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Last night I had the worst panic attack I have ever experienced and was having some very graphic intrusive thoughts. I am new to this OCD community as my therapist has thought I have had it for a while but confirmed today that that’s what I am probably struggling with. I am on some pretty intense medication related to my misdiagnosis’s and feeling lost about where to start. I wish I didn’t suffer from these thoughts and that I could live a “normal” life. How does one start living and not surviving ?

Username: Raider916Raider916

Date posted: 2y ago

Welcome! One day at a time. Maybe coming off some of the meds from the misdiagnosises, and being able to focus on treatment for ocd will help you feel like youre living instead of surviving. It sounds like you are on a new path with a correct diagnosis. The thoughts are intrusive and it doesnt make them real. Those false emotions and feelings the thoughts cause really make it difficult. Is there anything that helps you with relief at this point? I wish we all could live happier lives soon

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

i completely understand this! i feel like i’m surviving and not living, but am trying to focus on getting better to get to a point where i’m back to living.

Username: Andrea_GAndrea_G

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

Definitely take it one day at a time! You can reach out to me on Instagram for support and relatable content @andreagarcia_tech

Username: FolderFinderFolderFinder

Date posted: 2y ago

I feel like I’m looking in a mirror, because I ALSO had the worst panic attack I’ve ever had. Woke me up out of a dead sleep at 4 am! The intrusive thoughts were horrific I couldn’t stop myself. I was diagnosed with OCD a couple of years ago but am just now learning that so much of my “anxiety” are actually symptoms manifesting from OCD. I wish we could stop having these horrible thoughts. Message me if you want!

Username: cloudy1409cloudy1409

Date posted: 2y ago

@FolderFinder looking in a really icky mirror, I’m sorry you experienced that too :/

Username: CR

Date posted: 3y ago

im new here! this is the first day ive really started understanding that i may have OCD. and now that i read about it im so off put by the fact that no one around me noticed this is what i have been struggling with. (my family members are in the mental health field of work) i struggle mostly with what i think is rOCD. it’s been debilitating this past week, but i feel okay right now. i think covid and moving out of my childhood home and in with my partner during lockdown combined really inflamed this problem for me. right now im just working on accepting that i may suffer from this and accepting what that might mean for my life in the future. im diagnosed bipolar currently which i have been able to manage un medicated for about a year now. but this feels different, and i hate hate being medicated, but i feel like i may need to be until i learn some coping mechanisms for this particular problem. just a lot to think about. any thoughts on medication and how to get past the thought that you’re changing yourself by taking it? anyway love to you all, we’re gonna be okay 💌🤝

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Username: Chicken07

Date posted: 1y ago

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hello, I’m a young adult with extreme ocd that I’ve been struggling with since I was little it’s to the point where things like walking eating writing or driving has become almost an impossible task. how do some of you try to differ your ocd thoughts? even when I try to ignore them I’ll have panic attacks until I go back and do whatever my brain is telling me. I feel helpless my doctor has told me I have the worst case of ocd she’s ever seen and she “doesn’t know what to do with me” I’m just starting to feel hopeless

Username: Ken!

Date posted: 1y ago

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Hi friends, I have recently been diagnosed with OCD these past few weeks. It all can feel really all encompassing and overwhelming. And almost like I’m completely at the bottom of the mountain and still realizing so many things I have dealt with were actually OCD. Does anyone have any advice or things they wish they knew in the beginning of starting treatment? I appreciate you all and the community. 🖤😊

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