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NEVER GIVE UP. Keep facing those fears. Keep reaching out. The fight is awful, but the reward is so grand.
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Listen to nature sounds or take melatonin for sleep ( that’s all natural ) I don’t think you can recover from OCD but you can live to the point where it can’t bother you as much.
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I plug my headphones in and use the relaxing sounds portion of the “oak” app - it’s the only meditation app I’ve found that’s totally free
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It depends how you define recovery. The typical view is that OCD is a chronic condition that might be with you forever, but you can learn to manage it. You will always have OCD under that perspective. On the other hand, I think this tends to ignore the fact that OCD is just a very extreme version of something we do naturally - avoiding discomfort and reducing uncertainty. EVERYONE does compulsions, but the question is whether it interferes with your life. I tend to see mental health as being more like physical health. If I neglect either of those there are consequences. If good mental health is on one end of the spectrum and means I can live my life the way I want to, OCD is far end, stopping me from doing that. So yes, I believe I am recovered from OCD since I generally don't do compulsions to cope with anxiety. That does not mean I don't feel anxiety, because everyone feels it. But I don't avoid it anymore, therefore I currently don't have OCD. If I went back to doing compulsions and avoiding anxiety, yes, it would come back.
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I have recovered! I was diagnosed when I was in 6th grade. (I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome in 3rd grade) After a childhood/teenage-hood of treatment with ERP and CBT as well as medication, I have little to no OCD. I was in residential treatment twice and went to outpatient 3 times. Now, I’m living my life doing what used to be my most crippling trigger. I have flare ups now and then, but because of what I’ve learned and my ongoing therapy, I can manage it and get it under control.
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How long did it take to make this? And is it actually possible?
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People who went from a really bad time with OCD to a better time now. Is it really possible? What was your theme? Did you take medication?
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My ocd gets so loud in the silence and right before bed when there’s no distractions. I always struggled with anxiety since my teens and guided meditation used to help… until OCD. First time trying guided meditation with OCD I had an intrusive thought of “what if you actually lose control and can’t follow these instructions?” And got even more anxious 🫠🫠🫠 had to stop, and haven’t tried to meditate ever since. Just curious to know. Sometimes I feel like I have the worst type of OCD. It will latch onto anything to make me anxious!
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