Update!!!

Hey everyone, I haven't posted in a while on here because this website was a source for many of my compulsions. It's been a few months, and I just want to update you all on how well I am doing. It's coming up on a year since I was diagnosed with OCD, and the progress I have made in that year is something I am forever grateful for. I continue to see an OCD therapist but most of the ERP I have been going through is done with. I know now how to apply it to my daily life, and it helps so much. I also recently started taking Prozac, which has honestly made the majority of my symptoms go away. I am posting this because I want you all to have hope. I struggled so much with horrible HOCD and constantly doubted who I was and what I wanted in life. It made me feel like I wasn't myself, and constantly made me miserable. I know how hard it is to go through each day and enjoy life when OCD is always bothering you. But I am so much better now and you can be too. Don't be afraid of speaking up and being honest about what you're going through. Most likely if you're on this forum and constantly posting and asking for reassurance, you probably have OCD. I had points where I genuinely had so little hope left that I felt like I wanted to die. I thought I was going to have to lead a life I didn't want to, and I convinced myself I was everything that I wasn't. Whatever the contents of your obsessions may be, no matter how convinced you are that they are real - I have been there and I KNOW NOW HOW TO HANDLE MY OCD! I know that my OCD fears are not true!!! How can you get there?? Get help! Go to therapy, get medication. The combination of those two is the perfect combination to help you get where you want to be. It takes strength, effort, and hard work, but there's no need to be scared; the scariest part of all of this is what you've already been through - having OCD. Anything you do from here on for your recovery is something you can most definitely handle. It makes me so emotional thinking back on where I was a year ago, and where I am now. I am able to go about my days and fully enjoy them and have normal problems again! Instead of having these obsessions repeat over and over. I am so happy with how far I've come and I hope whoever reads this takes this to heart, because I know for a fact that if I can do it so can you!

I'm glad to hear you are doing better. It sounds good to hear that you found a solution to your anxiety and OCD problems. This post will definitely be a symbol and piece of hope for me. I should definitely look at this whenever I'm having a rough day. Even though, my anxiety is not at an all-time high, it bothers me on some occasions. My anxiety is like a rollercoaster. It goes up and down. That's probably the best comparison for it. But it doesn't heavily interfere with my life. I hope to be in the place in terms of my anxiety that you are in.

I hope the best for you.