- Username
- Mariabae
- Date posted
- 19h ago
should i delete this app?
i feel like im posting here very often bc i want answers. its a compulsion. should i delete in order for me to stop looking for reasurance
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- Username
- isshpra 🫶🏻isshpra 🫶🏻
- Date posted
- 15h ago
If you used to use Reddit but now use this app, I would say keep this app. I feel like Reddit is more harmful. I’ve encountered some people who have done terrible things that claim OCD but it was really scary and a bit scarring to hear about. It’s happened to me like twice (I’ve gotten messaged under the false impression that they were giving advice but really ended up dumping all their mistakes and I mean BAD mistakes like illegal stuff on me I guess out of confession or something) and that’s already WAY too much. I wouldn’t want that happening to anyone else, much less someone with OCD, so just be cautious on Reddit if you decide to go on there. I second what the first user said, set a timer. Do your best to stick to it and not override it. Try journaling. It’s okay to post but every time you’re anxious or panicked is compulsive. Venting is fine as well but for your own sake, try to lower how often you do compulsions. It’s hard I know, but just make an effort to resist and it’ll lighten up slowly but surely. It helps me personally, to comment on people’s posts because it makes me feel less alone and better to know I can offer some input to people who understand what we all go through. You’re not alone, and we’re always here.
- Username
- Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 11h ago
It’s up to you, but you could always put a limit on how often you’re on the app to help prevent it for being a compulsion and be a tool. Sometimes it’s comforting to know other people have similar feelings with their OCD but again it’s up to you.
- Username
- Secretidentity Secretidentity
- Date posted
- 19h ago
If you use therapy through the app then no. But if you don’t then I’d say that’s up to you. If you notice it’s becoming a compulsion delete it. Or if you have the option to put a screentime setting on it so you can only use it for so long a day I’d do that. When I was in the thick of my Google compulsion and would spend 8 hours a day googling things I put a timer on Google where I could only use Google for 1 hour a day and that helped me because then if I had a thought I wanted to Google I’d say well I only have an hour so I don’t wanna waste it on this one. And now I don’t Google anything as much anymore only once every few days which I know still isn’t good but it’s a huge improvement
- Username
- MariabaeMariabae
- Date posted
- 19h ago
@Secretidentity im not doing therapy, i cant do therapy even irl. its very hard for me. i used to go on reddit before i found this app. ita very hard for me bc i feel like my rocd is real and i actually dont love my partner. very distressing and im so tierd. i have been like this for over a year.
- Username
- Secretidentity Secretidentity
- Date posted
- 19h ago
@Mariabae The fact that you’ve stayed with him during all this shows that deep down maybe there is something that is making you stay maybe a part of you that knows what you want.
- Username
- James718James718
- Date posted
- 17h ago
If you’re using it for self therapy, no don’t delete it. I use this usually just to vent and get everyone else’s input
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- Username
- Jay Bird
- Date posted
- 2y ago
This app has become overwhelming
There are so many posts on here now that it’s become quite overwhelming. Some days I can use the app appropriately and get actually helpful information out of it or attempt to offer insight to people struggling. However, lately I’ve found I’ve been using it as a bit of a compulsion to see other people struggling like me to “reassure” myself it’s OCD. But I’ve also been triggered by a lot of people offering others really bad advice that isn’t good for OCD. There are way too many reassurance seeking posts (I know it’s hard, I’ve been guilty of it too). I think I’m going to take a break from the app. My advice to you, stop seeking constant reassurance. Stop obsessively reading stuff related to your intrusive thoughts/worries.
- Username
- Lizzie
- Date posted
- 50w ago
Think I need to delete this app, it’s a compulsion
This app is feeding my obsessions. I find some stories relatable and reassuring, but it’s only short-lived. I also find some stories are relatable, but triggering and they cause me to spiral. I also search and search and search different questions, spending hours reading other people’s posts. I deleted my Facebook app as I was spending so much time on my OCD forums, and I also thought it was sending me signs from the universe, but now I’m on here constantly. It’s feeding the OCD because I’m reading and comparing stories constantly, but half the old posts I read are written by people who don’t have a conclusion to their stories, so I’m like did they get better from SO OCD or were they in denial all along, creating more ‘what ifs’. This feeds OCD so bad and gives it more power.
- Username
- Joe87
- Date posted
- 47w ago
Is it everyone's aim to get off this app
Eventually? Can anyone relate to this I mean it in the nicest way possible because I think this community is fantastic and very helpful but I have also realised that a big part of my OCD is reassurance and craving certainty as I'm sure it is with most if not all OCD sufferers and the irony in that is whilst a lot of the questions and answers we all give can be very helpful and educational at the same time some of it could be deemed as OCD itself as in reassurance seeking and reassurance giving Therefore I ask myself this. When am I going to be content within myself that I have asked all of the questions and got all of the help and knowledge thay i feel i need to strt moving forward with my life and i no longer feel the need to ask anymore questions regarding ocd because whilst it has been helpful it came also serve to keep you stuck.
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