#ocd help

[bl0w-m3]

Having OCD is so isolating.

I have harm OCD. I feel like I can’t share anything going on that is distressing me because if other people knew they would look at me differently and I couldn’t blame them.

I’m not a violent person. I would never hurt anything or any one, but the shit that goes through my head is jsut downright disturbing. Things happening to me. Things I do to other people. Every other thought through my head makes me physically sick to my stomach. I can’t be in public for long amounts of times without panic attacks. I struggle to be around animals, which are my favorite things in the world.

It makes you feel like you’re disgusting, perverted, the problem with society. You’re the bad guy. It’s not true, that’s what OCD is it’s an anxiety disorder. It grabs onto the things your most afraid of and don’t want to think about and shoves it to the front of your mind for hours, days, weeks at a time.

For friends with ocd:

-you are loved

-you are not a bad person for having thoughts you cannot control. You are not a bad person.

-these are not urges they are intrusive thoughts. You do not want to do these things, they are simply thoughts.

-it is OK TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE YOU FEEL SAFE WITH! The more distressed you get about intrusive thoughts the worse they get! Seeking help is always the best option!

-research what therapy will work for you! Talk therapy has been shown to not be very effective in treating OCD!

#ocd #obsessive compulsive disorder #obsessive compulsive spectrum #ocd help #harm ocd #pure ocd #mental heath awareness #mental health #mental illness

[womenaremypriority]

Affirmations for myself:

-Brushing your teeth daily is a feminist act

-Taking showers consistently is a feminist act

-Healing your OCD is a feminist act

-Going to bed at a stable time each night is a feminist act

-Taking your medicine is a feminist act

#My post #Feminism #feminist #disability #disabled women #OCD help #reminders #venting #radical feminism

[titan-god-helios]

the autistic urge to perfectly categorise every single aspect of my identity is back and im now researching ocd at midnight and wondering if im faking it to be quirky tm or if this is a real and valid thing i might be experiencing (from what ive looked at so far it's likely that i have it but i feel like it just looks as if im diagnosis shopping from the outside, especially because ive already self dxxed with autism and adhd albeit with quite literally months of research so i know theyre valid diagnoses but imposter syndrome and hhhhhhh) that being said, if y'all have any resources and good research things//articles etc PLEASEEE reblog with em or link in the comments tyty

#autism #actually autistic #actually adhd #adhd #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #being autistic #its the neurodivergency #neurodivergencies #asd #ocd #living with ocd #actually ocd #ocd tag #intrusive thoughts #mental health #mental illness #pure ocd #ocd brain #ocd help #ocd problems #social anxiety #ocd creature #ocd treatment #ocd questions #symptoms #ocd symptoms

[mariko-san]

Friendly reminder that this manifesting/law of attraction/law of assumption thing might be really harmful and triggering for person suffering from OCD or other mental illness that has symptoms like intrusive thoughts and paranoia

Some affirmations

Your thoughts are just thoughts

Thinking about something doesnt make it any more or less likely to happen

Its not your fault that your mental illness is making you have negative thoughts

Thinking about a bad thing doesnt make you a bad person

Universe is a vast space with planets and stars and comets and stuff, its doing nothing to you and has no connection to your thoughts

#ocd #pure o ocd #actuallyocd #intrusive thoughts #intrusive thoughts help #ocd help #manifesting #law of attraction #law of assumption #universe #the secret

[sluttypatrickstar]

so after i got covid last summer i began to develop symptoms of OCD and it took me a while to realise but now i See What Is Happening. unfortunately, between the compulsion to hand wash and me being a frequent hand washer cause i don’t like my hands to feel sweaty (and sweaty hands make fiber art harder), i now have hands so dry that my skin has begun to crack and i have a genuinely quite painful cut on my thumb (idk if it’s cracked or if the dry skin made it easier to cut)

people who have experienced this: what do i do? how do i help my hands? i find hand lotion difficult bcus i dislike the stickiness and i feel like i can’t touch any of my stuff for ages. is there a good hand lotion i can use, is there a best time to use it???

#ocd #ocd help

[pov-i-eat-you]

I Have OCD, Here are Some Things I Use to Manage my Symptoms.

