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Huge win: After two and a half years of consistent therapy, an IOP, and multiple failed attempts at taking meds, I just successfully took my first dose of Zoloft. I took it in a telehealth session with my therapist, and just got done. My OCD manifests in thoughts and compulsions related to health, and somatic sensations. I am noticing these thoughts come up, and they are loud, such as checking if my lips are swelling or obsessing that my throat is itchy and may be closing up, but I am choosing to just notice these thoughts. I am making the choice to not them cheat me out of a tool that will be hopefully useful to me, and help free me from what I’ve been living through.

I’m writing this so that others who may have similar fears may feel less discouraged. It would probably sound silly to some that it’s taken me this long to take a pill that millions of people take every day. But, for me this has been one of my biggest fears. The thing that is supposed to help me has been one I’ve been most afraid of.

Healing is not linear. There are ups, and there are downs. I am in one of the worst downs I’ve been in, but through that I’ve been motivated to take this extremely hard step.

God speed to you all on this very hard journey that is living with OCD 🤍

I’m almost done with the dramatized audiobook of House of Earth and Blood. This is my first listen/read of CC, and I need to know if I am just crazy or if others have been bothered by this too.

If I’m not mistaken.. Bryce is supposed to be in her early/mid twenties. The voice actor for her sounds like she is at least mid 30s. Hunt’s voice also sounds corny to me, and not in least bit attractive. Perhaps I’m just picky, but it makes me cringe everytime Hunts voice comes on the audio. I reallllly enjoy the dramatized audiobook, but the voices oh my god. I ordered the physical copies so I could read through and hopefully grow fond of Hunt, because the DA has left me with the ICK for him.

Hi all!!
I started Fourth Wing on Sunday, and here I am now about 30% of the way through Onyx Storm. I am absolutely hooked, BUT, everything I see says to wait to finish Onyx Storm before book 4 comes out. Without giving me spoilers… what do you all recommend?