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That’s awesome Holly :)
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That’s amazing you’ve made such progress with your OCD. I think ACT therapy deals a lot with acknowledging anxiety in inevitable but we don’t have to fear is since we have the ability to deal with it when it occurs
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Yes I have. It’s awesome that you got to that point! That’s a huge improvement!!
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YES. After three incredibly painful years of knowing I was anxious but not knowing it was OCD, I finally got the right help and had a transformative experience in an IOP two years ago. My symptoms have massively improved and I went from barely functioning to achieving some big goals and feeling like i has my life backS This is good news—-but then anxiety goes “you’re one trigger away from a total meltdown! Stay vigilant you might miss something because you’re too lax now!” I’m currently working on allowing happiness without immediately finding the doom that can come when it runs out.
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Also, earlier this year I fell really deep into an obsession. At first I was so angry and thought it negates my progress. But, I got through it! It still really sucked but because I’d laid the groundwork I had the tools and support in place to fight back, and now I feel awesome. The hard part is accepting that I will get anxious again. It will sometimes suck. I guess what I’m saying is that it’s a journey not an absolute finish line!
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Thank you both so much?
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So I’ve noticed that my OCD has calmed down, I’m getting less intrusive thoughts but I feel more uncertain than ever. Is this normal for recovery?
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I think I’m in the recovery stage as my thoughts have settled so much & I only get intrusive thoughts on occasion and get worse only when I’m anxious, but the quietness in my brain feels so weird & I feel awful saying that because all I wanted was the thoughts to stop. This is the most quiet it’s been it’s over 7 months, so to go from non stop thoughts for a long time to quietness I don’t know how to take it. Has anyone else felt like this in recovery
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I don't know if this is exactly a compulsion, but for a few months I had this mindset of "I have to be anxious so that nothing bad will happen." It was mostly when I went out in any way. Sometimes it was for other people too. For example if my mom went to the store/to get food without me. This was mostly during the time when I had been staying inside constantly for a little over a month. Idk if it was an exact cause but I had seen someone who FOLLOWED me last year, hence why I was staying inside. I guess I just want to know if this is common? I know that the whole "if I do this, then this won't happen" thing is common in ocd, but idk how common it is to somewhat force yourself to be anxious.
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