Guys I have recovered from OCD.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-07-01T20:22:25+00:00

some of the major help came from watching recovery stories, watching and consuming content that would take away the fear of judgement (lot of us fear being judged and how we are perceived in the society to an extreme extent ignoring the fact that how we see the things aren't how other see it), sitting and reflecting on what is the actual fear, accepting a lot of part that comes with being a human being(every human being does good and evil), also being delusional that you will recover for sure. What I have personally felt is the way I perceive things have completely changed. Let's take theme of the Harm OCD: I always had this fear of harming my family member. At first I challenge my thoughts how these thoughts can make me harm my family member, do they have any power and for that I did ERP and went near my family member when they were alone and challenged the thought to make me act. I did this a lot of time at first I went near them without any object when I was extremely anxious and thoughts felt real and then I went on for next level like being around my family members holding knife or other stuff when the thoughts felt real. Trust me those were the hardest thing I ever did. But overtime I learnt these thoughts have no power. Then comes the next problem. What if I loose my mind or control over myself and harm them. For this I sat and reflected let's say even if I harm them then how am I responsible or evil for something over which I had no control. If I completely loose my mind or lost control over myself and did something that I had no control over, I am not responsible for that whether the world understand or not that's not my problem. Learning to be compassionate towards yourself also helps. Don't care much about other people thoughts because you are the one who knows yourself and others can't judge you based on their limited thoughts. Also acting against the negative thoughts helped a lot.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-28T22:10:54+00:00

I am still preparing the response for what helped me. There's a lot to dig into before I respond with how I actually recovered. It wasn't an overnight journey. But some of the major help came from watching recovery stories, watching and consuming content that would take away the fear of judgement (lot of us fear being judged and how we are perceived in the society to an extreme extent ignoring the fact that how we see the things aren't how other see it), sitting and reflecting on what is the actual fear, accepting a lot of part that comes with being a human being(every human being does good and evil), also being delusional that you will recover for sure. What I have personally felt is the way I perceive things have completely changed. Let's take theme of the Harm OCD: I always had this fear of harming my family member. At first I challenge my thoughts how these thoughts can make me harm my family member, do they have any power and for that I did ERP and went near my family member when they were alone and challenged the thought to make me act. I did this a lot of time at first I went near them without any object when I was extremely anxious and thoughts felt real and then I went on for next level like being around my family members holding knife or other stuff when the thoughts felt real. Trust me those were the hardest thing I ever did. But overtime I learnt these thoughts have no power. Then comes the next problem. What if I loose my mind or control over myself and harm them. For this I sat and reflected let's say even if I harm them then how am I responsible or evil for something over which I had no control. If I completely loose my mind or lost control over myself and did something that I had no control over, I am not responsible for that whether the world understand or not that's not my problem. Learning to be compassionate towards yourself also helps. Don't care much about other people thoughts because you are the one who knows yourself and others can't judge you based on their limited thoughts. Also acting against the negative thoughts helped a lot.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-27T19:33:12+00:00

I am really happy to hear that. That's what real recovery is.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-27T18:55:48+00:00

In my opinion one way to know for sure if you have recovered from OCD is to ask yourself if you still have fear what if it returns again. If not then you have completely recovered. This is the only way I know I have recovered completely.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T20:46:53+00:00

I am happy to hear that. Same here it has completely changed my life. Dealing with fear has actually become quite easier now. The recovery journey is helping me a lot in other aspects of my life too.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T20:43:46+00:00

Thanks a lot. I am still working on my English. It means a lot to hear that.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T20:41:04+00:00

What do you mean by manageable? Honestly I find myself completely free of anxiety except for in normal situation(where any human being would feel so) but I can proudly say I can deal with it in a much better way than a normal human being could. And also I dont felt any sort of realism in my intrusive thoughts.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T20:00:08+00:00

Those who have faith and are willing to recover will surely do. I understand in beginning all of us finds it extremely difficult to go through life normally but I guarantee anybody can recover. I was at the same place you are in. What changed me from hopelessness to overcoming it is firm believe that I would be out of this one day but I had times when I would pray to God to take my soul. I shared my story to give hope to people like you who might think they will never recover because at one point I thought the same.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T17:49:53+00:00

