tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180443944080254295.post6935559882524076216..comments2023-12-07T00:20:11.666-08:00Comments on My OCD Story: My Summer Plan/Goals to tackle outdoor clothing contaminationhopefulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964188029918140725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180443944080254295.post-27558453937189800952016-05-14T07:36:55.770-07:002016-05-14T07:36:55.770-07:00Hi Gemma! Thanks for your encouraging words. I&#...Hi Gemma! Thanks for your encouraging words. I'm glad you liked the part about taking time to work on this. That is something I feel very strongly about. I only wish I would have known sooner (hindsight is 20/20) how bad this would get and how much time it would take away. I would have started working on this much sooner than I did. I think that when my OCD was at it's worst, I was also struggling with major depression and that was what made it really hard to fight back at that point. think about people who do intensive outpatient therapy and they may even require taking weeks off work at a time. So, I felt this would be good and worth a shot. I will be stopping by your blog here soon to catch up on your progress too and will comment there too!hopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964188029918140725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180443944080254295.post-37000051530816425232016-05-14T07:34:15.346-07:002016-05-14T07:34:15.346-07:00Thanks so much for your encouraging words! I'...Thanks so much for your encouraging words! I'm sorry to hear of your struggle as well. I hope that you are finding yourself out of this maze of OCD too. I intend to keep pushing, and I wish you the same!hopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964188029918140725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180443944080254295.post-11794181185510606582016-05-13T20:38:30.837-07:002016-05-13T20:38:30.837-07:00As someone who has struggled with contamination OC...As someone who has struggled with contamination OCD, I can relate to a lot of this and have an idea of how difficult pushing back against the OCD can be. You've come SO far and should feel great about that. Truly amazing. Keep pushing! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180443944080254295.post-73500367327802391752016-05-07T11:46:24.520-07:002016-05-07T11:46:24.520-07:00Hopeful, I am SOOOOOO proud of you. You're doi...Hopeful, I am SOOOOOO proud of you. You're doing wonderfully well and I look forward to reading about the progress you make with your exposures over the summer. I liked the bit you wrote about allowing yourself the time to do this work; something I really struggle with. I feel guilty if I'm not working / feeling as if I'm 'progressing' in my life in some way. My health is so important, though, and I should have prioritized my recovery from OCD way before now, and hopefully when I feel freer from it, I shall be more able to work and grow in other ways... Thank you. All the best, Gemma Gemma Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967436534701015101noreply@blogger.com