shayla
- Date posted
- 3y
AdinoAdino
- Date posted
- 3y
It’s great that you’re talking about it! it seems like you’re feeling a lot of doubt and anxiety around it. I know this may sound oversimplified, but doing your best to check less and less, like baby steps(tiny ones) and sit with the doubt more (bit by tiny bit) adds up. Acknowledging the smallest victories can help you move a lot over time.
shayla shayla
- Date posted
- 3y
thank you. i’ve been trying to delay my compulsions for as long as i can. i check the clock and i’ll say that i won’t give in for an hour, and then when the hour is up i will try to go for another hour
LydiaKLydiaK
- Date posted
- 3y
Don't make it go away, let it scare you and hurt you by holding back your impulses. By trying to prove ocd that it's wrong you'll just do what it wants and give it power. "Groinal response? Then groinal response it is. F*ck off ocd!".
shayla shayla
- Date posted
- 3y
thank you. if i allow it to happen and not perform my compulsions, will it eventually get easier? the anxiety and the uncertainty is unbearable to deal with
LydiaKLydiaK
- Date posted
- 3y
@shayla Yeah! Your feelings will adapt to the point it will just no longer bother you. Then your mind will clear up and you'll realize how ridiculous it was you worried and obsessed about this in the first place.
Anonymous8809Anonymous8809
- Date posted
- 3y
I’m sorry. OCD is trying to trap you and you are so caught up in it. I agree with what has been said. This sounds like a compulsion. Try to discern what the trigger was that preceded it. I find that it can be very difficult to discern between the two. Try to see if you can and then breathe thru the discomfort caused by the trigger and actively refuse to engage in the compulsion. You will make it thru that discomfort.
shayla shayla
- Date posted
- 3y
the uncertainty is what is the most difficult to deal with because i also struggle with false memories. my ocd is telling me that other stuff happened when i got the groinal response, so i keep going back to check to make sure that it’s not true
Anonymous8809Anonymous8809
- Date posted
- 3y
I’ve read that arousal is a form of anxiety and that for those of us with ocd our bodies do not know the difference between arousal that we want or desire vs arousal triggered by anxiety. If you think about the physiology of it that makes sense. People without ocd probably do not experience the arousal we do precisely because they are not so anxious. It’s not easy to do but try telling yourself that you’ll never know and say to yourself also that it’s okay to not know for sure and that no one else knows for sure either.
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