Obsessive and Intrusive Thoughts: Play your favorite song in your head, or hum it out loud. Draw or write out what you’re thinking to externalize and process it. Anything in general to distract you can help. Something I’ve found that works for me is prayer. I’m not sure how prayer and other religions work fully, but if you can, do. It helps.

Compulsions: Something I’ve found that helps me is to let myself have the little things, like tracing a picture frame with my finger in a specific way. That way, I still have done something to fulfill my compulsions without, like, shattering my bedroom window or something.

#OCD #symptom management #self help #mental healh #ocd help #ocd symptoms #ocd awareness #ocd tag #intrusive thoughts

[annaberunoyume]

#friendly advice #for ocd #ocd #ocd help #party hat #ocd is a bitch

[arch-e-vst]

some OCD ressources / des infos sur les TOC

It's OCD awarness week. Here are some ressources that I hope might help, if someone is researching OCD help. (french specific resources at the end of this post)

It's important to find a therapist that has specific training and knowledge towards OCD (look up their profile online).

Treatment consists in a form of CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) called ERP (Exposure and Response Therapy). Anti-depressants can be given as well

You might feel like you don't deserve help. It's a trick from the illness. You deserve help. Help exists.

now for the french ressources

Quelques infos qui j'espère vous seront utiles sur les TOC

il est important de trouver un thérapeute avec une formation spécifique sur les TOCs (vous pouvez voir ça dans les profiles en ligne)

le traitement est un type de TCC (thérapie comportementale et cognitive) spécifique : l'EPR (exposition avec la prévention de de la réponse). On peut aller voir un psychologue ou un psychiatre (spécialisés TOC ou au moins avec une formation TOC). Le psychiatre peut vous donner en plus un antidépresseur pour compléter la thérapie.

ça peut être très dur de prendre le premier rendez-vous, mais vous méritez de l'aide comme tout le monde (le TOC aime bien vous faire croire que vous ne méritez pas d'aide)

pour trouver un spécialiste près de chez vous en France. Certains font de la téléconsultation.

aussi allez voir le groupe "AFTOC Association Française de personnes souffrant de TOC" sur facebook

hope that helps

#ocd #toc #trouble obsessionnel compulsif #obsessive compulsive disorder #ocd help #ocd treatment #ocd therapy

[autistic-bibliophile]

Ocd has been really bad today. if anyone has any tips please let me know :)

#ocd #actually ocd #ocd help #living with ocd #contamination ocd #numbers ocd #counting ocd #harm ocd #ocd compulsions

[chloe-creating]

hi. i have sever ocd and my intrusive rhoughs have been exponentially distressing and disturbing, and i do not feel strong enough to bear them for much longer. ive also suffered from a few eating disorders and cutrently struggle w self harm addiction. i am weight my options and seriously considering voluntary admission into a psych ward or residential

i was wonderign ! was your psych ward admittance voluntary or involuntary? how did it help / hinder you, and have you gotten any better? if so, what are some ocd coping mechanisms you've found work for you that arent so harmful?

thank ykh & i hope you are staying safe ♡

Hey! I’m so sorry you’re struggling like this ❤️ I know how it feels, and you’re definitely not alon

I was voluntarily admitted to the psych ward— however, there are different types of psych wards and this was a “light” psych ward. It was a 100% voluntary 3-5 day treatment program at my community’s Crisis Center. It was a calm, supportive, environment, where I made friends and was connected with a psychiatrist and therapist who help me to this day!

That said, psych wards are really traumatic, or might not have people educated on OCD treatment. Others (like mine) save lives.

If you can— research your local mental health treatment options and find out which seems like the best for you.

But however you do it— please get help. ❤️ I know how you feel, and how insurmountable it all seems, but recovery IS possible. I— and so many other people— are living proof.

