https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389739#M29273 To my fellow sufferers,<BR /> I understand and sympathise with the pain and torment you go through on a daily, weekly basis, sometimes it feels neverending.<BR /> Every time I go to the internet I wish I could find this message because<BR /> I always go searching for answers and nothing I find truly helps.<BR /> So I hope this finds you and that it may help even if it's only for a second.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> You are not crazy. You are not going crazy. You will never truly go crazy even though it may feel that way sometimes.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> You are not alone. This is not just happening to you. So many people feel and think the way you do.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Those things you think might happen, the things you think you might say or do, are not going to happen.<BR /> Just because you think them does not make them true.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> I cannot guarantee that they will 100% not happen but I can guarantee the terrible or fighting things you sometimes think will not happen by your doing.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> They are obsessions for a reason and that's because they strike fear inside you.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Fear= something you do not want to happen not something you desire.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Therefore even if your thoughts tell you otherwise these things go against your values, your wants and your desires they are not what you seek out for in life.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> You are probably more moral, more aware, more in touch and more loving than most people in society.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Yet it's hard to think that way I know.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> I want you to know you are loved and accepted and nothing you say to me that you think will ever scare me away because I guarantee you I've thought it to.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> We will get through this you and I.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> We may need extra help and support and time.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> But there is always light and love at the end of the tunnel I promise.<BR /> <BR /> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:01:24 GMT Mimi_D 2018-01-23T03:01:24Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389739#M29273 To my fellow sufferers,<BR /> I understand and sympathise with the pain and torment you go through on a daily, weekly basis, sometimes it feels neverending.<BR /> Every time I go to the internet I wish I could find this message because<BR /> I always go searching for answers and nothing I find truly helps.<BR /> So I hope this finds you and that it may help even if it's only for a second.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> You are not crazy. You are not going crazy. You will never truly go crazy even though it may feel that way sometimes.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> You are not alone. This is not just happening to you. So many people feel and think the way you do.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Those things you think might happen, the things you think you might say or do, are not going to happen.<BR /> Just because you think them does not make them true.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> I cannot guarantee that they will 100% not happen but I can guarantee the terrible or fighting things you sometimes think will not happen by your doing.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> They are obsessions for a reason and that's because they strike fear inside you.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Fear= something you do not want to happen not something you desire.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Therefore even if your thoughts tell you otherwise these things go against your values, your wants and your desires they are not what you seek out for in life.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> You are probably more moral, more aware, more in touch and more loving than most people in society.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Yet it's hard to think that way I know.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> I want you to know you are loved and accepted and nothing you say to me that you think will ever scare me away because I guarantee you I've thought it to.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> We will get through this you and I.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> We may need extra help and support and time.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> But there is always light and love at the end of the tunnel I promise.<BR /> <BR /> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:01:24 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389739#M29273 Mimi_D 2018-01-23T03:01:24Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389740#M29274 Thanks Mimi. Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:07:04 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389740#M29274 nervous_nick 2018-01-23T03:07:04Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389741#M29275 <P>Love this, thankyou for posting this</P> <P> </P> <P>so many days I feel like I'm going crazy</P> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:17:43 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/words-of-support-for-ocd-anxiety-sufferers/m-p/389741#M29275 Anxious_Sam 2018-01-23T03:17:43Z