tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post8793032898692647799..comments2023-04-02T04:00:46.893-07:00Comments on Exposing OCD: Field Guide to OCD: Feeling on Trialexpwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-63545579820137551752010-12-19T16:29:50.350-08:002010-12-19T16:29:50.350-08:00Greg--I know that feeling well of exhausting mysel...Greg--I know that feeling well of exhausting myself in order to care less.expwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-51684923201055075692010-12-03T20:43:49.564-08:002010-12-03T20:43:49.564-08:00You are so right when you say that the peace is an...You are so right when you say that the peace is an illusion. I have often wondered whether I actually gain peace or simply exhaust myself into caring less.<br /><br />Great post. Thanks for sharing.Greg Dunganhttp://www.conqueringcrazy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-18776048250441549272010-12-03T08:00:09.825-08:002010-12-03T08:00:09.825-08:00I have added your blog (and stolen a bunch of your...I have added your blog (and stolen a bunch of your links) to mine. <br /><br />Thank you. :)Rosalie Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478249704504526481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-72557875019813359252010-12-02T07:39:03.108-08:002010-12-02T07:39:03.108-08:00Rosalie--Welcome! I would love to have you link to...Rosalie--Welcome! I would love to have you link to my blog on your site! I appreciate your encouragement!<br /><br />Pure O--I am always glad to know I have described something well, because I know the times I've read an accurate description of my ocd, it has helped me get some distance.<br /><br />Fellow Sufferer--Yeah, that "is it really ocd?" thing is so hard, but once I started recognizing the pattern, I was better able to challenge it by keeping moving.<br /><br />Abigail--I forget the progress I've made quite frequently and it's frustrating. But I remember a lot more than I used to, and am more able to choose to follow my own thoughts.expwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-51015508531088867912010-12-01T17:00:16.049-08:002010-12-01T17:00:16.049-08:00Your words, "A cross-examination complete wit...Your words, "A cross-examination complete with, 'Just answer the question. Don't explain. Just answer yes or no,'" describe it well. There are those lost moments when I'm not even sure where exactly ocd is or what it's doing. I forget that ocd's thoughts don't have to be mine. I forget the progress I have made.Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051102407708751849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-56207509731021398652010-12-01T02:08:30.397-08:002010-12-01T02:08:30.397-08:00I feel like I am still so at war with my OCD that ...I feel like I am still so at war with my OCD that I can hardly conceptualize all the ways it plays in role in my life. It's dug its claws in so well that I think the OCD thoughts really are my own. I don't know where I stop and the disorder starts. It's all too intertwined. <br /><br />I can relate to the contradictory nature of OCD - challenging you one minute for doing or thinking something and then challenging you just a minute later for the opposite. I have to remind myself that just engaging in the ritual of trying to decide whether or not something is "really OCD" is a compulsion in and of itself. Performing that ritual is to have already given up ground to the OCD. The only thing I can do is to urge myself to keep moving forward with my day, whether or not I have resolved the "problem" at hand.Fellow OCD Suffererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157849944445411960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-54151310628316316662010-11-30T15:58:01.485-08:002010-11-30T15:58:01.485-08:00I am right there with you on this one! I think th...I am right there with you on this one! I think the worst part of OCD is that it completely makes you doubt the very core of who you are. At least it does for me. I like how you described it as "crazymaking" - because that's how I feel sometimes. Lately I have had a good handle on my HOCD, but the ROCD is tough....which is causing some big relationship struggles, which just makes the OCD even worse. :o( Thanks for describing so well what goes on in the OCD's mind.Pure O Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00100718316473616760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379098794464036922.post-42979161849414719502010-11-30T08:32:25.351-08:002010-11-30T08:32:25.351-08:00Hello,
I'm a follower of yours on Twitter and...Hello,<br /><br />I'm a follower of yours on Twitter and, until today, didn't realize you also have an informative blog. Thank you so much for opening yourself up and attempting to educate the public about this wildly misunderstood condition.<br /><br />I am a romance author, and while I don't have a blog committed to battling the OCD stigma, I do have a page devoted to my OCD story and coping mechanisms I find helpful. I would like very much to link you and other OCD-related blogs just so I can help get the word out. <br /><br />You can find me <a href="http://rosaliestanton.blogspot.com/p/more-you-know-obsessive-compulsive.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Rosalie Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478249704504526481noreply@blogger.com