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Yup. All the time. I think you’re supposed to not try to avoid it. Like just dive in like “okay OCD you wanna go there? Alright then let’s go!” But it’s so so so hard. I have a lot of memories (scary/traumatic or embarrassing/humiliating) that I don’t wanna relive but OCD will randomly pick one and just replay it. So hard to not avoid…
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Yes it’s so terrible. I literally sometimes wish that I could get amnesia or something just to not think about it.
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The best thing you can do with intrusive thoughts is acknowledge its an OCD thought, then don't engage with it at all. Don't try to argue, reason, or disprove it. Don't ruminate about it. Just let your anxiety go crazy and don't do any compulsions. It will peak and start to go down. I have also found it helpful to say maybe maybe not. Other things I've found helpful is saying something like Shut Up OCD! Or No OCD!. Some experts recommend swearing at your OCD F You OCD. Just try different things and figure out what works for you. You can do this!
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Same, I wish I knew what to do about the instrusive thoughts
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Yes, but I let the thoughts and images be. They don’t bother me anymore.
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- 23w
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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When you get a stuck thought in your mind, as stupid or untrue as it may be, how do any of you block them out, or try to at least? It’s like my mind has another voice telling me making up the stupidest things?
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