Haayleey96 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 A thread for us to celebrate those things (however big or small) that we have done today to make us feel proud and combat this monster! Today, i went to the supermarket with my boyfriend. I faced some of my fears in that supermarket, but today i have felt the best i have in ages! We also have my 4 month old nephew staying over and he makes me super happy. I have completed university work and got myself back into listening to music and reading for pleasure (something which depression robbed from me for a few weeks) Link to comment
SeaBreeze Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Haayleey96 said: A thread for us to celebrate those things (however big or small) that we have done today to make us feel proud and combat this monster! Today, i went to the supermarket with my boyfriend. I faced some of my fears in that supermarket, but today i have felt the best i have in ages! We also have my 4 month old nephew staying over and he makes me super happy. I have completed university work and got myself back into listening to music and reading for pleasure (something which depression robbed from me for a few weeks) Love the idea of this thread - thank you. Sounds like you achieved a lot yesterday - well done! Today I did two loads of washing, mopped the floors, cleaned bathroom and had a proper shave. Link to comment
Agrippina Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Today I continued with a job application. I have been feeling really down and tired but I still managed to progress with it Link to comment
SeaBreeze Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 20 hours ago, Agrippina said: Today I continued with a job application. I have been feeling really down and tired but I still managed to progress with it Well done! Link to comment
MrStar Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Not so much today but more this week or so. I went to college despite the previous day feeling too stressed to do so. Link to comment
ICanDoThis Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I know this will sound stupid but my OCD made me *really* struggle with putting my nightly elastic on my brace but I still did it (after giving myself a stern talking to about not giving in, admittedly) Link to comment
markuss Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 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 Link to comment
ICanDoThis Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 minute ago, markuss said: 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 Welcome to the forum! Link to comment
ICanDoThis Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Today I took a shower. Things got so bad in my brain that I seriously just wanted to end things but I got in the shower instead and I’m so proud of myself Link to comment
Agrippina Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I love this thread! Today I am proud I replied to texts from a friend without checking them loads of times. Link to comment
markuss Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 @ICanDoThis Thank you Link to comment
grams88 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 This is a good positive thread. I had a little bit of a thing today as I was in the shops buying some donuts, I know I shouldn't but I was lifting the donuts I felt something walking on my thumb, it was one of those small flies. I don't like flies. Usually anytime I see a fly I automatically think it's going to go up my nose. My main ocd is the harm one. An achievement that happened yesterday, I was meeting up for a running group, we did roughly a mile running but by near the end of it I felt out of breath and wasn't really wanting to be competitive, I was merely testing myself to see if I could mostly run the mile. I felt proud doing that as I'm not the most healthiest person around. I used to love the running a long time ago back in my school days, I did the cross countries and shorter sprint type runs which I did not too bad in. Link to comment
L.M. Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Great thread--thank you for starting this--motivated me to log on after a long time away! Struggling lately and so need the extra motivation to get back to tackling things in a useful way. I wish there was an option to 'like' posts of other people's. "Likes" all round!to all the challenges faced here! Today I sat with all the feelings of guilt and shame that OCD was throwing at me, not going toward reassurance. Also doing laundry in a shared machine--I still wipe down/disinfect the machines but it is a challenge that I am happy to be facing. I also didn't shower after disinfecting the machines although the thought occurred to me Link to comment
hazydaze Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 This is for last night - but real stoked! I love playing video games (right now I'm on the Witcher 3) but I have a hard time with RPG games sometimes, I feel like if the character in the game runs into a kid for example that I've done something perverted. I know. OCD, am I right? So yesterday, since there is literally no reason why you should have to restart your game 100 times in a session, I decided that I will not restart, no matter what makes me uncomfortable. And I did it! I may have restarted one time, but compared to my usual 30 times in 2 hours, it was a big improvement!!! I enjoyed the game much more Link to comment
SeaBreeze Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 12 hours ago, hazydaze said: This is for last night - but real stoked! I love playing video games (right now I'm on the Witcher 3) but I have a hard time with RPG games sometimes, I feel like if the character in the game runs into a kid for example that I've done something perverted. I know. OCD, am I right? So yesterday, since there is literally no reason why you should have to restart your game 100 times in a session, I decided that I will not restart, no matter what makes me uncomfortable. And I did it! I may have restarted one time, but compared to my usual 30 times in 2 hours, it was a big improvement!!! I enjoyed the game much more Well done! Link to comment
SeaBreeze Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Yesterday I was really struggling, so getting up and out of bed at 8am today is more than a good enough achievement for me. (Sorry if it sounds to others as not being an achievement). Link to comment
Agrippina Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Today I started doing my homework for therapy (got to read a section of a book). Had been putting it off until I felt 'right' but accepted it was better to get it done. Link to comment
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