tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post8087093628780184528..comments2023-12-05T21:57:17.293-08:00Comments on The Beat OCD Blog: DistressAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403176285595873953noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-37346684171674221842012-06-05T07:16:04.695-07:002012-06-05T07:16:04.695-07:00I also read this book about hoarding, and was stru...I also read this book about hoarding, and was struck by the authors' abilities to capture the feeling of distress. Any strong feeling would set off my OCD, good or bad--I had fears I wouldn't survive or I'd get stuck in the feeling. I did actually do exposures to just letting any feeling be there, not just ones brought about by my OCD fears. Keep planning your trip--that is awesome!expwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556989048175473815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-16930595447808449512012-06-05T02:31:11.335-07:002012-06-05T02:31:11.335-07:00Hi, I enjoyed reading your blog, I've just sta...Hi, I enjoyed reading your blog, I've just started my own blog, telling of my struggle with OCD and motherhood, I hope your check it out xAnnie Rosehttp://ocdmummyhoodandme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/memy-first-blog-and-introduction.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-43978911185588852192012-06-04T16:51:17.207-07:002012-06-04T16:51:17.207-07:00Excellent post and through your writing I can feel...Excellent post and through your writing I can feel how much you want to beat OCD. I don't have OCD but saw how difficult ERP Therapy was for my son. But as he, and many others, have reasoned: OCD itself makes you feel anxious, so you might as well feel anxious for a good, "productive" reason...to get better. Good luck with your trip. I am rooting for you!Janet (ocdtalk)http://www.ocdtalk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-19268907387973221292012-06-04T13:18:46.391-07:002012-06-04T13:18:46.391-07:00Inspiration is a great place to start - it gives u...Inspiration is a great place to start - it gives us hope and motivation. But as you say, after that it is the hard work of abiding with the pain minute after minute. But every time we choose to wait, even one more second, we heal a little more. Now I just have to remember that when I'm having a contamination related panic attack :)<br /><a href="http://www.anxietyland.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Adventures in Anxiety Land</a>The Blue Morphohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387317327488568515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-26861371128517010282012-06-04T13:15:49.373-07:002012-06-04T13:15:49.373-07:00Even though I have experienced the reduction in st...Even though I have experienced the reduction in stress while sitting with the fear, it still defies my logic that doing something perceived as awful will make it less awful. We're programmed to alleviate our pain, so sitting with it just feels so very counterintuitive. But it does work! The fight in us has to be the willingness to defy the urge to do the ritual - to stand strong in the wave of anxiety and fear that threatens to devour us. That is our true strength, our real weapon in the battle against this rotten disorder.I Am Not My OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306313002118478002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-19088644121385339292012-06-03T18:13:59.297-07:002012-06-03T18:13:59.297-07:00Ann, it seems to me that by continuing to plan you...Ann, it seems to me that by continuing to plan your trip despite your fear, you are "sitting" with or enduring the distress. It's a great exposure and one that you are pushing through. Kudos to you for doing that!<br /><br />That's really interesting stuff about hoarders, how they have to be willing to feel distress before they can get better. My therapist recently told me that I have to be willing to go through some pain in getting better. He likened it to working out at the gym. When I first start out, my muscles will probably get sore. But I have to get through that to get to the positive results of the exercise.Tina Fariss Barbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659018994558471570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-34669210366395862342012-06-03T16:31:36.240-07:002012-06-03T16:31:36.240-07:00Great post. You are right...it really is the only...Great post. You are right...it really is the only way to the other side. A very "slight" change in attitude - the shift in the mind can be so subtle - but it really is - right here in this moment - being willing to face whatever emotion we are feeling be it anxiety, sadness, rejection etc. The behavioural piece is so important too - keep on keepin' on is so fitting and also takes such a committment because without the change in behaviour we never learn that we can cope with these situations and the emotions that go with them.Pure O Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00100718316473616760noreply@blogger.com