proud of myself!

@Anonymous thank you! i just accepted the fact that the past can’t be changed, and confessing/ruminating wont change anything. i then told OCD, “screw you im gonna do my homework now” and it helped!

@RSSgirl - That’s awesome. Question when you do that do you feel as if sometimes the OCD wants to take over and push you to the panic and fear. But you have to find it within yourself to change your mindset?

@Anonymous honestly, i found that welcoming the panic and fear helped. A lot of the time, my anxiety comes from anxiety of having a panic attack- but i just tell myself that every feeling is temporary, and i can still focus on my values while being afraid.

@RSSgirl - That’s exactly what I feel. I’ve been crying most of the day due to the panic and my obsessive thoughts. By welcoming the panic and the fear is just letting it sit there and just move with it? I’ve been trying it’s just hard cause it’s a bad feeling to have. It literally makes you feel like you are your thoughts. This is really helping me thank you again for your response. It’s truly helpful

@Anonymous i completely understand how you feel, I cried this morning too because my OCD was extra convincing :( it’s really difficult to move forward with your day, but i promise it is doable. eventually your brain will realize these thoughts and feelings can’t stop you from existing, and the panic will subside

@RSSgirl - It is extra convincing. Mine usually is being scared of panic or going crazy. Like I’m losing sense of reality I’m not sure if you have ever felt that? I’m asking because if you did how are you able to manage. Because it makes you feel like you want to feel that way or are that way? It’s definitely overwhelming to the point where I start panicking.

@Anonymous i’ve definitely worried about that before too, it can be really scary. I mean right now my OCD is trying to convince me i cheated on my boyfriend (even though i didn’t) and it feels really scary, because then i wonder if i wanted to, or if the ERP will manifest it to come true. i get how scary it can be, but you can do this! one day at a time

@RSSgirl - It’s definitely scary. I definitely understand what you’re going through sometimes I feel the same like do I love my boyfriend or do I not. I’ve been dealing a lot with harm OCD and when I tell you it’s the scariest thing it definitely is. I scroll a lot through instagram videos as a compulsion or watch the same movies or a lot of google. It’s like a small portion of my brain is functioning properly and the rest is not. Than I start thinking of random stuff or what is I panic and do something or what if I go crazy and I lose control and that’s my main fear.

@Anonymous - I’m trying to push through it. But like you said it’s definitely scary and hard. I feel crazy and I don’t even like using that word. I just don’t feel at peace.

@Anonymous And that’s perfectly okay. it’s okay to feel panicked, or afraid, or terrified. do some deep breathing and accept that anxiety is temporary, even if it doesn’t feel like it. you will get through this, even if it’s hard :) try doing one small thing to help you feel better, like making a cup of tea maybe?

@RSSgirl - When I tell you that you helped me calm down you really did. Thank you again I’m sorry that I keep saying it. Panic is not fun because it makes the anxiety worse. I’ve tried coloring I have books but it’s been hard for me to focus and concentrate. I also got a journal. But when I’m going through this it makes me not want to do anything cause I get scared of doing it which doesn’t really make sense it sound irrational. So it makes it feel like I am that person.

@Anonymous - Even sometimes light I stare into it or certain noises give me anxiety when I pay to much attention.

@Anonymous I get it, it’s hard but you got this!

@RSSgirl - I’m trying. Also thank you for listening. You definitely helped a lot.