Worried about life

[mrpurple]

Hello guys, it's not been long since I last posted but this time I've got a genuine worry. So today I just these 2 things that ocd brought up from last year come back into my mind, it tried to mess with me again, try and take what I already know and keep adding stuff so I'd doubt myself again. Last year was the worst year of my life because of the hell ocd put me through, I hated living like this with ocd making me think I was a horrible monster when it was twisting facts and flat out lying to my face. Today just made me concerned that these things could come back and that I'm not fully over it, I'll forever be grateful that this year I was able to be free but I'm quite afraid that one day I'll be back in the same cage I spent 10 months rotting in again. I just can't go through all of that again, I was destroyed last year, God knows what will happen if I go through this again. I was just starting to enjoy life again and now that I just started a new chapter in my life I can't have everything I've done just go up in flames

[deValentin]

I understand your worries, but the only viable solution to handle those worries well is to face reality. Facing reality means to accept that's possible that OCD symptoms may return. Nothing is absolutely guaranteed in life. The good news is that it's also possible to give ourselves good reasons to believe that our recovery will last. We build self-confidence by regularly doing the work that our treatment requires. It's a virtuous cycle. With positive experiences we lessen our worries, and by lessening our worries we're better able to focus on normal activities and enjoy life, and so forth. One step at the time. The same principles used in substance-use disorder therapy can be applied.

[Ourson]

Hi mrpurple, I am in the same situation. Somethong from the past came back. An old topic... Today I am sad. Athough I could build my life, I have OCD for more than tirty years now. It will be with me for ever I am afraid. Sorry, I cannot help today.