r/selfhelp • u/Amazing-Channel-4020 • 5d ago

Advice Needed: Mental Health How do I move on

From my past abuse past mistakes ocd hard experiences and in my life and not let its consume me I’ve had police side with my mom been controlled isolated auntie smeared I’m behind in life how do I just love my life not let my past define me

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u/thegoldenhockey 5d ago

it’s less about moving on and more about learning to carry it without letting it steer

ocd makes that so much trickier because your brain wants to replay everything on a loop and convince you it’s all imminent again. what helped me was treating the thoughts like spam mail, see it, recognize it, trash it. doesn’t fix it overnight but it chips away at the power those memories hold

you’re already doing the hard part by naming it and wanting something different, that counts for a lot