Fighting compulsions is soooooo hard. I find myself constantly and aimlessly posting on Reddit to get reassurance on a situation when I already know the answer. A lot of things im realizing is literally my own imagination that I’m making into a reality when it’s not real and I HATE it. 😭

Yes and it’s so annoying because I KNOW it’s not but my brain will make me think it is.

Yes and I KNOW it’s not real but my brain will make me think it is. And sometimes you hate talking about because no one will understand, It seems.

@thatgirl_ Yes I feel you. Many people around you don’t understand what you go through and are really inpatient and nieve. “Just stop it, don’t do it” or “Just don’t think like that”. It isn’t that simple and requires treatment to reduce symptoms. ERP is a useful treatment to reduce OCD symptoms, but can take some time. I’m doing self-ERP and I do find improvements but it is very slow. While I feel better as time goes on, many of my family members expect changes to be quick, when in reality, it cannot be rushed. “Slow and steady wins the race” as they say, to not skip through anything and facing your fears.

@Thuy1234 I agree 100%. It’s definitely not easy but it’s worth it! I have my 1st session Monday and I’m so excited to finally get some help!

Yes! My ocd is relationship based and I try to find so much fault in him when there literally isn’t any and I find myself going to Reddit asking others and everyone is always like “you’re insane” or “please get help”