Has anyone experienced being mentally abused and making your OCD worse.
Also I always have to guess everything correctly if I get it wrong my OCD says bad things will happen. I can’t control that thought like I’ll get a email and if I can’t guess which of my emails it went to something bad will happen.
I experience my OCD telling me that bad things will happen if I do or don’t do something ( or say something). I’ve really been trying to ignore these thoughts when they happen. Fortunately nothing bad has really happened so I know it is ridiculous except for a moment I get that anxious fear. I think I just have to realize that the OCD will probably always taunt me and I have to just learn to ignore- hopefully it will eventually stop torturing me so much.
Thank you! I love how positive you are!!
It’s been a long road but I’m getting there.
OCD is trying to trick you big time! I have gone through this too (and still do at times). If I make the wrong decision, something bad will happen. If I am watching TV and I see something "wrong", I have to turn it off immediately or something bad will happen. It's gone to the point if I use newspaper on the bottom of my bird cage and the newspaper has a picture of someone on it, they won't go to heaven (the compulsion is to not use that piece of newspaper). Logically I know it is ridiculous, however it's there. It used to help telling my husband about it for reassurance, but he's gone now. Also, I have learned that getting reassurance just makes things worse.
The more you resist the compulsion, the stronger you will get. It's very difficult but it's important. You will find when nothing happens, you can do it next time too.
I call my OCD Satan because I believe it is. He is trying everything he can to tempt me and pull me away from God and my faith. He wants me miserable and weak. I won't let him do this to me. I will fight to the end with God's continued help and protection.!!!
Thank you so much. It gets so hard, I’ll never understand why this has happened. I used to be so care free and I didn’t even realize it, I miss loving everything so genuinely without fear. Us with OCD really have such a big understanding on how precious every second is when it’s filled with joy. I’ll be praying for you, I know God is the ONLY thing that’s got me through. I’m taking Zoloft and waiting for it to work I’m only at a low dose atm tho and moving up slow.
Glad you are on meds for this. Are you also in therapy? There is SO MUCH to learn about this. If you get time, I would encourage you to into therapy with a qualified therapist in OCD. Just any therapist will not be able to help you....believe me I've been through alot of them. You must find one that is educated in our issues.
The meds will take time to kick in...glad you will be increasing in time. If you find the Zoloft doesn't do the trick later, be sure to advise your doctor and ask to try something else. Many of us go through different meds until we find one that works.
Another thing that I encourage you to do is to keep tabs on the IOCDF.org website (International OCD Foundtion). They have absolutely AWESOME live webinars that I learn so much by watching. If you can't catch a live one, it's ok...you can still see them by going to youtube.com and doing a search on IOCDF. The past ones will be listed there. The fellow that moderates most of them is Ethan Smith. He has had OCD for years and does an excellent job of moderating. There is also at least 3-4 other experts on those who are there to discuss (many of them also have OCD themselves). I have learned so many tips on how to deal with things like intrusive thoughts, which I suffer from.
It's really fascinating to be informed of what happens to our brain when we get OCD. It is very hard, as you said, to understand why all this happens, but myself, I feel so good now that I am glad to be able to tell others that you WILL be better!!!!!
If you need help, you are in the right place. This forum has wonderful, caring people eager to discuss and help others 
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