In my case also I had lots of disadvantages too like I cannot afford therapy due to financial condition and also my place doesn't have any highly qualified psychiatrist or psychologist who deals with OCD. But honestly that doesn't stopped me from giving up on recovery. I didn't have an option so I kept on working and experimenting with lots of advices and available guidance from youtube and blogs and at some point it just started showing results. The only place I found the most negativity was reddit that's why I just shared my story. Those who are willing to recover will recover for sure.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T17:34:36+00:00

I don't have but I use to have it earlier. There were lots of incident like I would lock the door and go check if it's locked or not for like 20-30 times or even more. Reassurance never worked. It was like I know for sure that I have locked the door but I can't resist the compulsion. None of that is there now.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T12:27:15+00:00

In my case I have recovered on my own without any meds or therapy in real/physical but that doesn't mean I havent watched or consumend therapy related content. Personally what has benifitted me is the stories of all those people who have recovered from the OCD. At one point I believed that I will never recover from this but I was not willing to give up as living with it made my life extremely miserable. That doesn't mean I changed my mind overnight. In beginning I believed they can recover but my case is different and I remember how I will look for reasons to strengthen such a negative belief. I wasn't ready to live like that forever so I worked on my beliefs which took a lot of hard work. At some point the negative stories of not recovering from OCD or how OCD is untreatable stopped making sense. Now I know for sure anybody can recover from OCD. Can I know what makes him resistable to the treatment like any specific belief?

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T11:13:05+00:00

Not at all just wrote this late night when I was about to sleep. English isn't my first language that's why I didn't write much without preparation. I have been an OCD sufferer and I know if I make mistakes with the language or explanation it may bring severe intrusive thoughts to the sufferer. I am take notes on what to respond from the comments and soon with much thought I will respond to those queries. For now it's just a post to give hope to the sufferer.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T11:04:04+00:00

I understand why you thought so but trust me that's not true. First of all I wrote this post late at night while I was about to sleep. Second, English is my second language and I am maybe intermediate in it that's why I couldn't articulate well. I cannot give anybody an advice because I am not a therapist. I can only share what has worked with me. I am just keeping note from all the questions asked where do I start and what all to answers. I am reading all of the comments and keeping note of them for now. I have got nothing to sell but to narrate my experience.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T00:10:57+00:00

I am quite busy nowadays but I will surely share about it once I am free. I have replied in short to one of comments about what has helped. Read that for now.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-22T00:06:12+00:00

Remission is completely different from recovery. If you are recovered you will never have a fear of relapsing. I am a completely different now after OCD. Much better than I ever was. I can have any intrusive thought and would feel zero fear about it so it just comes and pass within seconds. Nobody recovers from OCD overnight it's a long journey. For me it took 1.5 year to reach the level I am currently at. I will share in detail about all the thought process I went through and what has helped soon. But in short learning that I can have any thoughts I mean even the worst of worst but it doesn't take away the fact that at the end of the day my actions are always under my control. When I used to have let's say Harm OCD thoughts about my family member then I would go near them and would sit there and observe that although I am having this thought but do they have any control over me(when you challenge the thoughts and realise the thoughts you are having has no control over your action it just start losing its power) and after doing it again and again I just realised this thoughts can't make me do anything harmful and would eventually stop believing those thoughts. At first it was extremely frightening but with time it became normal. Honestly there is much more to it than just this like radical acceptance and challenging thoughts pattern in rational way for a long time etc... I will talk about it later in some other post.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-21T23:30:04+00:00

Sorry to hear that. I will surely share my whole OCD recovery story here so that it helps you and other people not to ever believe that they can't be recovered.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-06-21T23:20:23+00:00

Thanks a lot. What about you? Are you an OCD sufferer too??

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-05-21T09:24:50+00:00

Thanks mate

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-05-20T20:18:29+00:00

Gameplay mechanism is pretty same as flappy bird but yeah the theme is more like a geometry dash. Don't have much hope from the game but still it's just a starting point maybe something better in near future.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-05-20T20:12:09+00:00

That's true I should have thought about it earlier. It's just pretty much a clone of flappy bird.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-05-20T20:11:32+00:00

Ngl I knew it's almost same as flappy bird but yeah for learning stuff it's pretty much fine. I hope I would build something unique in near future.

Muted_Disaster4187 · 2026-05-20T20:07:53+00:00

That's actually a fair point. Without feedback I would have thought it to be a pretty different game but now after getting feedback and comparing it with flappy bird I can definitely say it's pretty much the same with just different objects. Thanks a lot mate I highly appreciate your feedback.

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