- Date posted
- 3y ago
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- Date posted
- 3y ago
this sounds just like ocd unfortunately. with it never being enough, always raising the bar, always wanting more and more, and generalizing to different areas until it snowballs out of control - that's ocd in a nutshell. it is really difficult but i always tell my members, the first way to dig yourself out of a hole is to stop digging your hole deeper. try really hard when the ocd tells you to do things one more time or up the ante, try to resist it as much as you can. it will feel hard, it will feel like you need to or you can't move on until you do this ritual one more time - i encourage you to postpone that ritual or reduce it in whatever way possible. the feeling of anxiety will pass. reach out to us if you need some more support.
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- 23w ago
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- Date posted
- 19w ago
Like I'm not even scared I feel numb and ever since that night I've completely went down hill Idk what to do the feeling i felt this time genuily felt like i liked it and i didnt even have anxiety at that moment and now I'm panicking I really hope this is still OCD like I'm sorry if I'm still asking for reassurance but im really worried like it felt good in that moment I don't understand what's going on like I hope it was a false feeling and not something real.....like this has happened before but Idk ππππ I really don't know what to I don't want to turn into a p word I don't this I've been sleeping all day I still do compulsions a little to get rid of the thoughts but I've been getting sexual thoughts too and I don't want them but I feel like I do I don't understand I though I was getting better but I guess every time I get better everything gets worse..
- Date posted
- 11w ago
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