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
The 4,7,8, breathing exercise. Inhale to the count of four, hold for the count of seven, exhale slowly to the count of eight. Go slower and slower each time. It will actually oxygenate your brain and turn on your Vegas nerve which creates the calming affect in your body. I do it every night and especially when I'm anxious. It works.. 💙
2 weeks ago
What does it mean to help someone? What does it mean to be kind to someone? What does it mean to be empathetic to someone? Everything. And, it's paradoxical. In my experience, the most important purpose in life is to do one or all of those things for someone in need. Why? Helping others with kindness and empathy brings you spiritual growth. It helps you grow up to the reality that we don’t have to be not alone, that we have people that understand even if we don’t know them. You may ask yourself; how can I help anybody? I wouldn’t know what to do? Start by listening. I mean really listening deep listening. You don’t have to fix anybody, you don’t have to be anybody’s therapist, you don’t have to give any advice. Just listen with an open mind and a caring heart. I didn’t learn this until I was in my early 40s. At the college where I taught, I joined a committee called the campus assistance program. This was a program made up of a small number of teachers that have gone through traumas and crisis themselves, and our job was to listen to students who had problems much like ours and be front line advocates for them. My area was anxiety and panic disorder because I experienced them myself. I know anxiety from the inside out. A woman who was an older student tracked me down and wanted my advice. I told her to tell me her story. I listened without interruption for close to four hours. From time to time I would interject, I understand or I hear you, but nothing more than that. After she was done telling me her issues, I told her that we had better get going because it was getting late. With tears in her eyes, she thanked me for all my help and told me she felt so much better. What did I do? I didn’t give her any advice, I just listened. I believe by talking to someone who cared she taught herself what she needed to learn. There is great power and purpose in helping anyone in need or anyone that feels alone. That's why we are in this group. The paradox is - it helps you too. JC 💙
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