Nothing works

One thing to think about is not to expect it to fully go away and also sometimes you need to then turn and focus on good things. I know it's really hard but if there's something you're even a tiny bit interested in doing do it anyway even if you feel sick with anxiety And it will seem senseless but you keep going and keep doing it anyway It will start to work and the OCD will get not as loud. You also have to believe it can work because sometimes things like this if we don't have a sense of faith then we start to resolve ourselves as unsaveable. It's like the question of how do you get brave? You do brave things. How do you get motivation? You get up and do things because if you wait for it it never arrives. Action starts first and then you get the feelings you want. Something I never realized for a long time was it wasn't enough to just not engage with the thoughts I had to try to actually live my life and do meaningful things because I wanted to and it is really really hard and I do have empathy and trust me I've had days where I felt like there was no meaning to any of it and it was just always so hard but then we find reasons if the reason only is the fact the idea of giving up scares you well it's a start because you already know it's not along with how you actually feel about things and there's something to build on right there

Keep going, I’m also mid therapy/nothing works…but I’m going to keep trying otherwise I can’t image how much worse my ocd will get and eventually take over everything that brings me joy. I believe in you, and myself, we got this.

Feeling hopeless is really normal, and all I can say is that in my experience, it does ebb and flow. There are times where youre happy and times where youre the lowest of low, but its sort of about recognising that those things can coexist with this disorder- you can literally go from feeling so unhappy one moment to lighter the next… and I think its also important to recognise that sometimes, happiness can occur while simultaneously something sad or anxiety provoking is still in the background- happiness does not have to be alone as an emotion. As humans we are complex- and thus feeling ‘better’ is sort of a mindset- I would say I am already much better than a couple of weeks ago, but again, it ebbs and flows. One thing I do know for certain is that we have got this- and it will be okay, manageable, and life will become easier with time ❤️🫂 Sorry to hear you are struggling stranger