InaPanic
- Date posted
- 3y ago
VGHVGH
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sorry, too, that you’re struggling with these thoughts. When a thought comes to mind, do you stop what you’re doing and think about it? Do you run through different scenarios in your mind? We can’t stop thoughts from coming, but we can change how we respond to them. When I find myself lost in my head obsessing, I say to myself what would I want to be doing to create the life I want if this thought wasn’t so all consuming. Then, I go do it, even though I don’t feel like it, even though I’d rather figure my problem out first. When all is said and done this moment is all I really have, so how do I want to spend it.
redthepigeonredthepigeon
- Date posted
- 3y ago
That's one of my main obsessions too, so you aren't the only one. I hope that knowing you aren't the only one with those obsessions helps a bit.
InaPanicInaPanic
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’ve tried that but it didn’t work it just comes back , I just remember before this I never was scared
Emmy•Emmy•
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’m so sorry for your loss, I am going through the same thing with the loss of my mother. I feel the same way about just wanting to feel normal again. One way that we can look at is that we look at life differently from others, we can appreciate in the ways that really matter. It’s extremely scary trust me I know, I haven’t been able to eat or do anything but sleep for days because of the anxiety and urgency I feel from this. The times that give me peace are when I just allowed myself to accept life for how it is and see the Beauty in my perspective of it. The way we think about it can actually allow us to live a more free and meaningful life if we allow it.
Emmy•Emmy•
- Date posted
- 3y ago
People with ocd pay attention things that others don’t, we don’t have to let this scare us and stop us. We can use it to motivate us.
Emmy•Emmy•
- Date posted
- 3y ago
You are not alone in this and one thing we can thank life for although it may be scary and confusing especially for us, is that even in small ways like this we have connection to others.
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