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i’m so happy for you <3 it really is encouraging to hear stories like this so thank you
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Absolutely! All the best❤️
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Absolutely! As a child, I also suffered from obsessions surrounding my health. When I was a young teen, I started having intrusive thoughts about harming the people and animals that I loved. I started on venlafaxine (very small dose which didn’t help) an am currently on 80mg of Prozac (Fluoxetine). Therapy and medication has truly transformed my life. I couldn’t be more grateful for my therapists and psychiatrist. Harm is definitely an excruciating theme. It’s a theme that attacks people like us’s morals and what we care about/value most. Of course I still get the occasional harm thought, but it doesn’t give me crippling anxiety anymore. I can finally live life not taking these stupid thoughts seriously and enjoying my family and friends. All the best- I know you’ll succeed!❤️
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@CatLove9 You are so welcome. I had the same concerns about medication. It definitely takes a little while to feel the positive effects (in my case and from what I’ve heard before). Ultimately, I believe and will always believe that people with Harm OCD are the LAST people who would ever harm someone! And I know reassurance fuels the cycle- but this is just my experience from hearing people’s stories and attending support groups. 5 weeks isn’t very long at all, I definitely recommend waiting a few months and seeing how you feel. Also, ERP is crucial!!! I know that they now that OCD specialists on this app that you can contact. They didn’t have that before, so take advantage if you can :)
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Just wanted to give some hope to those who are having ocd spikes, spirals and worries. This past year I have regained my life back. I went from beginning to isolate myself, being convinced by my ocd that my hobbies are bad and that I should avoid things I enjoyed, and having constant panic attacks. With the work of IOP, psychiatry and nocd, I have made great strives towards my future. I now don’t avoid things and instead embrace my life and ANY possibility that may come. Don’t let the ocd bully you. Yes, I have intrusive thoughts still but I am able to go about my day instead of obsessing over them. You can find this too. I encourage anyone on the fence to please seek help if you are in a tough time, it can literally save your life.
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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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I am FINALLY starting to (somewhat) recover from this last existential spiral, which admittedly, was probably the cruelest my OCD has ever been to me. Only thanks to you all. You were all able to provide me with kindness, understanding and support… without the kind of reassurance that feeds OCD, of course. When I downloaded this app, I was genuinely terrified. I was so scared that I was permanently doomed to the endless whirlpool that is the thoughts produced by my own brain and that life as I knew it was over, that I would never be happy again. For anyone who might be feeling that way right now, your OCD is LYING to you! Whatever you may be going through, it CAN get better. As hard as it may be right now, HAVE FAITH! Get up and do that thing you want to do in spite of the fear and discomfort. Take the fear with you like a whiny, unwilling toddler and do it anyway. Watch the movie, read the book, order that takeout you’ve been craving, bake the cake, wash the dishes… Please do it anyway! It will be hard at first, I won’t lie. But the OCD part of your brain, like a toxic partner, WANTS to win. It wants you to give up on those things that you love, all those things that make you happy so that there’s no space for anything but itself. Don’t let it win. The more you push yourself, the more you rewire your brain to realize that as much as it may feel like, the obsession doesn’t matter! Thanks to you all, even without therapy (YET - I’m starting that journey on Tuesday because there’s still a lot to unpack, and I know that OCD won’t just magically go away), I was able to get a basic understanding of ERP and learning to sit with discomfort and how to live life in spite of it, rather than letting it take over my very being. So for that, I thank this community. I think I would be in a very different place right now if it weren’t for the people I’ve met here who truly understood my experiences. I hope you have a wonderful day. Please don’t give up. You deserve to be happy, no matter what your brain is telling you ❤️
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