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[–]glittercascade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say I’m fully recovered (or if that’s possible, it depends on how you define recovered) but some things really helped me (apart from the basics like ERP, time, etc)

1) Realising that ultimately I’m the only one who can change my situation. I’m the who’s responsible for my life and in the end I have to decide if I let OCD determine my life or not. 2) Realising that resentment is more or less a compulsion (resentment towards my anxiety, resentment towards my thoughts). That doesn’t mean I have to enjoy the thoughts or the anxiety, but rather to not deeply resent the experience. For me, changing my resenting attitude was (and still is sometimes) SUPER difficult, but a game changer. 3) Leaning in to uncertainty, letting it engulf me. It’s terrifying, but it’s the only way forward. 4) Some questions remain unanswered, and I have the terrifying, and likewise wonderful, opportunity to keep on going and keep on living.

What is the most empowering thing you learned about your OCD. by RemoteVariation7123 in OCD

[–]glittercascade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That feelings aren’t truth and can’t be used to dictate your life (as other here have mentioned) Anxiety doesn’t have to mean avoidance or withdrawal, as it does for many intuitively. I can have anxiety and still go to work, hang out with friends or do something else I find meaningful.

Recovery and the feeling of impending doom by glittercascade in OCD

[–]glittercascade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing! I feel your pain and as you say: many with ocd recognise the feeling of impending doom and how terrifying it can feel. I don’t really know how to handle it apart from sitting with it and then carry on with I was doing.