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The question you need to ask yourself is this. Are you willing to spend the rest of your life feeling and thinking right now. Just because your OCD is good right now doesn't mean it always will be. If you aren't willing right now to do what it takes to recover, that's fine. Only you can make that choice. ERP is tough and you will feel worse before you feel better. OCD is uncomfortable too. In my opinion the temporary struggle of doing ERP is with the long term benefit of recovery.
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I keep busy to keep mine at bay and it helps a lot. If I think about it to much I spiral so I see nothing wrong with that
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Okay not to explore it with a therapist?
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I would go ahead and get the tools to deal with it. I was like you, mine started 12 years ago. I would get it under control in about 2 weeks and I would go for another few years before the next episode and so forth. This last time put me in bed for days. Go ahead and get the help and quit hiding from it.
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This is tough- because I was in this very cycle for years. It’s so much easier to say “well I’m finally feeling stronger and like I’ve got a hold on this- so why would I try to do therapy now?” But what I’ve learned is that in general, OCD treatment is very counterintuitive- but it WORKS. I have been learning to face the opportunities when I do feel the strongest and take advantage of them so that when the OCD inevitably tries to force it’s way back into the front seat- I’m better prepared to face it. Sometimes, you do have to pick your battles and allow yourself to be happy and okay. Just make sure that it doesn’t become a cycle and be prepared to take advantage of those “good days/weeks” when they do arrive! God Bless
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- 23w
Would it be logical to think “if I never worried about this before, it must be OCD”? I am trying to not reassurance seek, but when I can approach things logically, it really helps me. I have been dealing with varying themes since July and I try to be pragmatic about things. I’d like to stop things in their tracks if I can.
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- 23w
I had avoided a lot with school specifically, but I did do it in other areas of life as well. School for some reason has been the biggest trigger that sends me into avoidance and it has been for the longest time. Does anybody relate? If so, what did you do to help besides therapy? In high school I used to sit in the bathroom stalls for hours so I could avoid going to classes. I was struggling to keep up because my OCD makes me perfect my school work so much so to the point where I’d never turn it in because I’d never be satisfied with what I’d produce. I’d get so incredibly frustrated with myself and the fact that I could never meet my own standards, never mind the rubrics given. I took ages analyzing all my writing, all my answers, all my google slides and I burnt myself out. So I stopped trying. I stopped turning in work because I’d never be satisfied. I’d cry because I felt I wasn’t good enough. Then I’d be missing assignments, getting them done but not submitting them because I was too ashamed. So, I avoided classes because I’d be in trouble or be called out for not getting anything done. Unfortunately this habit bled into my first year of college last year, and OCD coupled up with depression, made going to the dining hall and attending classes even worse. So I avoided it all together. It’s so hard being a freshman in college, so so hard. I unfortunately failed out of that school but I tried to medically withdraw either semester. No, I wasn’t partying, or drinking or smoking or hanging with the wrong people. I was a college freshman struggling with ocd and depression. I’m trying to not make excuses for myself either because I’m well aware this is my fault and I’m trying to reverse it now at community college. Right now I’m trying to get those Fs turned into Ws from my old school so I can fix my gpa. I want to transfer, I want to be a forensic psychologist, I want to be independent, I want to be ok. It’s gonna take me so long to transfer from community college but that’s on me. I’m willing to put in the work. I’m so embarassed, please help me.
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- 21w
So I’ve noticed that my OCD has calmed down, I’m getting less intrusive thoughts but I feel more uncertain than ever. Is this normal for recovery?
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