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- garden
- Date posted
- 2y ago
urges is one of the biggest reasons why having ocd is so difficult. you may not be able to stop the intrusive thought, but you can control the way you respond. whenever i have the urge to do something, i take a deep breath and try to distract myself right away. i try to focus on something else. i also wear a bracelet everyday that says, “it’s ocd”. whenever I have the urge or a thought, I look down at my bracelet because i can remind myself that’s it’s my ocd trying to play tricks on me. if you are afraid of shouting something out loud, maybe get up and take a small walk, count to 10, take deep breaths, watch something on your phone, anything to distract yourself.
this is actually so helpful! i need to order a bracelet asap😭
@Anonymous_234 yes!! it’s so helpful!! i ordered a custom one on Etsy which I highly recommend 🖤
Accept that it is an intrusive thought and recognize that you don't have to act on it - just like all the times before you've had them and not acted on them. Don't try to suppress/ignore the thoughts - try to recognize it and then let it go. I struggled with thoughts like this as a kid a lot, but now as an adult they mostly just go in & out and I realize it's just an irrational thought - I say that's a dumb idea, and go on with what I was doing.
thanks!
Same here... but with POCD and HOCD...
How do you just “ignore the thoughts”. Say a thought pops up what do you say to them or do?
How do y’all deal with I’m going to intrusive thoughts? I’m struggling!
I have intrusive urges and thoughts come into my head how do stop them ? Or accept them ? 🙏
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