User type: Therapist

Date posted: 19w

How is OCD showing up today?

“If you feel comfortable, drop one word in the chat that describes how OCD is showing up for you today.” 🧠 Why it helps: This is a low-pressure way to connect, especially in a virtual setting where speaking up might feel hard. You’re welcome to share a word like “loud,” “quiet,” “anxious,” “tired,” or even just “here.” There’s no wrong answer, and just naming your experience can help you feel more grounded.

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nmacygin

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Quiet for the first time in a long time

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Anony1314

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Scary

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itwillallbeokay

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Suffocating

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My OCD Academia

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Anonymous

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Anxious but here

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Mr Miami

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Tired

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Kay.lee

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Bothering

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Marquis Hall

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Worried

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marleyk

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loud

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laladracu

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Loud

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QueenAb

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Confused

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Sticky

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needtoescape...

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Painful

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Cliff-97

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Loud

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Honeyshark

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Insidious

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Anonymous

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Annoying

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Micbgle

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Healing

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nyx32

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Depressing

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nyx32

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Upsetting

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moon0270

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Draining

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Hope_elizabeth

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Chaos

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volyakker

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Manageable

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Lmetzger

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Exhausting

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Jace0129

Date posted: 18w

Inconvenient

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Hopefuledward46

Date posted: 18w

Almost a whisper. With some anxiety in the mix.

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Date posted: 18w

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Anonymous

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Heavy

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BetsyBee1620

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Looping

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nic22

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Heavy

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Unicorn482!

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Pestering

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Anonymous

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Nervous

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BusterBrown

Date posted: 19w

Arguing with rationality… “but what if this…”

isabellamper...

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@BusterBrown anxious

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@isabellampereira - 👍

peonykidd

Date posted: 19w

Constant

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Kaley111

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Germs

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emjoe

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Overthinking

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Anonymous

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Bothering

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Levant2025!

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irritating

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Date posted: 18w

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jj5788

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Persistent

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Date posted: 18w

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BusterBrown

Date posted: 18w

The feeling “What’s the sense of building a happy and fulfilling life?”

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Date posted: 18w

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Javajean

Date posted: 18w

Relentless

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Date posted: 18w

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daisher23

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Draining

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Anonymous

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Embarrassing

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Date posted: 18w

😳

shinsset

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Haunting

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Date posted: 18w

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Amandeep S. ...

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Date posted: 18w

Coping

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Anonymous

Date posted: 18w

Painful

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Date posted: 18w

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Julia= OCD/ADHD

Date posted: 18w

Focused on something irrelevant

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Date posted: 18w

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Sharky_Slays

Date posted: 18w

Scary

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Date posted: 18w

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Julian2006

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Date posted: 17w

Haunting!

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Date posted: 16w

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Jeffrey M

Date posted: 17w

Finding something to worry about

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Date posted: 16w

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JMSquared

Date posted: 16w

@Jeffrey M I FEEL THIS

BryceF

Date posted: 16w

It’s tryna confuse me! Gyaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! MAYBE MAYBE NOT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Date posted: 16w

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Anonymous

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Date posted: 16w

Taunting

charlieee

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Date posted: 16w

Debilitating

wweman

Date posted: 15w

Rumination

Hwholden10

Date posted: 6w

Isolating

Ugh.Imo

Date posted: 4w

exhausted

VGH

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Date posted: 4w

Nagging😒

BugEnjoyer

Date posted: 14d

Intrusive

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Jesusislife

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Fearful

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shriner

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Anxious always

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EzDi123!

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Stressed

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Melem14

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Scares

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Cole C

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Exhausting

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bboo9

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Spiraling

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B-Cole

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Deceiving

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Forgotten

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Crippling

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Letsgetbetter

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Persistent

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Date posted: 19w

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Amandeep S. ...

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Date posted: 19w

Trauma

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OoOcCdD66

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Delusions

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laladracu

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Horrifying

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Angel20

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Repetitive

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Panic

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Lingering

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Viny

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Loud, anxious

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Anonymous

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Anxious

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mhassan0117

Date posted: 19w

Still I finally sought treatment for my drug induced ocd though! Day five It takes at least four weeks But I’m finally starting to be functional

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Date posted: 18w

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anonymous 88...

Date posted: 19w

Mundane (it's just been the usual OCD routine today)

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Date posted: 18w

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Anonymous

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Tired

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Pirate.7

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disturbing

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Drowning

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Jake@2002!

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Non-stop

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Anonymous

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Bullshit

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Jocelyn.corona

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Suffocating

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Johnathan

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Anxious and confusing

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Maevedoo

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Suffocating

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Hopeevelynn

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Scaries

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ARenee01

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Anxious and anxiety

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GabbyP

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Date posted: 18w

scared

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Date posted: 18w

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RainbowSaltz

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Date posted: 18w

Quiet

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Date posted: 18w

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shriner

Date posted: 18w

There all not fun

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Mrcino 1408

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Guilt

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sp079

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Uncomfortable

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dslite

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Date posted: 18w

Guilt

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LikeAnOnion

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Bully

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Bronsautracks

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Angry

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😡

Milaandfran

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Consuming

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obsessive-op...

