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Why me
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I'm sorry for the way you feel :^( I understand you, we all do It gets better i promise. Keep going and talk to your friends or family, even people from here Don't be alone in this.
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Its true that the intrusive thoughts will never go away completely. But how you react to them can be changed. OCD only wins if you give up. Find a therapist that understands OCDband specializes in ERP. I'm not going to lie to you. ERP is crazy hard and uncomfortable. But you CAN beat OCD. You don't have to keep living the way you are. ERP only works if you commit to it and give it your all. All you need tobdo is decide to fight back. Recovery is possible. But no one is going to come to you. If you want help, then you need to ask for it and seek it out. A good place to start is by scheduling a free call with NOCD. Theyvask you some basic questions about your symptoms and insurance. Then you get paired with a therapist. The first step is a 90 minute OCD assessment. At the end, you will get a diagnosis if you meet the criteria for OCD. Then you build your hierarchy and start learning ERP. Only you can decide if you want recovery. No one else can decide that for you. Treatment through NOCD may even be covered by your insurance. Mine is. www.treatmyocd.com
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- 22w
I’m sobbing right now. I’m convinced that I’ve been in denial all along and that it’s all real. It has to be now. I don’t wanna be a boy but I feel like there’s no way I’m not one if I’m doing these things. There’s no way I’m a cis girl if I’m doing these things. I’m so fucking done with life I feel absolutely trapped. I don’t wanna be a man but fuuuuuuuuck I think it’s real now I’m so fcking done with living. I really feel like I’ve been using OCD as an excuse/a cover up and I’m scared it’s all a facade. There’s no way it’s not real now I’m literally so fcking scared I want it all to stop. If anyone has advice please send some my way. I need it badly
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- 20w
I dont know what to do anymore. I think Ive had the 'pure O' version of OCD for more than ten years. I feel like so much of my life has been wasted from this disease. For the longest time I just tried to ignore the intrusive thoughts, and push them off as anxiety, and basically dissociated for years of my life. Feels like Ive just been on autopilot and a shell of myself for nearly 15 years. Its actually hard to even imagine of all the experiences, emotions, connections with others, and personal growth that Ive missed out on- if I do, I think it would be too much to handle. I think Ive even forgot and dont even know at this point what it is to live a normal life and experience positive emotions. Now that I sought treatment for it specifically, it feels like it's gotten worse. Like by acknowledging that part of myself, suddenly added focus just makes it more real and in the forefront now. I wonder if I am actually going insane. Will not go into details for reassurance but the thoughts just rip my soul out. Its so difficult as well because I will get random 'clarity moments' throughout the day where I feel like Ive solved something, then get completely derailed by another OCD thought stream and forget everything. It feels like Im just on a merry-go-round of hell, not going anywhere thinking I am at times.
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It’s like my brain is doing everything in its power to convince myself and also justify an attraction to teenagers. I hate myself. I don’t want to be this person, but what if I don’t have a choice. How do I get these thoughts out of my head permanently. I feel like my life will never be the same if they don’t leave forever. I can’t tell what is a real desire and what OCD is trying to convince me is a real desire. I can’t do this every day for the rest of my life. I don’t want to hurt anyone, or I don’t think I do but how do I even tell anymore. This might not even be OCD at this point, I can’t separate my thoughts from OCD thoughts I think because I’ve had OCD for so long so it all just feels like me. Maybe it is me. TMI but I haven’t pleasured myself in like a week because my libido is so low now, I don’t want to do it with these thoughts.
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