Hopingtorecover Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 So today my therapist and I went out and about. All round a supermarket, holding a basket, touching the produce, opening the fridges, using the checkout divider things and then touching my babies hands and all over the buggy then I licked my finger and then I pressed the button to cross the road, accidentally touched a public bin then ate a sausage roll with MY UNWASHED BARE HANDS!! Link to comment
Closed for repairs Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 That's great, sounds like real progress. Really cheered me up! Link to comment
Hopingtorecover Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Now I need to repeat tomorrow by myself and the next day etc etc Link to comment
Lollipop Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) Oh wow! Amazing! That sounds like freedom! Well done, I am so pleased for you. These are the exact sort of things which I can't imagine myself doing, which make leaving the house fraught, but which I used to do without a second thought. Edited October 30, 2019 by Lollipop Link to comment
Gemma7 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Absolutely brilliant, well done Link to comment
felix4 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Hopingtorecover said: So today my therapist and I went out and about. All round a supermarket, holding a basket, touching the produce, opening the fridges, using the checkout divider things and then touching my babies hands and all over the buggy then I licked my finger and then I pressed the button to cross the road, accidentally touched a public bin then ate a sausage roll with MY UNWASHED BARE HANDS!! Well done Hoping! You are doing really well, and it looks like you have struck gold with that therapist! View this as a turning point, where you are now controlling OCD, as opposed to it controlling you. Link to comment
Hopingtorecover Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 I’ve got to take the baby to the doctors for injections tomorrow so trying to work out what I can handle in terms of exposure there. Link to comment
gingerbreadgirl Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 This is fantastic you should be so proud of yourself!!! Hopingtorecover - 1, ocd - a big fat zero! Link to comment
Caramoole Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Well Done. With that willingness & guts you'll soon be able to change your name to HowIRecovered Link to comment
Lollipop Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Let us know how you manage tomorrow Link to comment
leif Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 So great! Thanks for sharing that! Link to comment
dksea Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Hopingtorecover said: So today my therapist and I went out and about. All round a supermarket, holding a basket, touching the produce, opening the fridges, using the checkout divider things and then touching my babies hands and all over the buggy then I licked my finger and then I pressed the button to cross the road, accidentally touched a public bin then ate a sausage roll with MY UNWASHED BARE HANDS!! Congratulations that's fantastic! Keep up the great work, you are doing so well! Link to comment
Andrea Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Hopingtorecover said: So today my therapist and I went out and about. All round a supermarket, holding a basket, touching the produce, opening the fridges, using the checkout divider things and then touching my babies hands and all over the buggy then I licked my finger and then I pressed the button to cross the road, accidentally touched a public bin then ate a sausage roll with MY UNWASHED BARE HANDS!! Brilliant! keep going, You are doing a fantastic job Edited October 31, 2019 by Andrea Link to comment
worriedjohn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 A man delivers jar of waters in our house. The jars have lots of dirt and insects outside due to filling up in a unclean place. According to my ocd I must wash my hands after I pour water in water filters etc. But I didn't wash my hands for two hours and only washed it before taking dinner. Link to comment
Hopingtorecover Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Havent cleaned the buggy from yesterday and walked a mile to and a mile back from the doctors pushing it this morning. Struggle a lot with the doctors and use a tissue for the doors and the checking in screen. But am still wearing the same clothes and determined not to change or wash my coat. Also pressed the road crossing button thing on the way home (usually just wait for a gap in traffic) and then made myself touch the buggy handles. Link to comment
Hopingtorecover Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 19 hours ago, Lollipop said: Oh wow! Amazing! That sounds like freedom! Well done, I am so pleased for you. These are the exact sort of things which I can't imagine myself doing, which make leaving the house fraught, but which I used to do without a second thought. I think the moment of realising I wanted to do it was reading everyone’s success on here and realising I’m not going to wake up better one day, that’s not how ocd works. Recovery means anxiety, and it means fighting for it but it’s better than the alternative! Link to comment
Madchoc Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Brilliant, well done, be very proud of yourself. Xx Link to comment
Andrea Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 15 hours ago, Hopingtorecover said: I think the moment of realising I wanted to do it was reading everyone’s success on here and realising I’m not going to wake up better one day, that’s not how ocd works. Recovery means anxiety, and it means fighting for it but it’s better than the alternative! Link to comment
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