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Insane

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happygiraffe01

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Fluctuating

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Katie-1994

Date posted: 18w

Being pulled in many directions

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Date posted: 18w

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raebratzz

Date posted: 18w

Relentless

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Anonymous

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Loud

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laladracu

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Annoying

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Anonymous

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Confusing

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nickshee

Date posted: 18w

Deafening

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Misstama65

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Date posted: 18w

Frantic

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JazzyJez86

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Date posted: 18w

relentless

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dtra4752

Date posted: 18w

Loop and loud

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Diya patt

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Trying

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Happy potato

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Annoying

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Argaman

Date posted: 18w

Took all over me

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Date posted: 18w

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Ch@rlie144

Date posted: 18w

“Scary” it’s just scary not knowing what to do with it. Sorry if I went over the one word rule.

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Date posted: 18w

Sometimes one word just doesn't cover it. 💖

shriner

Date posted: 18w

Just there daily like your morning coffee

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Date posted: 16w

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jwall2.0

Date posted: 18w

Lost

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Date posted: 16w

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Julia= OCD/ADHD

Date posted: 18w

Usual

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Date posted: 16w

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anonymous07

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Date posted: 18w

Guilty

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Date posted: 16w

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Belle A

Date posted: 18w

Background

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Date posted: 16w

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Bruce M

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Date posted: 18w

Softly- since I have been boldly working on it for 6 months.

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Date posted: 16w

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ssnacho

Date posted: 17w

Crippling

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Date posted: 16w

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HRG

Date posted: 17w

Kindly (today) loudly (other days)

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Date posted: 16w

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Naught

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Despair

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Date posted: 16w

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Anonymous

Date posted: 17w

Confused

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Date posted: 16w

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Anonymous

Date posted: 17w

Waiting

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Date posted: 16w

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Angelia_Camaro

Date posted: 17w

Confused

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Date posted: 16w

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I_Love_You

Date posted: 17w

hard

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Date posted: 16w

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izzy10

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Embarrassing

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Date posted: 16w

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Alwayssailing

Date posted: 17w

Spiral

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Date posted: 16w

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Jeffrey M

Date posted: 17w

Anxious

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Date posted: 16w

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emjoe

Date posted: 17w

Overthinking

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chaitea

Date posted: 17w

Release

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Date posted: 16w

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glass_half_full

Date posted: 17w

exhausting

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Date posted: 16w

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Anonymous

Date posted: 17w

Annoying

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Date posted: 16w

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JMSquared

Date posted: 17w

Irritating.

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Date posted: 16w

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Angelia_Camaro

Date posted: 17w

Scared

Anonymous

Date posted: 17w

Returning

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Date posted: 16w

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Apfenni

Date posted: 17w

Relapsed

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Date posted: 16w

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cactuz

Date posted: 17w

Annoying

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Date posted: 16w

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loly

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Worrying

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Date posted: 16w

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Date posted: 16w

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Date posted: 16w

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AMDG

Date posted: 16w

Isolating

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sullivan

Date posted: 16w

trapped

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lhohertz

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Bully

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Date posted: 16w

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Olympic28!

Date posted: 16w

Lost

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Date posted: 16w

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slippery_salad

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Date posted: 16w

Burdensome

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Date posted: 16w

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EsmeeM

Date posted: 16w

Fear

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Date posted: 16w

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lina112

Date posted: 16w

overthinking

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Date posted: 16w

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Half dollar

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Date posted: 16w

Inching

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Date posted: 16w

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rosiemae474

Date posted: 16w

Torture

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Date posted: 16w

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Date posted: 16w

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Date posted: 16w

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Amandeep S. ...

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Date posted: 16w

Perfectionism

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Date posted: 16w

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sophea

Date posted: 16w

symbiotic

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Date posted: 16w

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Anonymous

Date posted: 16w

Exhausting

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Date posted: 16w

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Anonymous

Date posted: 16w

Loud

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Date posted: 16w

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RW95

Date posted: 16w

Scared

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Date posted: 16w

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Tractor

Date posted: 16w

Exhausting

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Date posted: 16w

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ERP is the w...

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Date posted: 16w

Sneaky

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Date posted: 16w

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kendallll

Date posted: 16w

Debilitating

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Date posted: 16w

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Sierra-117

Date posted: 16w

Obstruction

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Date posted: 16w

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JoshR2221

Date posted: 16w

Persistent

Lorrielle

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Date posted: 16w

Confusing

Magicdinos

Date posted: 16w

Exhausted

dontwejustLO...

Date posted: 16w

Humiliating

trentng

Date posted: 16w

Awful

salamicat

Date posted: 16w

Familiar

My journey

Date posted: 16w

annoying

F_rideout

Date posted: 16w

Terrifying

corbynt

Date posted: 16w

Isolation

Emma.

