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- 6y
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good job!! we are all proud of you, thank you for sharing your story!
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It always happens out of frustration usually. It gives me a lot of motivation to expose myself. It had a lot to do with the idea that I don’t want to keep living this way for 40+ years and so eventually I’ll have to expose myself anyways. This isn’t to say that it was easy at all, there were definitely many nights crying leading up to this point. I figure that as long as you are willing to expose yourself even to the smallest thing that scares you, you’d be able to improve and live a better life
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I got the exact same Lark. I hate the idea of it. I don’t know how to get rid of it other than accepting the fact that nothing is in our control and I can get contaminated at anytime. I get super frustrated and still am fearful for many things that stop my life from progressing. I found the best way to stop the thoughts is to redirect to something hands on and distract yourself.
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You are so right. When I’m running around busy sometimes ocd will convince me that the dirt got to me and I am able to reason it and say no it did not, I don’t have time for you ocd. However, despite always being busy at my job at the mall... there are times when it still haunts me the minute I get back to my uncontaminated bed. That said you make a great point. I am impressed by your progress. Kudos to you!
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Thanks! And yeah that’s the stumper! In my mind I can go ahead and think to myself to just do the action that scares me. But the thing that always gets me is that I would get the things that were “clean” contaminated and all I had to do was not expose myself and just keep it that way. That thought always makes it much more harder than it needed to be.
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Great job! Did you do this with the help of meds or just CBT or just using the techniques you mentioned?
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The challenge is my fear is other bodily fluids and I’m constantly exposed to it. While I know it won’t harm me it still just grosses me out. It’s so hard!!
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Today I over came something that had been consistently bothering me with my contamination OCD and I'm over the moon I never thought I could do it yesterday the anxiety was there but I sat with and it faded I'm so happy thank you for all your support guys and I recently started working out and I feel much better To anyone out there struggling it gets better trust me a few months ago I was at the Lowest point in my life I couldn't even leave my house I failed really badly at school but now I can even go outside I try to socialize some days are harder than others and I've had a few hiccups along the way but it has gotten much better And I'm starting a recovery course for school to make up for my grades I'm so happy guys 😭then I can finally get into uni
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- 16w
I’m sure it’s been a rough few days for everyone, maybe even weeks or months. Hell, this last YEAR has been up and down for me! But I wanted to take this moment to congratulate everyone for coming this far. It’s no small feat! OCD is a killer, and it’s good at its job! The fact that all of you are still here fighting is a testament to how strong you are! We may not have the answers or explanation to everything, and that’s okay. We have to stay in the present, not the past or the future. Remember to practice being uncertain! It’s hard to remember the good days we’ve had despite all these horrible ones! There’s no scar to show for happiness, but we’ve got plenty to show for misery and pain. Keep hanging on, you’ve got this!
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I’ve avoided driving majority of my teen years because I got into a head on collision when I was 17. Even before then, I was absolutely terrified of driving. Saying I was terrified is an understatement. I’d literally shake at the thought of anything to do with cars and imagine my body scrunching up with the car metal after getting into an accident. OCD would convince me that I simply cannot trust myself behind the wheel, and that something bad will happen - like I’ll kill my self, someone else, or an animal and I hated it. Needless to say, I genuinley could not bring myself to get started with driving until I was 19, which was a few months ago lol. I got my permit at 17, practiced driving a tiny bit then stopped after the accident I got into. I eventually got the permit renewed a few months ago at 19, then I finally got my license a month after. Now I’m 20, and today I drove myself 45 mins to and from work! I still need to practice more, but holy lord I never thought this day would come. All the years I’d feel embarassed/judge myself have come to an end. Just because I was delayed at doing something doesn’t mean I’m not capable. For anyone who has goals they want to reach and they feel like they’re impossible - they’re not. Fight OCD as best as you can. I hope I can be a symbol of hope for anyone whose struggling
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