I have been working on my ocd and I do not feel afraid of my ocd right now but I do feel very depressed and unmotivated is this a normal part of healing from ocd?
Wow! I’ve been thinking the same thing all week. Blows my mind how many people in this community are communicating about feeling the same things I’m feeling. Thank you for sharing this. Hopefully we are on the road to recovery and that this is part of it. All my best to you ☀️
@Anonymous I hope so ,it just feels weird to have a huge change in my mental state in the last the couple day vs what I was feeling the last 4 months.
Thats how ive felt this week. Just kinda numb, depressed, and irritable. I dont feel panic or fear or repulsion from the intrusive thoughts, i just disagree with them. But then it acts like the thoughts are true when that happens. Just waiting for it to be over
@Logan_B Its weird that thoughts are no longer scaring me. Sorry you feel how I feel . It kinda breaks my heart to know others are hurting from ocd like I am. Ocd is painful and just terrible.
@Brooke cookie Its natural to eventually be desensitized to them. That desensitization doesnt last forever. But its always a stressful time to deal with when ocd switches things up on you, especially when youre depressed.
@Logan_B I am hoping the fact I am becoming desensitized to my ocd is a sign of recovery. I have been working on my ocd. Hopefully this is a sign that we are starting to make progress on our OCD.
I am experiencing this too. The biggest thing to realize is recovery is not a straight path. It is a rollercoaster with ups and downs and loops. It can be difficult to stay motivated to get better, it can feel hopeless at times. But you’ll get better someday, I promise.
I’m kinda feeling this way myself right now. I feel like I’m having the thoughts but no real fear to try and avoid them or even justify why I shouldn’t be having them. It’s making feel anxious all together and uncomfortable. Maybe we’re all experiencing some kind of back door spike?
To be honest I haven’t had a depressed/unmotivated day since I got into my therapy. It took a few weeks but I have to say between my therapy and Prozac it has helped me tremendously. I’m so sorry you are going feeling this way right now. We are will have our days and the best way to handle it I feel is self care. Maybe go for a walk or read a good book or even a good movie 🙂
Hi, does anybody here relate to waking up every day wondering what "to do in life". I am a woman who have worked for 20 years in the same field with hidden and untreated OCD which I thought I was "handling". I didn't know what it was and was convinced that my life would be destroyed if I said the truth about the daily thoughts I was bombarded with and my paralyzed avoidance. So I just kept going until it all collapsed by it self and I was diagnosed with OCD 18 months ago. Now as I am slowly understanding more and more I suddenly realized that every day I doubt my work and if it's the right thing to do. I still have some deals where I am supposed to deliver, and despite this it feels like my professional life is like a joke, I am a joke, so I ruminate at about what to do thought-out the day and then again the day after not doing what I am suppose to do to my work. I never thought about this as part of my OCD but it suddenly occurs to me that it very well may be. Very greatful for response. Wish you a wonderful day with good recovery.
My obsessions have subsided but now I feel off, like I should be thinking about something. Like I don’t have any of those bad thoughts right now and it feels so weird to not be stressed out. I’m very confused
Newly diagnosed with OCD but have struggled with depression, anxiety, ptsd, and night terrors for about 20 years now. Never knew it was OCD! Anyhow, I struggle with existential OCD and perfectionism OCD which has always caused me to dislike “regular” talk therapy because it never worked, there was no point, and I was worried I wasn’t doing it right. Well I’ve started ERP with my therapist, and now every day that I have therapy, I anxiously spiral about how it’s going to be bad, and I’m not going to get better anyway because I’m not doing it right, and what’s the point in getting better anyway. Sorry for the run on sentences. Does anyone have advice for getting motivated for therapy sessions and not fearing them? TL;DR: Does anyone have advice of how to stay motivated for ERP therapy with doubts of failing/anxiety/existential thoughts?
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