@FU_OCD @fu_ocd

Revisiting this account. Now two years on from OCD, and feeling v different. Eager to share my experiences and hear from others in the #ocd community

Hello anyone reading this. I will be deleting this account in a few days. It was a handy tool to get stuff of my chest, but I think it's time is done. Wishing you all good mental health!

Imagine worrying that you're spreading a disease or you've committed a crime...that's the reality for @LilyBaileyUK of living with severe #OCD. Lily can't remember a time without having distressing thoughts. This is her story 🎥👇 For more video ➡️ bbc.in/2D3u0XC

Having been tweeting as I have had a lot on recently. Moved into new house. #ocd has gone into overdrive. Thoughts of things causing harm @ old place and a sense of hyper responsibility. #anxiety is through the roof. BUT if I can stay strong, this will be good 4 ERP. #realocd

Trying to see triggers as opportunities to test what I've learned in therapy and grow, and boy, opportunity has knocking on my door more than a furious neighbour these last few days! #OCDweek #OCD #ERP #mentalhealth #anxiety

I'm going through ERP at the moment. It's great that it is helping me build up resistance to obsessions, but making myself anxious by doing exposures sucks more than a Dyson made of Lampreys #ocd #ocdWeek #Anxiety

#OCD takes things that have an incredibly low chance of happening, and flips it on it's head to make you think it will definitely happen. It is lying to me - always lies. It doesn't know. Even though my brain and body feels like it is on fire, it is OCD's pants that are on fire.

Me: Ok, so it was a compulsion, but now I feel better and I wont ever be troubled by that thought again. OCD: *sets reminder for two days time* #OCD

I don't believe in fortune telling. Nothing personal if you do. But why, when it comes to #intrusivethoughts, do I believe what my #OCD tells me? If I could see the future, brain - d'ya think I'd be sat here tweeting, or on a cruise celebrating my lottery win?

Number of times #OCD has made me panic in the last week with intrusive thoughts: over 75 Number of times anything it has worried about has (ever) happened: 0 Feels like it is riskier to worry about whether a fart will turn out to be a shart.

I feel the #OCD thought, but delay acting on it until later. When I look back some hours later, after the anxiety has passed, I see that it was another compulsion. Doesn't mean that the little shit isn't tugging at my synapses, but it will have a nap when it is tuckered out.

#OCD is part of the brain. I love my brain. It comes up with loads of cool shit. Brains are like children. So fascinating to watch them figuring out the world. But even the nicest kid can act like a little shit when they don't get their way. Doesn't mean they aren't great.

#OCD makes me ask others if everything is alright. Then it questions what they say. Relief never comes with this approach. It lies. It wants to keep me in this loop.

#OCD acts like a dangerous wasp that buzzes around my head. It is really a hoverfly. I will ignore it, the fucker has no sting. Buzz off!