Date posted: 16w

Overwelming

ynwa

Date posted: 15w

Resisted

krislindstam19

Date posted: 15w

Overthinking

Anonymous

Date posted: 15w

Crippling

Anonymous

Date posted: 15w

Annoying

danskebjorn

Date posted: 15w

Exhausting

JayCruzzzzz

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 15w

Bully

mangomango

Date posted: 15w

curiosity

Kmc

Date posted: 15w

uncomfortable

Alma G

Date posted: 15w

Meta

arredose

Date posted: 15w

Hopeful

Date posted: 14w

Debilitating

ar25

Date posted: 14w

Constant

Cefowler10

Date posted: 14w

Exhausting.

MichaelJH

Date posted: 14w

Rumination

Degrassi5972

Date posted: 14w

Terrifying

FerranteFam

Date posted: 14w

REWIND

elyse876

Date posted: 14w

Sick of it

cressmaj22

Date posted: 14w

Constant

vinzantcourtney

Date posted: 14w

Anxious

francance

Date posted: 14w

Repetition

Anonymous

Date posted: 14w

Exhausting

earthangel

Date posted: 14w

Exhausting

thepanoply

Date posted: 14w

anxious :/

gillianpetrovic

Date posted: 14w

Boiling

pooppartypooper

Date posted: 14w

Vivid repeatedly and it feels like it has happened I’m convinced I did. Anxiety and then dread filled

nebel1

Date posted: 14w

Overwhelming

Marbella04!!

Date posted: 13w

I pulled out a tooth

juleshomer

Date posted: 13w

Fear

___Idkman___

Date posted: 13w

Worried

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

Paralyzing.

sizzli

Date posted: 13w

Guilty

mlang

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 13w

exhausting

chris standaert

Date posted: 13w

Not good at all

谷下露

Date posted: 13w

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ae0815

Date posted: 13w

cyclical

cjuliawein

Date posted: 12w

Interfering

cheycasady

Date posted: 11w

Defeating

12121212121212

Date posted: 9w

It shows up horrible everyday and I sometimes feel hopeless that I wi not get better

gyhdic-rywxo...

Date posted: 6w

Repetitive loud unsure crazy

CherieDarling

Date posted: 6w

Binging

joecolejw10

Date posted: 6w

Annoying

Si1verking

Date posted: 6w

Itchy

Anonymous

Date posted: 6w

Gross

Anonymous

Date posted: 6w

Anxious

Anonymous

Date posted: 6w

Annoying

Anonymous

Date posted: 6w

Scared.

TchéfD0bbY718

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

Tugging

Hieronymus

Date posted: 5w

B*tch, I wish I had kinder words to describe it but no. Not after how it’s treated me all these years.

Stephanie S.

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

Strong

Anonymous

Date posted: 5w

diminishing

Ev310

Date posted: 5w

Isolating

Secretidentity

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

Healing

nshea

Date posted: 5w

Unexpectedly

Aimee M

Date posted: 5w

Pesky

ellie86

Date posted: 5w

distorting

Kmcdonald

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

Distracting

JesusIsLord7

Date posted: 5w

Fear😞

johnny60

Date posted: 5w

Hopeless

j vv

Date posted: 5w

needy

Anonymous

Date posted: 5w

Urgent

lashawnda101

Date posted: 5w

Confused

bridezilla

Date posted: 4w

Relentless

B52719

Date posted: 4w

Scary

ophelia47

Date posted: 24d

Anxiety

Natalie9

Date posted: 21d

consistent

manifest333

Date posted: 16d

Saddening

isabella123456

Date posted: 13d

Panic

Polarbear12.

Date posted: 9d

Confusing

dollydarling

Date posted: 6d

Lurking

Pezling

Date posted: 4d

Persistent

Brittany07

Date posted: 25w

Living with OCD is a daily challenge

Living with OCD is a daily challenge that tests my strength and resilience. Some days, it feels like OCD controls my thoughts and actions, affecting my choices and routines. However, I am determined to take back my life. I choose to face these challenges directly, embracing each moment with new confidence and a commitment to personal growth. Every step I take shows my willpower and my desire to overcome the limits that OCD imposes on me.

Christy Str...

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 24w

OCD & Isolation

OCD can be an incredibly lonely experience, especially when people around you don’t understand the thoughts and fears you’re facing. But you’re not alone—others have been there too. What’s something about OCD that makes you feel isolated or alone?

Patrick McGrath

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 23w

Spring transitions and OCD

As the Chief Clinical Officer at NOCD, I like to check in with our community when we enter a new season, especially knowing how OCD responds to change. The arrival of spring can bring many changes—longer days, increased activity, and breaks from school or work. These shifts from the pace of winter can be refreshing, but they can also affect our energy, emotions, and stress levels. As a result, OCD symptoms tend to ebb and flow during this season, just as they can during any time of change. I encourage you to pause and check in with yourself in these early days of spring. If you're noticing OCD feeling more intense, know that you're not alone. Instead of judging these feelings, try to focus on how you respond to them—because no matter how OCD is showing up, there are tools and support to help you through it. Here in the NOCD Community, you're surrounded by people who relate, who care, and who are rooting for you. I hope you'll lean on your support system and seek care if you're feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Therapy can be a powerful way to gain skills for navigating life's changes, and our team is always here when you're ready to take the next step. Have you noticed any changes in your OCD as we enter spring? How are you managing them?

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