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I need exposure/analyzing advice. Typically i have pocd. Then recently an old obsession about the simulation popped in. NOW another one has taken place and its basically this feeling of hopelessness and dread revolving around my spirituality. The idea that everything is pointless and everything i believe in is probably bullshit.. Etc. How do i do an exposure to this particular piece? Is it "yes maybe everything is pointless and my beliefs are wrong"? I have been trying that, so far to no avail... I still feel myself analyzing and im not sure how/why my brain is doing it. Anyways, some advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Can ocd make you think it’s just a urge when it really isn’t? I’m not sure if what I had was just an intrusive thought or an urge but I’m so scared that it was an urge because then I would have to tell my mom

Has anyone still struggled with OCD after finishing erp through this app? I hate this. I just want to get better but the OCD voices are so loud and feel so real. Any help please!

Those who work: How has having or getting a job impacted your anxiety for the better or worse?

havent been on here for a while but i have been struggling a little bit lately. could people with Christian OCD share their stories? i think I need people to relate with right now.

Ever since yesterday afternoon I’m having such difficulty swallowing food. Every time I swallow, the food starts to go down but then stops and I have to just heave it up. I have to take super tiny bites of everything and chew it forever before I can even try to swallow it. It’s now given me a massive fear of choking. I don’t know if it’s psychosomatic or not. Has anyone else experienced this?

I don’t want to sleep because the moment I close my eyes thoughts come in and I snap my eyes back open, the thoughts are just too horrible

Tips for getting over OCD: 1. Move away from themes, treat the what ifs as all the same, do not get caught up in the content. 2. Let go of rumination and other compulsions, it is the doing that is keeping you stuck. Recovery is through non-doing, not responding and allowing your brain to see you're no longer afraid of thinking ANY thought. 3. Engage in life again, don't allow the scary fairy tale stories to be anything more than what they are (junk thoughts).

Can you get a disease from touching a clothing item that someone else wore. I work in the returns section of target sometimes and have been wondering.

How do you deal with obsessions when you know the thing you obsess about will happen and there’s nothing you can do about it? I try to be rational but it doesn’t work.

Does anyone else feel like the media is turning people gay that would not have normally been

I don't know who I am anymore. My life feels ruined

I hate myself sometimes. My ocd is rooted in the fear of schizophrenia. I told my friend something in my mind is more afraid of schizophrenia than bipolar disorder and she said I was gaslighting her. ( she has bipolar disorder and is a sociopath) she has also manipulated me in the past. I apologized but told her that she did not need to go off on me during my panic attack. My guy friend sides with her and idk I’m kinda losing it. I apologized there’s nothing more I can do

Being around my niece and her friend is really freaking me out right now I don’t know what to do. I keep getting false feelings like groinal response and intrusive thoughts. I thought I was at a point where it wouldn’t bother me and it really is. I feel so disgusted

i haven’t noticed how horrible my ocd is until i sent something to my friends about the new conjuring and how if u watch it u can attract demons and they were just like “haha that’s silly” or making fun of it, but i was convinced it’s true and i bought sage and kept praying because i was convinced something bad attached to me. i know it’s just a movie and it’s ridiculous to have these worries over a block buster movie like it’s actually insane i am even worrying about it, but ocd literally convinced me if i don’t pray and use sage then someone will die around me or i’ll do something bad. 😭this was really a reflection moment for me where i was shocked at how bad my themes have gotten. i literally spent most of my day like in my own head thinking bc i have POCD and HOCD and s*icidal ocd and in*est ocd that i am possessed. ☹️it’s like my cod’s way to prove i don’t have ocd and that it’s my own spirit and soul that’s evil... this was probably a lot to read, but i just wanted to share how crazy ocd can get and how if anyone is struggling, i am with you and you’re not alone.

How do yall make new friends?

how do i deal with this: my friend is talking to me about boys and a hot guy she met at the store today and while she was talking to me i was getting thoughts like "she's normal... she likes grown, attractive guys when i like little boys". this happens often and it feels so real. sometimes it feels like im actively thinking it but the thought sounds more like "she's happily infatuated with men meanwhile i'm stuck with pocd". in other situations when im talking to someone about romance and that sorts of stuff enthusiastically i get racing thoughts that portray me as a deviant. they're in first person too which is scary. i just despise this so much because although these thoughts distress me they come in so naturally it's like i don't even notice them sometimes. i don't know what im supposed to do :\

Guys I was diagnosed with anxiety and not OCD. Idk something told me I had ocd with how frequent my intrusive thoughts were

Has anyone successfully explained OCD to their partner and got support from them or asked for support from them without being too much of a burden to them? Any tips? Thanks!

Can somebody please assist here I'm trying to do erp erp for me is almost every thought anyway however before I am able to do erp I react automatically with my thoughts the reaction is automatic I haven't got a clue how to change this. Its frustrating me because I know now I've trained my mind to produce these ocd symptoms because of the way I react how can I react differently when it's happening automatically now? This is not reassurance I'm asking for a way to help myself around and eventually through the situation.