random_person
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cozymushroomcozymushroom
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Kinda sounds like the back door spike
random_personrandom_person
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But doesn’t this happen when you’re in recovery? I’m not in recovery
cozymushroomcozymushroom
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@random_person Not necessarily. This happens after a prolonged time of anxiety
cozymushroomcozymushroom
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@Anonymous6 To my best knowledge
random_personrandom_person
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@Anonymous6 Do you know how long it lasts?
cozymushroomcozymushroom
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@random_person I do not. Research the back door spike :)
drStrange.One.2678drStrange.On...
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I feel like the exact same thing. I dont feel anxious and thinking my ocd is gone.
Anon19Anon19
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Wait isnt that a good thing
random_personrandom_person
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Maybe, but it feels like I’ve accepted I’m the real thing and feel really depressed and not like myself
E.E.E.E.
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@random_person Look up the video “Depression as a compulsion with Shala Nicely” - it talks about exactly this
Anon19Anon19
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?
XxaraXxara
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i’m the same actually it happened to me last night where i was contemplating something and was genuinely thinking that i have ‘accepted it’ (i was super sleepy) even though i was mentally opposing it i didn’t feel the anxiety that i usually feel (that happens with my intrusive thoughts but i’m always avidly going against them but in this instance i was genuinely sitting a contemplating and thinking that i had accepted that i was this awful thing and i wasn’t getting anxiety from it) but then i woke up the next morning and felt riddled with a lot of anxiety bc of it and i wasn’t understanding why i wasn’t getting anxiety bc at the current moment i was getting anxiety and stress from it so i’m what u mean!
XxaraXxara
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**i know what u mean
RustyRusty
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Stop feeling certain and just go with it. No one knows your outcome don’t pay attention to this back door spike thing. Enjoy your freedom and just stay present!
RustyRusty
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No one knows for “certain” if ocd will or will never go away. It’s best to not even give these questions the time of day.
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