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- 3y
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- OCD Conqueror
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i’d probably have a job
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Probably showering more, making much more livable earnings, socializing, leaving the house, be intimate with my boyfriend, etc.
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This is a great question and helps put things in perspective. We should all try to live like this. It can be so hard but would be a great goal.
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living a good life in college and working hard :) still in college but this makes it so much harder
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I want to add that I would be actively dating and seeking out romance and exploring what I want out of love and my life.
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Start dating again, jump into my career, feel A+ about my body. Uhhh have more quality friendships. Oh! And putting my music out there :)
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Probably having a good time at college and looking forward to my future rather than dreading it
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Going to the gym, writing music \ a podcast (I can't write scripts for shit, but I have ideas), and studying web development.
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- OCD Conqueror
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I'd be at school
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Clean/organize my home, look pretty
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Enjoy my relationship and being a super mom
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Same. I feel like a burden. Also, I would be taking better care of myself. Like, ya know, showering regularly. Depression on top of ocd sucks ass
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Going to the gym, in a happy relationship, healthy eating habits, more motivated overall
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I wouldn't be here.. I would have more time to do what I want, I wish OCD never struck me..
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probably still have friends
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- 20w
Hi this is my first time posting on here. I wasn't sure if I should because I want to make sure I'm not seeking reassurance because I heard that makes ocd worse. I don't want to talk about what my ocd problem was, but basically I was really upset about a religious ocd problem that I know isn't true. I'm feeling a lot better about it now, but when it was bad I decided to try and get better on my own. I read about ERP therapy and how you're supposed to make a list of your ocd problems, from least distressing to most. So I wrote them down on two pieces of paper. At first I started with the simple ones, like looking for spiders before leaving the room. I have a tendency to look for spiders before leaving a room but lately I've been trying not to anymore. Then I decided to try and do one of the hard things. It was a religious ocd problem. I decided to start simple, and just write the problem down on a piece of paper. So I went downstairs and got some paper. But then I thought, oh no, my ocd is probably not going to like this. What do I do with the paper once I write it down? If I think what I wrote down is bad and going to upset God and I will go to hell, (even though I know logically it's not), my ocd is probably going to freak out if I throw away the paper. It probably won't calm down unless I erase it. So I just decided to not write it down on a paper, and just type it on my phone instead. So I did, I typed it on my phone. So, even though I didn't write anything down on the paper, now it feels like that peice of paper is bad. I feel like it's connected to the problem I was having, and I was so upset I called my mom crying asking her what to do. Eventually I decided to just put the paper back with the rest of the paper downstairs, but I'm still upset. I feel like I have to throw away all the paper downstairs, the pencil I was going to use to write down the problem, and the eraser I was going to use in case I needed to erase anything. It feels like if I use any of those items I will make God angry and go to hell. I know I shouldn't do this though, so I'm not going to. I don't know what to do with the papers where I wrote down my ocd problems. They are on my desk and I'm too afraid to move them. And if I put them in my desk I'm afraid they will get mixed up with other papers. I guess I can do whatever I want with them. I think I'll put them in a folder or binder and if I make any more ocd papers I can just put them in there. I'm just really confused on how to move forward. Right now, I'm too afraid to use the papers, pencil, or eraser for anything. I feel like I can't write on them, draw on them, or anything. It's even making me feel like I can't make digital art. It's making me feel like I can't do a lot of things. I guess what I have to do is just do whatever I want to, because I know the ocd isn't true and doesn't make sense.
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- 17w
i’m in college and on my summer break now. i don’t have a job yet or much to occupy myself with and im finding it really difficult to keep my ocd under control. if i have nothing to do, i find myself sitting around and ruminating heavily and getting severely anxious and my thoughts just keep wandering. i don’t really feel peace of mind unless im with my boyfriend or my best friend, both of which i don’t get to see often because they’re very busy or live far away. im not sure how to keep myself busy and how to occupy my brain with something other than worries :(
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