Stronger Than You Think
Hey! Listen up! There will be times in your recovery when you will say “hey I am getting my life back” Then you get this anxious feeling, what if I fall back into that dark place. I know because it has happened to me more than once. Do not let your heart...
Surrender to Defeat OCD
Hi I’m Richard , a fellow OCD sufferer who has experienced OCD symptoms for most of my life . Over the past few years I have applied different strategies along with ERP/CBT which have greatly helped me in my battle with OCD . Thankfully I have my OCD pretty well...
You Are Not Alone!
October 13-19 marks International OCD Awareness Week. This is a time rich with possibilities for individual and collective healing, and for igniting systemic change – by raising awareness, lifting mental health stigma, and continuing the work of making treatment... Lessons in Self-Acceptance
My journey with Purely Obsessional OCD has been marked by surprises. When I began my recovery process, I thought I would learn how to erase the intrusive thoughts that filled me with fear and pain. I have gathered valuable tools – and have also healed more than I...LIKE our FB Page
I haven't posted in awhile, I'm trying to adjust to this new life during the pandemic, much like all of you. I was talking to a friend about Meta-cognition. That is, being aware of your own thinking. My experience is that people with OCD have a very high meta-cognition ability. They are aware that their thinking is OCD but just don't quite trust it. So, I have a question for you. I was watching A Beautiful Mind which deals with a disorder that is NOT OCD. But, this true life representation of a real man's life, in some ways correlates with our lives and OCD. His disorder caused him to see and hear voices and people. OCD does not do that,so don't worry. It is not the nature of the disorder. As he got older, suffering from what these delusions told him about himself and what to do, he finally came to a huge awareness. As he got older, the three people he saw and heard created by his illness, did not get older. They stayed the same age. He got older but they stayed the same age though decades. With that awareness he started to get better. He recognized his own illness as an illness and not reality. Now, back to my question and how it's related to us. Have you ever experienced a good obsession? Have you ever experienced a positive thought generated by OCD? I haven't. That' s meta-cognition or awareness that OCD not only creates black and white scenarios or fear but they are not true. In my experience , 99.99999% of any obsession is not true .And, it the 1/1000th of a percent is true, we can handle it just like everyone else. Does this make sense to you? It did to me. Next time you have any obsession, become aware that you have more control than you think just by labeling it OCD and pushing though it. Of course not easy. Nothing is except consuming large amounts of ice cream. 🙂 But, I feel the more you are aware the better you get . JC ❤ ( I took this picture this year. We need more rainbows.,don't ya' think?
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