⭐️ For emergency crisis help, see the resources below. ⭐️

The Crisis Textline - CrisisTextline.org

The Su!cide Hotline - 988lifeline.org

⭐️ For more information and resources for OCD, see the resources below. ⭐️

The International OCD Foundation - IOCDF.org

NOCD - TreatMyOCD.com

I also post more about my experiences and resources I find helpful on my Instagram accounts @chloe.creating & @UnthinkableThingsNovel ❤️

I hope this helps. Sending you so much love <3

#mental health #ocd resources #ocd help

[anakinthetrashking]

Alright: OCD peeps, Autistics, ADHDers, other ND folk and especially my fellow multiply-NDers, please share any insight/experience you might have 🙏🥺

Basically I want to know if there are ways of telling the difference between OCD thoughts/actions and those that would just be general anxiety, or maybe an adaptive behavior developed to deal with Executive Function issues or something??

I realize there is a lot of overlap, and that things can't be neatly separated into boxes (oh how I wish they could)... but we're there any specific things that made it click, that was clearly OCD or clearly not??

I've tried reading about OCD and looking at screening questionnaires and stuff, but I just end up confused. A lot of the examples end up being about germs and washing your hands a lot and organization, or checking that the door is locked multiple times— or they use the delightful (/s) phrase "more than normal", as if I have a reference for what is "normal". (And don't get me started on whether the "normal"/common response to things is even APPROPRIATE, as we have had plenty of proof through the pandemic 🙃)

I only recently learned there are a bunch of different areas OCD can effect and I was pretty mind blown. I'm going to reblog this in a few minutes with something that I do that I feel like might be OCD?? Idk.

Please reblog or comment anything you think might be helpful! Personal experience/insight, or something you read that was helpful whether blog post, forum, article, etc. Or even just a specific hashtag to explore?

#actually ocd #actually autistic #actually adhd #actually audhd #actually nd #actually neurodivergent #ocd #ocd help #anxiety #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #actually neurodiverse #neurodiverse stuff #tagging w all that bc i know the audhd can look similar and has overlap and stuff #so like if someone else multiplyND was wondering if they had OCD and were able to figure out a definite yes or no i want their input #also sorry never know if its is OCD or has OCD but i guess thats probably like a personal thing anyway #might be more than a few mins for that reblog but i should get it out within the hour??? #idk what else to tag

[womenaremypriority]

me in hell… where is the person who came up with the term “pure-o ocd????”

#my post #Okay I know it was actually important at the time to recognize compulsions could be invisible to others #But it’s just such a misnomer and we NEEEED it to die #Ocd #actually ocd #ocd help

[brittlehearttwarm]

ocd is really kicking my ass lately. broke down in tears after having a great night with my partner because my brain keeps telling me i don’t love them and that I should break up with them because it will never last and we are not compatible.

they were so caring even though they had no idea why I randomly burst out crying and couldn’t stop for 20 minutes. simply trying not to act on those thoughts had me paralysed for the rest of the night, I couldn’t complete any other task besides lay down in bed and fixated on why I was having these thoughts when I love them and have never been happier.

The devil works in mysterious ways.

#ocd thoughts #ocd help #living with ocd #anxiety #vent #living with anxiety #anxious thoughts #intrusive thoughts #vent post #me

[livingwithocd]

can you have OCD if you don’t have the intrusive/impulsive thoughts nonstop?

like i have a lot of the other symptoms but not that, at least to extent it’s talked about, i have, and that’s the main thing so idk if i have it or not. i’m trying to figure out if what i’m seeing is symptom overlap from my other nerodivergenties, do you have articles or something i could read though?

Absolutely!

You did not talk much about how you experience your compulsions, but this article [link] discusses Just Right OCD and Tourettic OCD which are both defined more by compulsions than they are intrusive thoughts. It is also important to note that just because these are the two documented types (in this article) does not mean there are not more types that are defined more by compulsions than intrusive thoughts.

It is also important to note that you can have OCD and have only intrusive thoughts or compulsions (sources: 1 | 2 | 3).

#hope this helps! sorry for the delay #ocd #compulsions #ocd symptoms #ocspec #ocspec symptoms #ocd help #ask

[sarahisatotalgeek]

I have a question for the class, and anyone willing to help me.

