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HannaBanana13
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I have written a helping guide for people with OCD and their relatives/friends

Hello, guys! I remember myself suffering from OCD since I was 14 (now I am 27), but I think it started earlier, I just didn't understand that yet. It was quite a hard experience for me as I didn't know about this disorder at all, so I was thinking I was just going crazy day by day. I didn't tell anyone about my condition and my fears, so it was a huge everyday stress that was making my OCD only harder. After some years I've got to know about OCD from some movie on TV and I told my boyfriend that I have the same thing. I was so relieved by telling someone about my rituals and other things and by knowing that I am not the only one in this word with this disorder and it even has a name. So I started to treat it with doctors and without them, I've tried a lot of methods and I am happy to say that now I feel free from OCD. There appear some symptoms when I get stressed or tired but they are very easy to cope! As I was struggling with OCD for many years and I know how hard it can be, I feel all the people with OCD as my sisters and brothers, so I really wanted to be helpful and decided to write a guide of self-help for people with OCD and also for their relatives/friends. Here is the link for this guide: https://www.solutionbay.com/solutions/obsessivecompulsive-disorder-ocd. I really need your feedback, so I will know if it's helpful or if I need to change something. I really hope that it will help some of you as I tried almost all of the methods described in the guide on myself and finally, they worked somehow. I hug you all and wait for your comments! Thank you!

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Re: I have written a helping guide for people with OCD and their relatives/friends

Hi @HannaBanana13,

A very warm welcome to the forums! Thank you for sharing your story with us, I had a read of your guide and love the mindfulness and recognising small improvement points, super helpful!

Hope you continue to enjoy the forums, looking forward to getting to know you a bit better 🙂

Lunar

Re: I have written a helping guide for people with OCD and their relatives/friends

 @Lunar Thank you so much for welcoming!Heart I am so glad to be here and so glad that you found my guide helpful.

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