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Great post Ludmilla! I’ve had OCD pretty much my whole life but have only just realised it in the last few years, I’m 36 now and can’t believe it’s taken until now for me to find this out. I like the idea of learning to accept and live well with the symptoms. This is what I’m trying to do now...

I’m the same - have OCD and one health problem just replaces the next. I used to go to the doctors a lot! I like Robert Bray, he has lots of videos on You Tube and has really helped me a lot:

Thank you, Dorado. I’ve actually had CBT before OCD and it worked and I managed to get past that so I will look into it again. Thank you for giving me hope!

Thank you both Miller and Dorado for this thread! I too am feeling lots of shame and guilt about things from my past. I’ve had lots of pain symptoms that have moved around over the years...not realising it was TMS as I only discovered this site earlier in the year. I went to the doctors for...

Thank you all, that’s really helpful. It’s obvious I still have a lot of repressed emotions and anxiety inside of me but I will stick with the meditation.

Hi all, I started meditating a few days ago for the first time. I’m only doing about 5 minutes a day at the moment. I tried it again just now and felt a sense of panic right after, like a panic attack was coming on...still feeling it now but trying to calm myself down. I wondered if anyone had...

You are definitely not alone that’s for sure :) The fact that your feelings of arousal come and go is a great sign, it’s not permanent and goes away when distracted. have you tried CBT for your OCD? This helped me and I learnt lots of useful tools for when the intrusive thoughts come.

Hi Jane! I have OCD and also suffered with pudendal neuralgia/PGAD about 7 years ago. I had this for about a year and then it eventually went away. It returned in December last year at a time when I was highly stressed about my mums illness and various other things and I was obviously...

Got it, thank you!

I’ve just ordered hope and help for your nerves, thank you! I wanted to get Unlearn your pain too but it seems like it’s quite hard to get hold of. Can’t seem to find a copy for less than £50!

This makes sense...I always have to have something going on, whether it’s mental or physical. Like I said, I can’t remember a time when I wasn't stressed/worried about something. My mum has a long term serious health issue which has caused and continues to cause me a great deal of stress. I...

Thank you for this. That’s good to know. I’ve heard people talk about Claire Weekes before but haven’t listened to any of her stuff yet. Will check it out!

Hi all! I posted a couple of weeks back about pelvic pain which had recently resurfaced after over 5 years. This has now pretty much gone (yay!) but I’m now suffering with OCD; the theme being my relationship. I’ve also had this before (started last summer and thought I had finally beat it but...