Hey everyone, I wanted to share a thought I had hoping it’ll at least help one person. tw spiraling about uncertainty a little I was thinking about how much anxiety I get from thinking about life’s uncertainties, how in an instant life can be forever changed or a problem can be presented to you randomly. It really affects me, I literally wake up with anxiety most mornings feeling like something life altering could happen any moment. But then I thought to myself, that’s very true and extremely evident. what’s also evident is POSITIVE life altering things. Positive things that can happen out of no where too, and it’s just part of life! we worry so much about negative uncertainty but what about positive uncertainty, like winning the lottery, getting in contact with a lost connection, starting a family, finding a stray animal to take in, the lost goes on. positivity and negativity come and go and flow. it’s natural. it’s okay❤️ i hope this doesn’t come off as toxic positivity. our negative uncertainties are still terrible and not easy to live with but it’s pretty easy to forget about the positive things when life is hard.

I’ve seen wayyyy too many negative posts on here (I totally get it)…but can someone please share some positive experiences? Doesn’t have to be so grand, it could be just that you achieved a small goal with your ocd! I don’t want to continue feeling drowned by this debilitating disorder. I want to see what has helped some of you! So we can all encourage each other! 😊

I hope everyone is holding up okay! I’ve been seeing a lot of scared posts and whatnot lately, so I just wanted to make this post to remind ourselves to practice our uncertainty! I want to share a few response prevention lines that help me calm down! My thoughts do not define who I am. Maybe I’m a bad person, maybe I’m not, but I have a lot of things I need to do now. I’m going to practice not knowing for sure. I don’t have to solve this problem. I am choosing to sit with this uncomfortableness!

I’m sure it’s been a rough few days for everyone, maybe even weeks or months. Hell, this last YEAR has been up and down for me! But I wanted to take this moment to congratulate everyone for coming this far. It’s no small feat! OCD is a killer, and it’s good at its job! The fact that all of you are still here fighting is a testament to how strong you are! We may not have the answers or explanation to everything, and that’s okay. We have to stay in the present, not the past or the future. Remember to practice being uncertain! It’s hard to remember the good days we’ve had despite all these horrible ones! There’s no scar to show for happiness, but we’ve got plenty to show for misery and pain. Keep hanging on, you’ve got this!