Username: OrMsB

Date posted: 18d ago

Don’t know what to do anymore

Hi, I don’t know what to do anymore Pocd kills me I had many themes before but this theme is the hardest for me. I’m tired. I’m on therapy and meds but I barely do erp . I don’t have a reason I just don’t want to do it but today I will because I have to. I’m taking meds and they help with the anxiety for sure. But the obsessive part is still here . I’m almost 2 months on it (40 mg on Prozac) but I’m still super obsessed like I can have thoughts 24/7 every second of the day and not leave me alone. I have experienced a thought right now for a month + . It’s a thought to do compulsion/urge. My therapist says to let go and gives me tips how to she also tell me to do more erp. But I have this thought to do compulsion for more then month. Im scared what if I don’t have ocd the thought is 24/7. Do you think I should switch meds im so tired.

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Username: nae naenae nae

Date posted: 18d ago

I've been on 50mg of Zoloft for a little over six weeks, and I'm dealing with the same issue. The anxiety has toned down, but the obsessive thoughts have not. I might need a higher dosage, though... I know it takes a little longer to kick in for some, but if you feel like it's not working for you, I'd speak to your psychiatrist/doctor about switching medication. They have more knowledge and will know what to do. :)

Username: OrMsBOrMsB

Date posted: 18d ago

@nae nae Yes I will speak to them, and try to give it more time cause I’m 7 weeks on it. Im so scared that I will never recover from this. I think I will give it more time. Thank you so much

Username: nae naenae nae

Date posted: 18d ago

@OrMsB I've dealt with those doubts about recovery, but hearing other people's success stories gives me hope. I have been practicing acknowledging my thoughts but not engaging with them (not giving a reaction), and I've seen a lot of improvement in certain areas. I'm sure ERP will prove helpful to you. It's difficult, but if we practice, it'll make all the difference. Recovery is possible, but it also isn't linear. Be kind to yourself. You're not alone, and you are capable of recovery. You got this!

Username: OrMsBOrMsB

Date posted: 18d ago

@nae nae Thank you so much! Really. I am like 4 months in therapy and I did stop almost all my physical compulsions but the mental one are still here. I should do more erp cause I all the time give up on that. I hope I can recover. I’m glad you’re seeing improvement with recovery. Thank you so much

Username: nae naenae nae

Date posted: 18d ago

@OrMsB ERP is difficult, but it gets easier. I wish you the best of luck on your recovery journey! Keep going! 🤍

Username: OrMsBOrMsB

Date posted: 18d ago

@nae nae Thank you🤍

Username: CloudGuy69CloudGuy69

Date posted: 18d ago

Honestly the therapy stuff helped me out a lot with this I take Celexa 20mg

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 18d ago

A couple thoughts. First, are there any rewards for doing ERP that would be motivating? I am very food motivated, so I bought my favorite dessert, and treat myself to it if I complete ERP. But maybe there is something else that could work. Is there anyone in your personal life that knows how youre doing? It may help to have someone you trust just listen and look out for you, like your symptoms, specifically depression. Third, when I've had my worst obsessions, I finally got to such a low point that I had no choice but to accept that they may be true. For example, I used to obsess 24/7 about going to hell. It never left. It was misery. I finally had no choice to but accept that I may go to hell because I was already living in a form of hell. How could it get any worse. It took time, but that provided me relief. I gave up needing certainty. I couldnt do it anymore. Now I don't worry about going to hell. I don't think I'm going, but I also don't know. Who knows? Point is, I finally accepted the worse possible scenario as possibly true, and it brought me out of it. I'm not saying this is easy, there isn't anything easy about it. I'm saying sometimes accepting it isn't any worse than how miserable you already are. And lastly, do you know your core fear? All my obsessions go back to a fear of not being good enough. Maybe it's time to work on the fear behind it all?

Username: OrMsBOrMsB

Date posted: 17d ago

@Anonymous I don’t have reward myself after doing erp and your right I think I don’t have motivation to, maybe I should do something so it will make me do erp. My parents and therapist knows and one friend but I don’t want to bother anyone besides that I talk with my therapist about this. It’s hard cause it’s scary to open about this. It’s so hard to accept that maybe yk… it’s like I can’t accept it and just move on. I am not sure of anything and who I am and it’s killing me. I can’t live knowing I’m a bad person. I think my core fear it’s being terrified that I’m a bad and awful person. And ocd is all the time trying to convince me I’m . Thank you so much for answering

Username: CloudGuy69CloudGuy69

Date posted: 17d ago

@Anonymous I think the reward is you feel more empowered against your ocd thoughts and you feel better I never needed a reward outside of that

Username: CloudGuy69CloudGuy69

Date posted: 17d ago

@Anonymous There isn’t anyone else with OCD in my life and I think it’s better the details stay between me and my profesional

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 16d ago

@CloudGuy69 - I think that's great you didn't. My problem was the fear of doing the exposure was so bad. So I needed something to just push me a little.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 16d ago

@CloudGuy69 - I understand that. I just mean it's good to have someone watching out for you if you have severe depression. I don't mean you need to share everything with someone, especially with people who don't understand.

Username: Sunflower1225

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 25w ago

Help for pure ocd

Hi. I’m 4 sessions into ERP after doing years and years of traditional talk therapy. I’m having trouble coming up with exposures for therapy because I feel like all my triggers and compulsions revolve around my thoughts. I don’t do physical compulsions per se. If you experience more of pure ocd, how do you work through things during therapy? I literally feel locked in my brain and get just a few minutes of relief in between my spirals. I’m currently on meds as well and wondering if I need an adjustment. Thanks ❤️

"Pure" OCD

Username: bebecoll30

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 25w ago

I am strong. But today is hard

Hi friends. I like to think that most days I am in the drivers seat of my ocd, I’ve came a long way with ERP and medication. However, today has been a rough day. My ocd and anxiety both seem to be kicking back in lately. I’ve been dealing with a waxing and waning symptom flare for about a year now. I have never switched my medication. I’ve only went up in dosage, I am now on the maximum dose of my SSRI. (200mg Zoloft) and I’ll say that for the past year it has not packed the punch as it used to. It worked really well for the first 4 years. I did have to titrate up in dosage over that time. I am still functioning, in school, sleeping and working so that says a lot. However, it’s still hard and getting in the way of living life at my fullest potential. (So much time spent thinking about things that don’t even pertain to my life) I have been better than this. OCD and anxiety used to be maybe a once a month occurrence for me. Now it is half the month. Does anyone have any experience with their medication pooping out on them and not working as well? Or having to change from one medication to another? All your advice would be helpful. Thank you!

Username: viluamorim

Date posted: 23w ago

Different themes in one day

Does anyone that is diagnosed have experience having different themes come up in a day? It’s like I ignored one thought and then my mind comes up with another one until it figures out one that is scary enough for me to ruminate. Does it ever make sense? Like today my intrusive thought was an image of me in the space or falling into space which made me also think - this is non sense! Am I going crazy for having such an unrealistic intrusive thought? And then my psychosis OCD comes to play 🫠 it’s EXHAUSTING but I’ve been answering with “maybe or maybe not” and “I don’t care” which is something I saw someone saying that helps and I’ve been using it. I haven’t started ERP yet but hopefully soon. Just this year this came up and I still catch myself feeling so sad and remembering how I was before this. 😭

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