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[Bookishbunny]

hso...

I feel that weird feeling where I need to do something. I think it's mania. I'm trying to get through this in a healthy way instead of blowing up my bank account. I just cleaned my room and well I obsessively researched a part-time side hustle I just decided to start. I.e. Why I think im having mania. Anyway, I want to talk I guess.

i like watching the Office, Friends, and Kdramas. I like comics especially Moonknight, and Webtoons. I read a ton but yes my favorite book is still the Hunger Games has been since I was twelve. My favorite food is dumplings or potato tacos and my favorite drink is Sundrop soda. I have OCD and depression. I work in medical billing. My favorite band is Stray Kidz, and my favorite song is Uncomplicated by RØRY. I like the movie Dark Phoenix and I'm sorry but Toby Mcguire is the best Spider-man.

Anyway, that's me in a nutshell. Dm or comment me if you'd like to talk. Thanks

[Phoenyx]

Hi Bookishbunny! When I’m in full OCD episode, I too feel like I am experiencing some sort of mania. That’s the worst part about OCD- it makes you doubt everything, especially your sanity. Staying physically and mentally super busy helps me tremendously

[Mcfly64]

Hello Bookishbunny. Are you getting help for your ocd?

[Bookishbunny in reply to Mcfly64]

Nope. Everything is so messed up right now I don’t have the capacity to search for an OCD therapist on top of a talk-therapist it’s very draining and it feels like my family is happy I’m out of therapy. My dad even said “finally that experiment is over.”

[aparente001]

Hi there. Do you find exercise of some type helpful?

[Bookishbunny in reply to aparente001]

No, not really. I walk often and ride Peloton but I get in my head after hearing comments my whole life about doing it wrong. Or needed to do more to lose weight. I don't enjoy exercise.

[aparente001]

Sometimes it's helpful as a distraction and as a way of getting out of one's head and more attuned to the body. Also it improves the quality of my son's sleep and helps prevent insomnia -- for him. (Everyone is different.) But I think the key to experimenting with exercise is to find something that is intrinsically rewarding. It's not much fun, for me at least, to go for a walk if I'm only doing it because it's "good for me." Just as eating a green vegetable isn't going to be fun if I don't LIKE it. I don't like green peppers, so I just concentrate on the ones I like.

By the way, my son didn't need two different therapists. The one trained in ERP was enough. The therapist didn't suddenly lose the ability to do non-ERP therapy just because they learned to do ERP.

The IOCD website has a therapist search feature. (They didn't list anyone in our region (we live in upstate NY), but I called them up and was given the name of a teaching clinic an hour's drive from us.)

My son's experience was that he didn't make real headway until he started doing ERP. Not everyone with OCD makes progress with ERP, but the studies show that it's the approach that is most often successful.

Just some thoughts I wanted to share.

Best wishes.