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I have dealt with this exactly. I found out that the reason it keeps happening is because we keep perpetuating the cycle. The human mind thinks there is a threat and so It goes into dissociation as a protective mechanism. What helps is to know that this is all it is a mind mechanism and it will pass on its own, you don't gotta do anything except accept that it's there and like not take it seriously at all
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there was a YouTube vid that cleared it up for me lemme see if I can find it
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@charissepisces2021 Not sure if this is what you experience but give it a shot https://youtu.be/h7u59TkQTxY
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@charissepisces2021 Thank you so much for sharing this - it explains exactly what I'm going through, alongside Existential OCD.
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we’re you able to break the cycle? @charissepisces2021
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Yes but it's not about breaking it I just let it be completely, but idk if what I experienced was the same thing you are experiencing. It comes around every now and then but not nearly as much and it's easier to deal with if it does come up. Goes away quicker
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Yep, right there with you. I'm doing lots of work on this at the moment with my therapist, and it can get better. Leaning into it and trying to not be bothered by it are really helping, even though it sounds like the last thing you'd want to do with it. Also, I use the 'good enough/best guess' approach - my OCD wants 100% certainty that everything is real, but that's not possible. So I have to say to myself - 'right, I'm calling it - I'm about 70% sure that I'm real, and I'm carrying on with my day because I'll never know for certain'. Some days it's easier than others, but you're being really brave - hang in there.
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I’m going through a dpdr spike rn. The only thing you can do is ride it out. The more you fight it the worse it will get. It’s your brain conserving it’s energy bc it thinks u r A) in danger like fight or flight or B) how you dealt with trauma in the past like a mental checkout ur brain will do that bc it protected you before but it doesn’t know that it’s not doing a good job rn. It may have served a purpose in the past but it doesn’t now. When u learn more coping skills as you continue in ur ocd journey it will get easier. When an episode happens now I recognize what it is and ride the wave
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- 19w
I’ve been stuck in this cycle for the last month or two and am not sure how to get out of it. Basically, I will work on ignoring the thoughts and not responding or engaging plus limiting/completely eliminating compulsions. After a week or two of constant work, the amount of intrusive thoughts in a day goes down. The anxiety each thought causes also goes down with some, but not all, thoughts passing without notice like they would for a normal person. The thoughts that do stick cause anxiety and make me want to ruminate or do other compulsions but I make sure to limit them. After a bit, I’m in a pretty good head space. This is usually when it goes down hill. I’ll start to question if I even have ocd because some of the thoughts (once again not all) pass without notice. The difficulty resisting compulsions goes down and so does the anxiety, only increasing the questioning. I spend a while questioning if I’ve ever had ocd in the first place and then something sets me off or the questioning itself becomes a trigger and I get stuck back into the same ocd cycle with constant rumination, anxiety, and other compulsions. This lasts for a week or two before I know I need to stop and try and work hard to get back to ignoring the thoughts. And the cycle just restarts over and over again. Does anyone have any tips to stop this from happening? It’s really harming my recovery as every few weeks I dive back into the same negative place I was.
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- 15w
I am having a real hard time with meta-ocd and thoughts about feeling depressed and be like this forever. Or the thought I never feel normal again or never feel connected to normal life things and normal people. The intrusive thoughts are here like the whole day and they are all about my mental health. And I obsess about how I feel and what I feel with everything I do. It’s so hard to explain. If someone- a therapist or someone who dealt with this has tips or word of encouragement right now, that would me great. I feel like everything I want to learn myself about ocd and coming to this forum also is a bit compulsive. It is so confusing 🫤
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- 11w
Hi all, First time posting and it comes in the midst of a big spiral and panic. Currently dealing with what we think is borderline existential OCD where I feel like I’ve come to believe that I’m not real, that this is all a dream, that I’m actually a psychotic person walking down the street imagining all of this. Got very triggered yesterday by seeing someone screaming and yelling at what seemed to be nothing. Had a panic attack this morning and just haven’t been a wreck since worrying that I’m going to end up in psych ward, realize I’m actually crazy, etc. Been in NOCD therapy for almost 4 months now and still struggling to sit with the uncertainty, avoid researching, seeking reassurance, and most of all ruminating. Anyone go through something similar and if so what were key tactics you used during these spirals to calm things down and recenter yourself?
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