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@shiftinginsights this helped me thank u i’m going thru a bad episode

@shiftinginsights Thank you

@Anonymous thank you.

@Tagalong212899 There is hope I promise you it takes a lot of work. I try a lot of different things. I have an ERP workbook that I’ve yet to open. I’m also reading about the vagus nerve and how it affects your flight or flight response and learning some exercises to calm that down I also started therapy here again. I’m here for you. You’re not alone in this believe me I understand.

@Anonymous I feel so helpless

@Tagalong212899 I completely understand there are days where I feel like that too. There is hope, people do feel better. There was a period when I felt better, and then I stopped working as hard on the compulsions and the more I did the compulsions the more compulsions came and more things I needed to check came. This is something that can get better. I promise you. It’s good that you’re on this board and have the support system here because OCD is so misunderstood. People are understanding it a little bit better but still not as much. Just know you’re not alone in this. We can all fight this together. it takes a lot for me to respond to a post because it makes my OCD bad. I was afraid to start posting, but I feel I relate to you I understand and I promise you you can feel better. I’m working hard to feel better It’s such hard work and I’ve tried so many things that got my hopes up from transcranial magnetic stimulation to ketamine infusions. Those didn’t work the true thing I think that works is support from your community and doing the ERP therapy and maybe which I’m not good at some meditation some yoga I’m trying to figure it all out myself to. I started therapy up again here I like my therapist a lot. She’s tough but very nice. Believe me, I understand I used to be a corporate trainer and talk to groups of people. I was an introvert and now I’ve become extremely extroverted. I go to the grocery store and I come home crying, but I do know that things do get better.

@Anonymous That’s actually supposed to say I used to be an extrovert and now I’ve become a complete introvert

@Anonymous Im actually doing tms right now also. Ive done it like 3 separate times.

@Tagalong212899 It works really well for some people I had it back in 2018 before they knew too much about it so now they know more about it so I hope you have a really great experience with it

@Tagalong212899 The good thing is you’re having this done in 2026 so they know better which areas of the brain to target when I had it done in 2018 for OCD it was experimental they did not know as much as what areas of the brain to target. Now it has become a recognized treatment for ocd so you’re in a much better position. 🌻🌻🌻🌻

@Anonymous What else helps you?

@Tagalong212899 Now it’s fda approved for ocd so they know much more where to focus on in the brain then they did in 2018

@Tagalong212899 When I was doing yoga, planking and some meditation with breathing, it was helping me a little bit and then I had a bunch of medical appointments that came up and I stopped doing all of this, and my OCD started flaring up again. Things definitely can get better.

@Anonymous I used to love yoga and running. Now i dont feel good enough to do it. I hope it gets better for both of us.

@Tagalong212899 Even if you can have yourself to just a couple yoga poses a day just to get started that’s what I tell myself. Maybe we can try and do it together. If we promise to just do at least at the start five minutes I was doing five days a week about 45 minutes. Maybe we can both say we’ll just do a few yoga poses for five minutes a day and a few breathing exercises.

@Tagalong212899 I do this at home on my own. I used to be a personal trainer and I taught myself yoga and the planking you will start running again. I’m sure you are going to.

@Anonymous I will try. Im so detached from my body.

@Tagalong212899 Let’s both give it a try because I’m the same way right now. I have a hard time even giving five minutes. Let’s both say we’re gonna try just five minutes to do a couple yoga poses a day and see how it works out. Let me know what you think. Just a couple simple yoga poses.

@Tagalong212899 Starting tomorrow, just five minutes choose your favorite yoga pose. Let me know what you think.🍀🦋

@Anonymous Okay i will try because of you. Thank you.

@Tagalong212899 Absolutely and I will try because of you and then we can check in here. I will make myself do five minutes. I’ll do a couple yoga poses. We will do this together.

@Anonymous I plan on doing the warrior pose and a couple balance poses. ❤️ you’ve got this you are going to feel better. There is hope I promise.❤️

@Tagalong212899 Absolutely you’ve got this and things will get better. ❤️‍🩹❤️

@Tagalong212899 I will do my five minutes around 2 PM I’m not sure what time zone you’re on and then I’ll come back here and I’ll write that I did these yoga poses and if you can just do five minutes at one time during the day. Then we can keep meeting back here and doing the same and increasing it. You’ve got this you will feel better.❤️

@Anonymous Thank you so much

@Tagalong212899 Absolutely thank you 🍂🍁🧡🌻🌻

@Tagalong212899 I know it’s earlier then 2 just wanted to say I did 5 minutes of yoga. 🧘‍♀️🌻🌻

@Anonymous I did a little less than 5 minutes

@Tagalong212899 You still did it! I’m going to try and do five or 10 minutes again tomorrow. You’ve got this!

@Anonymous Thank you, im completely detached from my body right now. :( 💔

@Tagalong212899 OCD is difficult, but you will feel better. There is hope. You will work through this with ERP and other therapy.

@Anonymous I think my meditation is causing really bad side effects honestly

@Tagalong212899 Your medication then you definitely should talk to your doctor about it. Please let them know.