The OCD recovery process! #ocdawareness

OCD recovery terms translated: 🗣️ “I’ll work on recovery tomorrow or next week” = NEVER 🗣️ “This isn’t reassurance but…” = It’s reassurance 🗣️ “I’ve been really busy this week so I couldn’t do the homework” = I put it off constantly till it’s now not done 🗣️ “I’m not sure I

When you are stuck with OCD you tend to fear being stuck forever. Accepting that is a key part of recovery. Accepting being anxious the majority of your life, totally surrendering to that inner fight. As internal willingness fades in, anxiety fades out in tandem with a deeper

The OCD recovery journey is littered with false dawns “I’ve recovered” “No I haven’t” “I’m back at square one” MANY of those!

Some people will avoid the exposure that changes their life, their whole life! Very sad part about OCD.

Recovery is all about consistency, most chase the quick fix, but regular recovery work is key to restoring baseline inner peace once again.

The ROCD Gap: when someone with ROCD breaks up with a partner and then experiences symptom relief convincing them they are absolutely fine, but…. When they find a new partner OCD strikes again. “But I don’t get it I was fine” no you weren’t, OCD was laying dormant. Work on

Overcoming severe chronic HOCD! Elliott’s story! An in depth look at the struggle involved with HOCD day to day. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdXB9av8/

Birthday reflections… #ocdrecovery #ocdawareness

The guilt cycle in OCD pulls you in to the loop with “you don’t deserve to rest for even one second.”

You will never work out exactly what happened in the past where real event OCD is concerned. I spent years mentally 24/7 analysing exactly what happened when I was 13.

POCD is looking for every moment of growing up and interjecting with “how could you have forgotten about that, you can never be happy again now.”

Mollycoddling kills recovery, parents do their kids no favours by mollycoddling. Recovery requires compassion + tough love.

Existential OCD distorts your perspective of reality so you feel locked in a dystopian bubble.

Resting compulsions- I need to rest more so I don’t get worse, I mustn’t overwork, what if I get too stressed and get CFS, what if I have CFS and get worse by being too stressed therefore must avoid any stress at all cost.

You can’t just tell yourself “these thoughts are not me” the same as you can’t just tell Asthma “breathe normally.”

“I’m not quite ready yet” often equals never where OCD is concerned. Don’t wait till you are comfortable, you won’t be.

Until you get comfortable with OCD being a part of you, instead of an intruder that needs eradicating, you won’t make complete peace with OCD.