{"id":996,"date":"2012-07-13T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/?p=996"},"modified":"2012-07-13T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T12:00:14","slug":"ocd-intensive-program-a-success-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/ocd-intensive-program-a-success-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"OCD intensive program a success so far"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, I’ve been in the OCD intensive program for a couple of weeks now, and I am already improving so much. I’m doing things that I’ve been avoiding doing for so many years now, and I feel like this program is really a\u00a0success.<\/p>\n
When I started the program, I never thought I would get to where I am now. I didn’t even think I was going to make any progress at all, truthfully. OCD can seem so overwhelming and all-consuming that getting out from\u00a0underneath\u00a0it just a bit seemed so daunting only a month ago.<\/p>\n
Believe\u00a0it or not, though, I’ve been doing countless exposures a day, overcoming my fears and proving to myself that OCD really does lie. I’ve done so many exposures now that I really am beginning to feel like I can do this and can get out of OCD’s grip. I feel like even though the OCD tells me that something is dangerous or not safe, I can confront the fear and deal with the OCD feelings and thoughts that come along with it. I was never able to deal with this before.<\/p>\n
Before the OCD, feelings and thoughts were just too much for me to\u00a0tolerate\u00a0or even think about tolerating. Now, I face these feelings and thoughts\u00a0straight\u00a0on for hours each day, and slowly but\u00a0surely\u00a0I am proving to myself that OCD feelings and thoughts are not facts, they are just my OCD and I can tolerate them.<\/p>\n
This is huge for me. My OCD has been controlling my life in a very severe way for three years now.<\/p>\n
I have had OCD all my life, but the intense rituals and compulsions that have been\u00a0controlling\u00a0me and impacting my life got started to become severe three years ago. I have made so many accomplishments and have done so many things that I wouldn’t be able to do a month ago.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the accomplishments that I am proud of. Keep in mind that while doing these things might not be a big deal for most people, they are a huge deal for me because I have been avoiding these things for three whole years:<\/p>\n
This is all really to get me prepared for college so that in college OCD doesn’t have a large impact on my life there. I don’t want it to be a challenge for me in college or to impact my life there\u00a0negatively.<\/p>\n
I probably won’t be 100 percent OCD-free when I go off to college, but the work I’m doing now is important and will help me to have an easier time with my OCD in college. Hopefully, my OCD will be even better than it is now when I go off to college!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, I’ve been in the OCD intensive program for a couple of weeks now, and I am already improving so much. I’m doing things that I’ve been avoiding doing for so many years now, and I feel like this program… Continue Reading