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- 6y
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Well, first of all, that really sucks, and I sympathize. :( So I’m no expert, but from what I’ve learned, by trying to push the thought away or engage/argue with it, it’ll only come back even stronger, so even if the thought causes you a lot of distress and anxiety, letting it sit on its own until your mind gets bored of it and it goes away on its own is the way to go. It’s really hard at first, but eventually it’ll stop bothering you as much, or at least that’s been my personal experience. So not arguing with it, or ignoring it, just saying okay... you’re there, I acknowledge you. I hope this helps.
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Of course! For me, accepting the thought as it is and not arguing with it really helps after a while. I just have to remind myself to accept uncertainty.
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Yeah I think my issue in the past was I would always convince myself “you would never do ______”...so whenever the thoughts would come back the anxiety would be just as bad......now I’m trying to say “Hell man there are no guarantees so maybe your thoughts could in some way reflect reality, but it’s the human condition...shit is weird, don’t let it get you down” In the short term it’s not as effective as the compulsions but hopefully the grim acceptance will keep the spikes from coming back so strong
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OCD thought like an obsession, or a specific intrusive thought?
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Specific intrusive thought :(
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Thank you so much. Its hard when its a harm thought towards myself. I know i dont want to do it because i have so much to live for and im so much smarter then these thoughts but its just hard and makes me dizzy from trying to push it away..
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- 6y
I have no intentions of doing anything so stupid but i just wish my brain would be quiet. Lol
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I'm going to try that and see if i can just coexist with it! Clearly me arguing with it to stop isnt helping lol
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One step at a time..
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You got this!
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- 6y
Oh, maybe try Headspace too? It’s a meditation app. I thought there was no way it would work for me because of my anxiety but it’s actually really calming most of the time and it helps me with my intrusive thoughts.
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- 24w
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- 18w
I’m tired of thinking about the same OCD thought to “kill mom” it just doesn’t leave. I try to break the cycle but when it’s broken it just sits there and waits to be interacted with. Idk what to do im tired of it. And it makes me feel like a psycho path and I’m tired of not feeling like myself.
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- 18w
My ocd is hard today- it’s been two weeks focusing on the same ocd thoughts and countless checking repetitively. Any suggestions?
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