OCD, Lonely, Anxious, HELP

I used to have really bad social anxiety, try not to over think things. When I used to stress over basically everything in my life, such as saying thank you to someone holding the door open for me, I would worry about what others thought of me and not having a gf like you said, but I avoided my problems at all costs. So the best thing you can do is stop worry about others and start focusing on making yourself better. One way to start is by making better habits even if it's a really small thing like making your bed in the morning or putting your clothes in the laundry basket. It dosnt really matter what it is as along as your proud that your doing it and it will help build confidence. Just put the energy you spend on watching porn and stressing into making yourself a better person.

I sure things will get better and I know you can do it!

 

It is all part of the healing progress don't beat yourself up about it ,, tell yourself " its not me , it is only withdrawal and temporary " ,,, I also felt the same way as you , and during my first weeks I watched the HBO mini series Band Of Brothers (true story about World War 2)
And when I saw those guys in Bastogne in foxholes in the cold , not much food ,not knowing when the enemy is going to attack , seeing there friends get killed ,I opened my eyes widely and realized , I'm not afraid I'm not anxious , those guys were anxious and afraid ,, I think about children without parents living on the streets , I worry about anxiety and fear but those kids just worry about next plate of food they gonna get ,they don't know what's going to happen the next night , they don't know if they gonna survive and here I am in my house with warm water , food and a place to sleep ,safe ,and I worry about anxiety and temporary withdrawal symptoms that will just be here for maybe a week or 2
Stay strong
TIME HEAL ALL WOUNDS
(Sorry for my bad English)

 

I also have the same problem.i recently know that i have ocd.i want to know that is ocd curable?

 

Have you talked with a medical professional about your issues with
OCD and anxiety? it sounds like these issues are preventing you from living the life you want to live and are impacting your happiness. If you have spoken with a psychiatrist or psychologist, have they discussed medication or done talk therapy to help lessen or give you the tools to manage these issues?

I only ask because I suffer from Major Depression Disprder and Generalized Anxiety. I fought dealing with these issues for a long time and only recently began address them professionally.

 

I have a friend whose OCD was so bad at one point that he literally would not talk to people. Like, pretty much at all. He had finished school and just stayed in his house all the time. It got worse and worse. He ended up on the verge of committing suicide when he had a kind of epiphany and instead made major changes to his life. Not overnight, of course. It took him probably a year and a half or more, IIRC, to get them all rolling. After that he seemed normal to me. I'm not in his head, but in conversations he's told me that he still gets intrusive thoughts, but he's able to dismiss them without stress, which he couldn't do before.

If you're interested I can type up the things I know he did.

 

I have that same ocd problem and socialphobia after i stopped my school i cant fix my mind to do a job.actually i m staying all the time in my house wasting my valuable life.And became a truoble to my family.some time i have suicide thoughts.it would be nice if you send me what your friend s recover methods
dont think about my writing errors

 

I'll try to remember what he said in our conversations! He's a good friend and has been pretty open with me. For a while I was literally his only friend. We communicated a lot by texting and Facebook messenger until he got better and was able to do face-to-face interactions again.

He read a book on how to be happy (can't remember the name right now) and around the same time watched a video on YouTube called Depression Is A Disease Of Civilization. He then read a bunch of other stuff and decided that just like porn is a modern overload on our mental state that makes us unhappy without us realizing it, many other things are bad for us without us realizing it. He primitive-ized his life, by trying to live like people did before computers and such.

So instead of gaming he started exercising at home and going for walks. He spends a lot more time being active and outside now. Eventually he also joined a running club so he could be around people that way. He also cut out processed foods and replaced them with meals made from scratch. Every time I visit for lunch now he's done something in his slow cooker. lol!

He takes supplements, but I'm not sure which ones, except for fish oil and vitamins.

He's stopped reading negative shit online and pretty much just uses it to stay in touch and watches inspirational YouTube videos.

I don't know if he faps, but he told me he stopped watching porn. Actually, that was one of the first things he did. That and exercise.

He also meditates every day. He started with short guided meditations and now just sits for (I think) 20 minutes and focuses on his breath and feeling relaxed.

Oh, and one of the most important things! Like in my signature, rather than try to fight the thoughts and obsessions, when they come he switches his focus out of his mind to something else. He lets them go and focuses on something else. When they come back he does it again. He said this was the thing that took the most time to make work. Took him months of practice.

 

Yea I would those intrusion because OCD is a major problem for me

 

Yea I would need those instructions because OCD is a major problem for me

 

thanks for sharing this info verry helpfull for me.i porn addiction link to ocd.because i have similler experience.and i hate to take western medication.i m looking for ayurwedic medic