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I have recently started therapy, although very much in it's early stages I was making some slight progress with an activity on reducing one of the routines I have that gave me lower anxiety compared to others. One of the things that kept me going was knowing my girlfriend was going to be there through my journey and we would eventually move in together. We hadn't seen each other for a while due to the pandemic and planned to meet on boxing day until the rules changed. She broke up with me the other day and I honestly cannot see anything to look forward to now. The thought of going back to work after a break over Christmas scares me a lot. Yesterday was the first time I used shout which is like the Samaritans I think but over text, it might have helped slightly at the time but I feel like maybe I'm feeling worse now. It's like I really don't feel like sleeping but I don't want to be awake. I didn't know where else to go, I don't really know what to do.

@Agrippina Thank you very much

@ICanDoThis Thank you

@BigDave @Hdigtts @Phil Thank you so much , you all have been a really great help

Today was the first day I came into contact with somebody else suffering with OCD and subsequently the first day I have used a forum for OCD, I believe this platform could help and I'm glad I have taken part in it and hope to use it more in the future

Hello everyone , I am in a waiting list for CBT and was wondering if anyone had any insights on what it was like. No one has to answer this if it is too much of a personal question or anything. Thank you

Thank you so much @gingerbreadgirl and @Angst ,I really appreciate your replies and help .

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Hello everyone, I'm new here and have read some peoples comments and stories etc and this feels like a good place to ask for some advice. My OCD has gotten significantly worse over the past couple of months and have been prescribed Fluoxetine before going through therapy. I was just wondering if anyone had experience with this medication and whether or not it had any positive affect on them. I have just recently started a new job and I'm really enjoying it apart from when the OCD kicks in and it can make the experience daunting and terrifying. I'm also really worried about Christmas approaching because a major part of the OCD is apparent when interacting with people and it is worse around people I am comfortable with and spend the most time with which is why I currently spend most of my time in my room and not interacting with my parents. Christmas is the time of the year you would usually expect to interact with family the most and I really would like to but I'm just really worried and knowing that significant recovery could be quite far away, I was hoping maybe the medication would be able to alleviate maybe just a bit of anxiety which might be able to help with work and spending time with my family. Thank you so much for reading this , I really appreciate your time

Hello everyone, I'm new here and have read some peoples comments and stories etc and this feels like a good place to ask for some advice. My OCD has gotten significantly worse over the past couple of months and have been prescribed Fluoxetine before going through therapy. I was just wondering if anyone had experience with this medication and whether or not it had any positive affect on them. I have just recently started a new job and I'm really enjoying it apart from when the OCD kicks in and it can make the experience daunting and terrifying. I'm also really worried about Christmas approaching because a major part of the OCD is apparent when interacting with people and it is worse around people I am comfortable with and spend the most time with which is why I currently spend most of my time in my room and not interacting with my parents. Christmas is the time of the year you would usually expect to interact with family the most and I really would like to but I'm just really worried and knowing that significant recovery could be quite far away, I was hoping maybe the medication would be able to alleviate maybe just a bit of anxiety which might be able to help with work and spending time with my family. Thank you so much for reading this, I really appreciate any feedback