- Username
- marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Recovery
Do you think one day in recovery they’ll be a day I don’t think about the fact I even have ocd?
- Username
- djfloriodjflorio
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w ago
It's certainly possible. It used to completely run my life. Now I have my ups and downs but a majority of the time I barely think about it at all.
- Username
- Ocdsucks56Ocdsucks56
- Date posted
- 19w ago
@djflorio Im glad to hear that you’re doing better
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 19w ago
@djflorio Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear you’re doing well
- Username
- Ocdsucks56Ocdsucks56
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Hey, I had harm ocd and I recovered from it, like it went away completely, and I went months without even remembering a single harm thought. Two months ago it came back stronger than last time but that’s my question too, like I know I’ve recovered from it before but for some reason since it came back stronger and it’s getting worse, I feel like I’ll never recover again.
- Username
- Anonymous 💭 Anonymous 💭
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w ago
@Ocdsucks56 I dealt with harm ocd too and it sometimes comes and goes but I always know it will go again. I constantly remind myself that it doesn’t matter whether it’s harm, relationship, or any other theme- they always feel like “the worst theme”, when I’m in them. Regardless of the content- it’s all OCD. That sometimes makes me feel a bit better. I imagine myself in water. Do I thrash and panic or do I lie on my back and let the waves take me along to calmer waters. This is just another wave and one you can overcome before. Ride it out, better days are coming!
- Username
- djfloriodjflorio
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Sorry to hear that you're having trouble again. Recovery isn't a straight line, it can be a bit of a roller coaster. But each time you face difficultly, there is an opportunity to learn, and to practice the tools that helped you before. Each time you come out of it, you'll be that much stronger. I strongly feel that the skills and tools we learn to overcome things like OCD make us better than "normal." I feel that I'm better equipped to deal with difficult situations than people who never worked on this stuff, even those without anxiety disorders.
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 19w ago
@Ocdsucks56 You can do it AGAIN!
- Username
- Anonymous 💭 Anonymous 💭
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Absolutely, and there will be periods of time where ocd isn’t as loud, or you’ll even find you’re managing better and it doesn’t have the same impact on you. Keep up the good work, thoughts are temporary. Instead of “what if I don’t have recovery”, try telling yourself “what if I do?” Imagine how good that feels!
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 19w ago
@Anonymous 💭 Thanks for the encouragement
- Username
- OCDFamilyOCDFamily
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Yes i do. Probably you will have bad days too. Remember the tools you used last time and keep doing the recovery work.
- Username
- marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 19w ago
@OCDFamily Thank you for the encouraging words
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- Username
- Anonymous321
- Date posted
- 25w ago
Recovery stories please!!
Please share your stories! I have really bad real event, false memory and POCD. I’m struggling a lot right now feeling undeserving, feeling like everything I’ve ever done in my life was meticulously calculated. Funny thing about OCD is even if I see someone do something way worse than me, it won’t phase me unless I’d done it. For example, something minor I did that really could mean nothing, my OCD convinces me it proves my ocd right. In light of the disordered times, I’d like to ask for someone to share their ocd recovery story, maybe some tips and how they did it. It’s feeling pretty impossible for me right now. Thank you!
- Username
- BB1224
- Date posted
- 24w ago
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
- Username
- llalala
- Date posted
- 21w ago
Does it get better?
I know I have had good days and even months, but I always have a relapse. I feel like I will never be “normal” or have a “normal” life. I am constantly lost in my compulsions. Every day I wake up and worry about what I did, what I felt, or what I thought. My family tells me to be stronger, but I am trying so hard. Does anyone else go through the same thing?
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