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I’m a psychologist who works with people fighting OCD every day. I choose this line of work because I enjoy helping people learn and apply ERP because it works. There’s a joy in helping people reclaim their lives.
OCD recovery is a journey that teaches you so much about what is possible without the fears. I want you to know that there is more than one possibility, and the worst of OCD is when you let it steal all the other wonderful possibilities that you may have. I think OCD journey is about accepting and moving on with your life regardless of the thoughts. It’s about choosing yourself again and again and again instead of letting OCD win the battle. And i do this for myself and for my family.
You are not alone. You are not crazy. You are loved just the way you are.
Your future self is thanking you for the recovery journey you are on now.
OCD will always say..."this check will bring relief forever," but it is never the case. They key to OCD recovery is getting comfortable with being uncomfortable...as long as it takes. That is the key to freedom!
Your future self is thanking you for the recovery journey you are on now.
OCD will always say..."this check will bring relief forever," but it is never the case. They key to OCD recovery is getting comfortable with being uncomfortable...as long as it takes. That is the key to freedom!
Friendly OCD thoughts wouldn't have the same effect. Intentionally make your exposures even scarier that the intrusive thoughts...and your OCD will run for the hills!
Much of OCD recovery is about being willing to feel anxiety and guilt - staying stuck for as long as it takes. Once willing to sit in the storm, regardless of physical symptoms, you are on the fast track to recovery. You can do it!
OCD will only release its grip when you learn unconditional love and acceptance (even if the obsessions and false memories turned out to be true). You deserve the same compassion you offer those around you
One day, you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else's survival guide.
I wish it wasn't that thought" is specifically why OCD has latched onto that exact thought.
OCD will join up all of the dots utterly convincing something of something that never happened. Choose your life over the fear.
If something is a problem and requires your attention, you will know it instinctively. If there is even a tiny doubt, choose to treat it as OCD. Anxiety will decrease over time. You can do it! You are worth it!
Deny OCD the satisfaction of seeing you do compulsions, seeing you flee from yourself, seeing you apologize for being awesome.
If it's possible to think, then it's possible for OCD to latch onto it. Feel the fear...and do the ERP anyway!
OCD wants you to feel insecure about something valuable in your life, but it's not the truth. It's just a faulty perception you currently believe is valid.
Everyone with OCD falls prey to what they think is significant, but the obsessions are not based in reality and are fundamentally imaginary.
Don't waste this moment...this moment is your life.
I am in charge of how I feel and today I choose happiness.
You can’t control the thoughts, but you can control your reaction to them. React with indifference.
I remind myself that it is okay to be a work in progress. I’m on my journey, just like everyone else
Sit with the discomfort. It will get better, and it is so freeing to overcome fear and loosen the grip of OCD. You can do it!
Short term pain, long term gain. There is hope and help. You are worth it!
I try to offer myself the same compassion I offer those around me, even when I feel imperfect.
I choose to fight OCD so that I can be present with my kitties.
I always remind myself that OCD is lying...and that ERP works...even if the OCD says it won't this time.
I choose to embrace ups and downs in recovery, recognizing that a lapse isn't a relapse.
You deserve to be present and enjoy your life!
I choose to fight OCD each day to be present with my family.
My son was dx with severe OCD when he was 8 (along with severe Tourette’s at age 6). My husband and I worried non-stop about what his future would look like with such debilitating conditions. I'm happy (and proud) to say that jake is now 23 and is doing very well. He still struggles with some OCD behaviors (mostly social and intrusive worry thoughts) but he's finally happy. He's got a girlfriend who loves him and appreciates him for who he is, and he's enrolled in university studying physics. I wrote a book called he’s not broken: a mother's journey to acceptance that chronicles jake's diagnoses and our journey together. It begs the question what if your special needs child turns out to be the special child you didn't know you needed. I felt very alone after his diagnoses and needed a tribe for support - those who understood our challenges. Having not had that i wrote a book about how I was feeling and coping hoping that it would be useful for others who feel alone. Bottom line is hang in there. Things do get better - the conditions may not go away but these kids are strong and they have a place in this world that no one else can fill.
THINGS WILL GET BETTER!
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