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one day you will look back on all of this and be SO grateful you got through it
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Hi there. We will all look back on these obsessions we are stuck on at the moment and realise it was the disorder making us like this. Trust me....I am going through exactly the same at the moment. My anxiety is sky high most of the time making the thoughts seem so real. I know in my heart of hearts though that the thoughts are just that....in my mind....It is the anxiety that is making it feel real and it is misfiring this anxiety towards me because I have a faulty part in my brain called the amygdala. And so do you. We need to retrain our brains to how they were before we had this bout of OCD. When we have less anxiety we think more rationally and then the OCD eases. I hate the depression and anxiety and ocd but we are all the same....we all have a mental health disorder and between us we will get through it. Much love xx
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Wow, @lou47. Thank you. I agree 100%. It’s all about retraining the brain and then being able to sustain change.
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Hey Muni, hopefully I can help. I've had OCD for over 20 years and many spikes a long the road. It's been difficult but I've discovered many things that can help you live a normal life. Mindfulness meditation is incredible for creating distance on your thoughts, CBT therapy is incredible for gaining a healthy perspective, Exposure Therapy is also Incredible. Medication is also amazing too. You're never alone in this. Research, read, listen to podcasts and by understanding our brains and how anxiety works it will de-mystify and make you instantly feel better. I can recommend incredible books, podcasts and websites for you to learn and feel better instantly if you'd like.
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Try to get a copy of 'Brain Lock' by Jeffrey M Schwartz. This will give you a clear picture what's happening in our brains and effective tools to reduce symptoms significantly. Also try to read any of Russ Harris' books on ACT. This is very powerful to reduce symptoms from a psychology perspective. For mindfulness download Insight Timer or Headspace apps and go through some guided meditations. And finally try listening to a podcast called 'The One You Feed'. They have many amazing podcasts and guests which aren't necessarily on OCD topics but mental health. Best of Luck to you all. I am sure you will be fine and lead a normal life, but always remember there's a whole profession dedicated to growth and mental health, make the call and speak to a profeasional if you need to. This will make you feel better instantly.
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it can be so hard to see <3 but it’s there :)
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Thank you so much. I want to hold on to the last bit of hope I have left
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Thank you, I really appreciate it. I’ll keep that in my head
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I would love for you to share this info!
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Me too x
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You are such angels! Thank you so much, dane_g!
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I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but when I learned more about it, I never related to anything more. A little back story: when I was younger, there were a couple of youth suicides in my area and the schools felt the need to have someone come in and talk about suicide. Well the person they had come in did a horrible job teaching it and basically made it seem like the smallest negative emotion or feeling or change in behavior made you suicidal. This ended up scaring me so much that I got horrid anxiety. Fast forward to now, Everytime I feel anxiety and panic, I fear I'm going to kill myself. Everytime I feel down and depressed, I fear I'll end it all. I'm scared to be around anything sharp because the "What if" I hurt myself comes into my mind. There are always intrusive thoughts at almost every point of the day. And it's not only for me. Everytime I hear someone being negative, I fear they will be suicidal. I know in my heart that none of this is true but it's terrifying me that it's stuck around so much that it makes me scared that maybe it is true. I've had a lot of death in my family in the past year and a half and a lot of other family drama that I'd never had before that is now also bringing up existential intrusive thoughts. And I'd never questioned anything about life before but now I get the "why is life like this?" and "does anything we do matter?" and I hate it. I don't want to think like that. I just want to go through life being able to handle things normally again. It terrifies me even right now going "what if you give up?"
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I’ve been trying my best with ERP and just everything that’s going on. I have severe OCD, GAD, PMDD, panic disorder, recently diagnosed ADHD, and currently experiencing a major depressive episode. Apparently. I was taking a break from this app but I really need support right now. My family is honestly really mean and not understanding of what I’m going through. Right now it’s gotten bad to the point I had to withdrawal from my last semester of university. My only support is my boyfriend and he’s now planning to join the military. I won’t be able to talk to him for 3 months and I feel really scared of being alone with all of this. I know I shouldn’t depend on him to begin with but right now I’m at an extremely low point and I feel like I won’t make it alone. There hasn’t been a single day we haven’t texted and talked in 4 years. I feel really scared, but I don’t want to hold him back. You guys, I feel so sad and terrified right now. I don’t want him to go, he’s all I have.
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I’m feeling kind of sad cause today was not a really good day in terms of my ocd. I was feeling kind of foggy/numb and that send me to spiraling. I’m 21 years old currently studying but my family has been having trouble with money for the last couple years(we’re just me and my mom) and I kinda want to get a job but everything is far from my home and I wouldn’t be able to return back at night, also it’s either way more expensive to move or the schedule wouldn’t let me take my classes. The point is that because of that every time my mom is stress tends to treat me bad, she speaks to me like I’m stupid or she just screams to nothing cursing all life and everything and that actually makes me feel soo bad and guilty for not doing anything, I know it’s hard for me to get a job that actually helps us without quitting school but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like I’m a burden. I want to help, I want to maybe hug her or something but I know she will be angrier and probably will reject it. So that’s it, I just feel like she punishes me for the stress she’s carrying and I get it but one day is happy and it feels like all love and the next is treating me like that, Idk it’s hard (also I feel like I shouldn’t be saying this cause it’s all my fault) 🫤
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