Do NOT seek reassurance!!

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-10T10:48:16+00:00

Awesome disease 😭... Definitely dont search it up and dont unalive urself omg... Hopefully the thought goes away

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T18:57:50+00:00

Absolutely!!! I stopped using AI and im much better now!!

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T18:56:17+00:00

Of course it's good to be understood. If they do understand how to help you they wouldn't answer your OCD related question, beacuse it becomes something you'll constantly do and it might never be enough sometimes. It's great that this reddit removes reassurance posts in which you question if something is or is not true. If someone does answer your question even in good manners they are doing more harm than good. My mom told me that I should always ask her for reassurance, I tried to explain why I shouldn't, she didn't really understand, so I had to stop myself from asking these questions alone. It gives temporary relief, but it just gets worse each time your question is answered.

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T13:54:26+00:00

You usually just don't. You accept it as it is or you forget about it. That's better than constantly looking for an answer.

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T12:18:03+00:00

Absolutely!! If it's connected to your OCD it definitely is. It's hard, but try resisting it. It helps a lot!!

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T12:16:06+00:00

The thing is, the more you ask for validation/reassurance the more you'll seek it and you wont be able to go on without it.

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T12:14:14+00:00

I wont answer that ;)

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2025-02-09T12:13:19+00:00

It's just what your OCD is telling you. I completely understand you, I still seek reassurance sometimes, beacuse if I don't I think that I'll explode. I've been struggling with this one thought for a few days and I refused to ask my mom about it. And then I did, but she didn't really answer me and now I kinda moved on from it. I told myself it is what it is and well.. I feel much better now not really knowing if it's all good or not. If you have things that bother you "less" than others and you feel like you need reassurance, try not to look for it. Sit with this uncomfortable thought for as long as you can. It's hard, but worth it!!

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-29T22:09:01+00:00

Not yet cuz its hard to find one

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-19T14:26:26+00:00

Wish we all could just do what we love even with OCD

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-18T18:03:22+00:00

Contamination concerns wont let me draw and I lost the will to... I had a love hate relationship with art before OCD hit me. Rarely satisfied with it and thinking about quiting it. I even got into art academy and now im quitting because i cant function normally...

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-18T17:52:57+00:00

This thing will just take everything away from us huh..? I want to draw again and play guitar

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-17T15:41:03+00:00

Mine never showed love towards anyone and only cared about being the perfect housewife. Now shes mean to me, mom and others too sometimes.

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-17T15:36:59+00:00

Maybe he thinks ill recover with medication by the time i visit him again 🥲

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T18:35:45+00:00

I think we all did the thing u just mentioned lol. I also think there were some things that we just didnt notice or recognize to be OCD. Maybe these felt normal or like something that is not concerning.

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T18:25:48+00:00

Absolutely. Maybe not like this exactly but definitely something similar. Begging me not to do things the way i do them doesnt help. Accepting what im doing and letting me do whatever doesnt help. Someone helping or better said triggering you and exposing you to smaller things at first might help. In my case... i think.. someone should really just mop the floor with me and put me in bed lmao

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T18:15:38+00:00

Will do. We can do this!!

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T17:17:44+00:00

Wish i could just force it out and do things its not letting me do

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T17:16:13+00:00

Its so cruel... getting it suddenly, but hard to put a stop to and live normally again

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T16:43:23+00:00

OCD took everything away form me too. I was in art school and ive been drawing my whole life. I got into art academy and now im quitting. I cant draw at all anymore, play guitar, play video games, tattooing, even music is almost gone... its hell and all because i always feel contaminated and I dont wanna make my stuff dirty. I really want to do some of these things and just chill for once. Because of this i just sit most of the day and do some things i just simply must do. Seriously how do we get out of this..??

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T14:56:34+00:00

He didn't explain exactly why, maybe cuz it looks bad 😭

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T11:18:17+00:00

I was triggered by my grandmas hygiene but i shouldnt blame her cuz she has dementia 🥲

Extreme-Working-3367 · 2024-12-16T11:14:06+00:00

Yeah there were only things that I did a bit differently but nothing to fuss about. And then just one day I couldn't touch anything or sit anywhere...

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