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- Anxiousmindsthinkalike
- Date posted
- 2y ago
The saying goes: "I'm just taking it day by day." but my therapist helped me reword this to "I'm taking it moment by moment." as sometimes, its best not to try to think about the future of our OCD, to rather, just focus on doing our best in this moment. I know it's hard to see it now or believe that it's true, but OCD is very responsive to treatment. Have you practiced ERP by yourself or with a ERP-trained therapist? Also, The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD by Kimberly Quinlan helped me a lot with suicidal OCD. In her book, she discusses mindful responses to thoughts. For example, you may think: "This thought or feeling will never go away." and the mindful response would be: "This thought is temporary and will pass with time." Another one would be: "This thought is bad." and the mindful response is "This thought is neither good nor bad. It is a thought." Lastly, I'll leave you with a quote from Jon Hershfield: "One of the most effective ways of combating these obsessions is not to fight them at all, but to accept their presence. A thought is not a prediction, instruction, or call to action. A thought is a chemical and electrical event in your brain, neurons firing this way instead of that way. You have weird, unpleasant, or violent thoughts simply as a result of having a brain, which means you can think about anything." It might also be helpful to check out NOCD's support groups just to know you're not alone. ❤️ https://www.treatmyocd.com/support-groups
I feel the exact same way right now. I don’t know what to do either but just know you’re not alone.
I’m just hoping that therapy is going to work
Remember that you are not your I trusted thoughts. Ruminating on them is worse than having them! You cannot control your initial thoughts. You can control engagement with them ( I am learning). OCD is not who you are. And the content of the thoughts does not matter--nor does it indicate anything about you. I think the ONLY way to get over this is to go through this. Sit with the uncertainty and live your life! Let the thoughts come and let them be. Just notice them like a stranger on the street and assign no meaning to it. Just let it be. Be well, friend! We're in this together. We all struggle. And there is hope for us all.
Intrusive * not I trusted.
I know I’ve asked this question so many times but please I can’t take it anymore. I need to know. How do you resolve intrusive thoughts about death? I’m exhausted, all I can think about is that I’m just going to die one day and none of my actions will matter. I feel hopeless - what’s the point? I’m also so anxious - after death I’m just gonna be nothing (probably) and although I won’t feel pain I’m so scared of it happening. I don’t want to cease to exist. Please, help.
Cw- SI, S/H references I try so hard just to let the thoughts be there and not bother me but they just keep coming back over and over, I don’t trust myself anymore I feel like an evil person and I just want to kill myself I’m so scared that I’m actually what my thoughts say I am, if I am then I will have to kill myself, it feels like a stain on my soul It’s gotten to the point where I’m considering mutilating parts of my body just so I can’t feel anything in those parts or ever use them again I can’t find any relief anywhere, I haven’t felt sure of myself in months, people always tell me it’s okay that I have these thoughts because I don’t want to act on them but my brain keeps saying I do and I would rather kill myself And I’m just so sick of the people saying to accept the uncertainty, I don’t want to have to carry this for the rest of my life I wish I could have literally any other subtype, which I know is selfish of me because everyone else here is suffering too but the stigma and the shame around this one actually sucks the joy out of everything I do
How do I make life more livable while fighting this demon. This has been on my mind 24/7 and I don’t know what to do. I’ve been unhappy all day everyday. Do you guys have any tips or ideas to make me feel better. How does one make the thoughts stop permanently. This is by far the hardest/scariest thing I’ve ever gone through.
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