I deal with pretty intense anxiety and suspected OCD, and one particular intense trigger for me are politics and world events. I grew up extremely religious, absorbed end-times propaganda and my brain just took that and RAN with it. Now, even as an adult who has deconstructed from religion, I am still triggered into that same panic when I observe the state of the world… and when I panic, I shut down and spiral and I’m not able to do anything. One particular constant spiral is that I’m afraid of death. So I’ll ruminate on any way that I could hypothetically die and then try to come up with ways that I could protect myself from it. It affects how I do in crowds and in public spaces, and ultimately that irrational fear has kept me from going to protests or other in-person events. Recently, a friend of my girlfriend’s who is HEAVILY involved with her local socialist chapter and has been protesting pretty much non-stop has been sharing her thoughts on people only sharing things online/calling representatives but not actually doing anything else. On one hand, I recognize that those things don’t actually do a whole lot, and that in-person action does much much more. On the other hand, I recognize that that’s all that some people can do and they shouldn’t be shamed for that. And on ANOTHER hand, my OCD is fixating on this and I am stuck ruminating (and then panicking and then being paralyzed) because I can’t figure out how to do more and be more involved without absolutely falling apart in the process. I also can’t figure out how to find the time. This friend of my girlfriend’s has been a good source of information for Palestine and other issues, but I can’t figure out how to process what she has been saying about showing up. She doesn’t work to my knowledge, and comes from a fairly well off family. She also is already done with school. So she can drive all over the state (California) and devote all of her time to this. I work two jobs (and a third small gig) and go to school full time……. but I’m white and my whiteness makes any rest I take complicit silence. I just really want somebody else who deals with anxiety/OCD in the same way as me to help me figure out how I can be politically involved without constantly being triggered to the point of spirals and meltdowns. I want to do more but I don’t have the skills or capacity to do it right now and I need help.

#OCD #actually OCD #ocd help #anxiety #anxiety help #mental health help #politics #current events

[ocdanxiety018]

OCD help is available in many forms, including individual therapy

Living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be challenging, and one of the most common symptoms is rumination. OCD rumination involves obsessively thinking about a particular thought or idea, often with no apparent solution. This can lead to feelings of anxiety and distress, making it difficult to function in daily life. Fortunately, there are several ways to manage OCD rumination, including seeking OCD help and using an OCD workbook.

OCD rumination can be triggered by a wide range of things, including environmental stressors, personal relationships, or even a single thought. Regardless of the cause, it's essential to recognize the signs of OCD rumination and take action to manage it effectively. One of the most effective ways to do this is by seeking professional OCD help.

OCD help is available in many forms, including individual therapy, support groups, and medication. A licensed therapist can help you identify the underlying causes of your OCD rumination and develop effective coping strategies to manage it. They can also teach you techniques to interrupt negative thought patterns and reframe your thinking in a more positive and productive way.

In addition to professional OCD help, many people find that using an OCD workbook can be an effective way to manage their symptoms. An OCD workbook is a tool that provides guided exercises and activities designed to help you identify and manage your OCD symptoms. These workbooks are typically written by licensed therapists and OCD specialists and can be used either in conjunction with therapy or as a standalone resource.

One of the most important things to look for in an OCD workbook is that it's evidence-based. This means that the techniques and strategies included in the workbook have been tested and proven effective through scientific research. Look for workbooks that include exercises such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and mindfulness-based techniques. These techniques have been shown to be effective in managing OCD symptoms, including rumination.

Another essential feature of an OCD workbook is that it's customizable. Everyone's experience with OCD is different, so it's important to find a workbook that allows you to tailor the exercises and activities to your specific needs. Look for workbooks that include plenty of space for reflection and note-taking, as well as exercises that can be modified to suit your individual circumstances.

Finally, consider the level of support provided by the OCD workbook. Some workbooks may include online resources such as forums, chat rooms, or access to a licensed therapist. These additional resources can be incredibly helpful, particularly if you're using the workbook as a standalone resource.

In conclusion, managing OCD rumination is a challenging but essential part of living with OCD. Seeking professional OCD help and using an OCD workbook can be effective ways to manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life. When looking for an OCD workbook, be sure to choose one that's evidence-based, customizable, and includes additional support resources. With the right tools and support, you can learn to manage your OCD symptoms and lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. https://www.ocd-anxiety.com/

#OCD workbook #OCD help #OCD rumination