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Hey friends
Just trying to stay off here as much as I can! Hope you are all doing well.
Just trying to stay off here as much as I can! Hope you are all doing well.
Great to hear! I’m also taking a small step away from the app, it definitely starts to become a compulsive habit to check on here! Glad to see you’re distancing yourself, I look forward to seeing you improve!
@Julian2006 Thanks friend!! 💗
@Anony1314 Hey friend I'm struggling so bad right now, could I please talk to you
@Anony1314 Ah shoot! I’m so sorry friend, I haven’t been on the app recently! What’s up?
@Julian2006 It's okay friend!!! I was holding my nephew, he's a newborn, and he was getting hungry so he started squirming around grazing my clothed chest). Of course, that caused anxious groinals. It didn't feel bad or necessarily good in the moment, and without thinking, I was holding his head still right there and I was moving it closer in that spot to make the feeling continue. It was like an automatic reaction to the anxious groinals. I had no thoughts. So I continued to have the groinals. After that I put the baby down and realized what had happened. Mind you, after ruminating all day about it, I can't say the groinals were just a good feeling. I think they were more anxiety induced and gave me that feeling in that area. Almost like the urge to pee feeling and made me feel so anxious if that makes sense? I was frozen in this spot and moved him back towards me for it to happen again and idk why other than I just wasn't thinking. Did I just hurt my nephew without consciously realizing it till after? Is this OCD? I would never intentionally hurt a kid, but it's like I wasn't even thinking when this happened
@Julian2006 Hey friend. I notice you never responded to my comment on here. I'm struggling pretty badly. I just need someone to help me.
@Anony1314 Ack, I’m so sorry friend, I’ve been struggling real bad recently too, and I’ve been avoiding the app a lot. You know how I feel about you. You felt an intrusive urge, you never hurt anybody. I’m sorry if my response is short and brief, everything’s just really triggering and hard to me, but I don’t think you’re a monster or anything. We have to try and practice than uncertainty and learn how to let go of these things, no matter how real, hurtful, and scary they are. I’m struggling with it myself, but we can get through it. I believe in you, I’m sharing nothing but love for you 💜
@Julian2006 Thank you so much friend. I'm sorry if this triggered you too. You know I'm here for you if you just need to vent. Sending hugs your way sweet friend
@Anony1314 It’s okay! I’m working through it, one step at a time I hope! Thank you so much, you’ve got this too! Hang in there!
@Julian2006 Thank you!! 💗
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@HopeForToday Yes friend. It's hard, but I'm trying to not at least not post on here as often. Have you seen my posts before friend? I like to get support from you OCD conquerers
@HopeForToday And sorry it makes you depressed friend
@HopeForToday Exactly friend. It's hard to stay off. Could I ask you for your opinion on something, you don't have to if you don't want.
@HopeForToday If you don't mind
Hope you're doing well, too! 🩷 You're doing an amazing job, friend! :)
@nae nae Thanks friend!! You are too💗
How's everyone doing today? I hope all is well for you. God bless each and every single one of you!
I feel like I’ve had a lot of different categories of ocd. Some categories stick with me more and are repetitive. I’ve been doing well with mental health - not having anxiety stick around. When the physical feeling of anxiety sticks around, every thought is horrible, but when the feeling of anxiety is gone the obsessions don’t really impact me. If I can keep anxiety at bay, my life is good. I’ve been doing well lately, although this week I was scrolling through tictok and watched a video about someone in a coma and wondered if I was in a coma right now and didn’t know it. I had a panic attack for about 15 minutes. Anxiety, sweating, etc. It didn’t take ahold of me and it quickly lost its impact on me. It still shook me and I was just like “wow” where did that come from. Now I am staying away from social media. Is that avoidance? Should I make myself keep watching social media? Many ocd problems have come from social media or watching a movie or show that triggers something and then spirals. I am limiting what I watch, which I believe is good because I shouldn’t be watching that stuff anyway. What do you think?
I feel like having the app is kind of keeping me stuck. I stopped doing therapy after my therapist left abruptly, but I like having the community here. I would feel like I’m abandoning y’all, but it might be better for my mental health? I’m just not sure. I feel like deleting is giving in somehow, but I can always redownload. For the friends I’ve made on here, just know that if I go, I still very much care about you and your wellbeing and recovery! ❤️
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