools that can give you hope?
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