- Date posted
- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
You mean... talking to yourself, out loud?
- Date posted
- 3y
Or not out loud depends but out loud feels better
- Date posted
- 3y
@Nonamehelp Totally, it works fo me... I find it calms the anxiety and stops me from getting too involved in my thoughts. Takes me out of my head.
- Date posted
- 3y
@7EMPES7 I’m glad it helps you stay rational too. Sometimes we forget this disorder can be tricky for our brain and makes us believe stuff and over exaggerate things.. always staying grounded is my motto.
- Date posted
- 3y
@Nonamehelp Yes, I definitely think it over exaggerates and makes us believe things that aren’t real. When we see a part of something our confirmation bias takes over and we put our own spin on things. It causes us to think the worst.
- Date posted
- 3y
@7EMPES7 When the worst... isn’t happening.
- Date posted
- 3y
That is true, I try to close my eyes and take deep breathes and accept the thoughts since I already explained myself a hundred times that those thoughts aren’t true. Now I’m onto accepting and just letting it flow because deep down I know what’s true and what’s not, not this unlogical disorder. Stay strong friend (:
Related posts
- Date posted
- 19w
Anyone else feel that when they aren’t experiencing a theme that their ocd is almost non existent. It almost makes me feel like I’ve been faking it, and also makes me feel ridiculous for obsessing over things. I feel sorry for myself :/ I know that my themes are valid and felt very real in the moment, but after I “get over” them I just can’t believe that I was obsessing over something that either wasn’t true or didn’t apply to me. I would also like to know how to prevent themes from reoccurring. Health, religion and existential OCD themes tend to take turns throughout my life, I just didn’t know that was it ocd. Trying to break the cycle.
- Date posted
- 16w
Does anyone else experience a moment of clarity where you feel strong relief that the intrusive thought isn’t true, only to then immediately start questioning if you’ve only convinced yourself that because you don’t want the thought to be true? I’m pretty confident it would take some crazy mental gymnastics to actually successfully convince myself I didn’t do something that I deep down knew I did, but every time I resist the compulsions and try to sit with the uncertainty or tell myself to think about what is logical, I usually briefly know that this probably didn’t happen but am unable to move on out of fear I’m just in denial and have convinced myself of that.
- Date posted
- 13w
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and don’t have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit 😞😞 I feel like even when I’m not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh 🫠
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond