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Girl you're recovering. why are you so upset about itđ
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because it feels like i don't have ocd which means all that i am feeling is a part of me and not ocd :(
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@Nour04 YOU ARE GETTING BETTER!!!!
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I get this particular obsession a lot ! recovery is not linear, and it isnât âevidenceâ of never having had an illness - itâs just evidence of progress. you deserve to get better!! being anxious sucks, but showering and leaving the house are big big progress markers and they definitely do not undermine/disprove 1) your ocd diagnosis nor 2) the intensity of your feelings right now. these things can all exist! recovery is weird and full of contradictions - like everything with ocd, we have to accept the âmay or may notâ and rejoice in the small wins.
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yes but going out and feeling less anxious makes me feel like i never had ocd and these thoughts are mine and not ocd induced
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@Nour04 keep reading what that person said!
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- 23w
These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.
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- 21w
so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesnât mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if itâs not ocd thought is triggering me now and i donât know what do
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Anyone else feel that when they arenât experiencing a theme that their ocd is almost non existent. It almost makes me feel like Iâve been faking it, and also makes me feel ridiculous for obsessing over things. I feel sorry for myself :/ I know that my themes are valid and felt very real in the moment, but after I âget overâ them I just canât believe that I was obsessing over something that either wasnât true or didnât apply to me. I would also like to know how to prevent themes from reoccurring. Health, religion and existential OCD themes tend to take turns throughout my life, I just didnât know that was it ocd. Trying to break the cycle.
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