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- 3y
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I’m going through the same thing. Would you mind sharing what you’re going through . I could pray for you and give you advice
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hey! thinking a lot. yesterday i ended up in shock and dissociated which did not help anything. but then i was able to calm down and get grounded again. when i heard about ERP my mind went straight to "okay now i have to be an expert at this right now" so ive been doing a lot of back and forth about what thoughts are ocd and feeling like i am harming myself if i dont "get it right". then of course i start doubting whether or not i have ocd and if erp can be effective. one of my big go-to compulsions that ive identified is seeking reassurance or giving myself reassurance and i honestly cant imagine not doing those things. i feel like its almost wrong to not do them or unnatural and in the logical part of ny brain i keep telling myself its becuase i have ocd that i would feel like that. its just feels like im caught in a thought loop and i cant know what im supposed to do or not do. 🤷🏽
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I understand that . Reading what you just typed to me literally reminds me of myself . I am literally going through the same thing . I know how it feels to think that way . I just want to say that it is OCD . You’re having thoughts that is consuming your time and peace . You are constantly in your head , so to speak . You are seeking reassurance, which is a compulsion . You are constantly trying to analyze yourself and every thought . In a mind like ours , we feel that analyzing , reassurance , and taking control of each situation is going to make the issue better , safer , or peaceful….temporarily. The reason we keep coming back to the same issue is because it doesn’t work . ERP is something that I’m going to take as well. I start in 2 weeks . I’m not sure how it’s going to work for me or you , but I’m aware that a lot of people have tried it , and the success rate is high . Every time we seek a compulsion to make it better , it’s going to be worse because the problem is still there . I believe that the ERP will help us realize the issue , and diminish it . It will be a process because it’s going to take time . We have to retrain the way that we think . Are you a believer in Christ Jesus ?
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- 3y
I get what you are going through . I really do . I’m here going through the same . We have one another to talk to . I’m a believer in Jesus. Through Him , we have peace , love , joy and eternal life . Please get to know Him if you already dont . If you do know Him , worship , pray , cry , talk , and give it all to Him . Can you believe that He wants to take all of our problems? He literally wants to take it from you and from me too ! He died for us . We dont have to live this way . When we feel alone , scared and confused , He is there . He understands you and know you better than you know yourself . He’s so patient with us and doesn’t want us to be overwhelmed. All of the fears and frustration isn’t of Him . It’s the enemy who hates you. It can also be an imbalance in our brains. Just know that He is hear to help . Ask for help . Pray out to Him. We cannot do this on our own .
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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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- 25w
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man these few weeks have been so hard. i’m in the process of getting diagnosed with ocd, im almost positive i have it because everything on here relates to me on an insane level. but im just so scared dude. these thoughts of me harming someone are so scary and im so scared im gonna eventually act on them and i know i never want to but its still so scary. like sometimes when i talk to my mom about it i think in the back of my head “you know you want to” when i dont, and it makes me think or gets me scared that i do. these thoughts literally just happened out of nowhere and it messes me up so bad my literal perspective on life in general is just messed up. like i view life as its more common to be a bad person and its rare/hard to be good. can someone please just pray for me or just wish me better days. i dont even like looking at myself anymore and im scared i give off creepy vibes to myself or others now, this sucks so much
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