Scared that intrusive thoughts will ruin my future

[courtneyfantinParticipant]

I have ocd and try to be proud of myself for going through all of this. I know I have to work at being positive and having nice feelings. I want to make a fresh start, be positive and convince myself things will be better from now on. But I’m scared that my intrusive thoughts will ruin my future and I panic over it. I haven’t done anything for the last couple of days, as I’m so tired. I feel under pressure to get better, because it is such a long time since I felt normal and I really do struggle with my instrusive thoughts. Any advice?

[MDLParticipant]

Have you had CBT? I had it a few years ago and found it helpful. Perhaps more helpful recently though was a talking therapies course I did from a self referral. It’s so refreshing being able to talk frankly without panicking about how it must seem to them because a) they’re trained and b) It was on phone call so seemed easier to be open. Dont know if that makes sense but hey, who cares, it worked!

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[SydOnTheNetParticipant]

I am so sorry you have to go through this. I, too, suffer with intrusive thoughts, I am trying to use therapy to learn how to handle them.

I will be here if you ever need to chat, or, even just connect.

Best of luck…

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