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hey:) i’m here for you. i know how hard it is. even with all the resources out there
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I hear you. I’ve got great support, but I’m still waiting to improve too. I don’t have any mind-blowing advice, just know you’re not alone.
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You got this, Muni ? Like I told you before, you seem really determined to get better and like the others said, you're doing everything to get there, so I'm sure you will!! Unfortunately it's a slow process :( what helped me once was to set a fixed date, like every beginning of a month, and lock back and see how I feel compared to the beginning of the month before. With such a big time span its sometimes easier to see the progress. Maybe there's not progress every time, but over time there will be! I'm so sorry you feel this way right now, I'm sending virtual hugs your way
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You can do this ♡
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Keep fighting muni ! You will get through this and you will have ur life back , just gotta keep at it. I was horrible at the beginning of the year but I finally found a med that works and my therapy kicks in now too. You will get there !
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Every word you wrote could have been me this week. And the. suddenly it was like I came out of a black cloud and could gain some perspective. I suppose my point is there will be more good days if you hang on.
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Oh wow. Still there some days. You do want to give up. A lot. But know you aren't alone in your feelings. Lots of us get it.
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If I ever get over this, if I ever get better, that would be my dream come true: I’ve had serious ocd since I was 16 yo., anxiety since childhood. I wanna live life: I can’t imagine myself being healthy enough to be able to go out for lunch, to go to the movies, to go live with my boyfriend, to be calm in my day to day life. I know you can’t do anything to help me, but I really needed to talk to someone.
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I can’t even begin to express my gratitude to you all. Thank you. This app is truly amazing, and has amazing people. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
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some days I wake up with so much dread and guilt. It makes it so hard to keep going. I open my eyes and I’m hit with a wave of nausea and terror. I feel ashamed of my compulsions and my OCD. I feel like a monster for my checking compulsions. For momentarily sexualizing things that shouldn’t be sexualized out of anxiety. I’m ashamed of a lot that I give into because of anxiety. Confessing things that are meaningless to my boyfriend. I feel so awful and unworthy of existing and of love. I feel hopeless I don’t want to keep pushing, the more I push the more meta my OCD becomes and the more guilt I feel for this mental illness. The more confusing it becomes to do ERP. If compulsions are a choice, they feel like life or death and it’s driving me insane, I beat myself up so badly over them I’m scared of compulsions, I’m scared of thoughts, I’m scared to be awake, I’m even scared of sleeping because my intrusions and compulsions haunt me there too. I spend my dreams trying to explain or justify my OCD and compulsions to people. I’m exhausted, I want this to stop so badly. My severe OCD isn’t feeling any less severe and it’s been months. I don’t want to keep questioning my every move but I’m so hyperaware of everything I do. I’m so tired. Some days I don’t even have tears to cry with. I’m just so full of despair and shame
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I don’t know if it’s worth it to keep going. I have so many diagnoses, so little support, and constant struggles with finding the right medication. My immune system is weak, I have multiple deficiencies, and I’m dealing with so many physical health problems on top of severe OCD. It’s just too much. On top of everything, my family treats me so not okay. Every single day is a fight just to keep going—to wake up, to eat, to take care of myself even a little. I’ve lost over ten pounds in the last two weeks from how depressed I’ve been. And instead of support, all I get is blame. My family constantly throws my struggles in my face, calling me selfish, as if I’m choosing this. I am trying so hard to push past all of this. But after five long months of severe OCD, anxiety, depression, panic disorder, and everything else making life unbearable, I am exhausted. And to be called lazy? Selfish? *Worthless*? How am I supposed to keep going when the people around me refuse to see how hard I’m trying? I don’t want this anymore. None of this suffering feels worth it. What am I fighting for just to be treated this way by my own family? To be yelled at for the look on my face, when my face reflects nothing but the stress, panic, and despair I’m drowning in? Am I still supposed to smile for them? This isn’t fair. No one should have to live like this. I don’t deserve to be treated this way, I’m really trying to keep going, but I just want everything to end.
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I'm going through a rough time. I used to think medication would brighten my world, but if anything, it's muted it. The physical anxiety is less, and I felt okay(ish) for a while, but things are getting bad again. I'm so afraid I'll never get to a point where I feel safe in my body and in my mind. Today is the first day I've cried in... I don't know how long. But I didn't feel the relief I thought I would. Initially, I did, but it morphed into dread, and now I'm sitting by myself, trying not to panic. I really want to begin seeing a therapist for OCD, but I don't know how much my insurance covers. There's just so much on my mind right now. A whole bunch of old themes are resurfacing. I wish I could've been given a different path in life. I'm trying to stay strong. It's just really difficult. I feel like I'm being sent back to square one :(
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