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- 3y
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- 3y
is there a chance you just don't have physical compulsions? ruminating, stopping your thoughts, saying specific phrases to neutralize or 'get rid' of the thoughts are all just some types of mental compulsions. they can be hard to pinpoint since they're not physical.
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- 3y
yes I had those I just don’t have tons of compulsions lately
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- 3y
@Anonymous honestly, even trying to figure out why you don't have compulsions could be a compulsion! it's so tricky. that's how ocd keeps us in these loops, especially with pure o. sorry i can't be of more help
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- 3y
This is how I have been feeling for awhile now. Makes it so hard for erp. Basically just get intrusive thoughts/feelings that constantly come. I’m pretty sure though my compulsions are constant emotional checking meaning I keep checking to see how I react to the thoughts… If I am feeling “better” “worse” “happier” etc than previous waves or even someone who doesn’t have this. The thing that sucks is this “checking” happens more or less unconsciously/in tandem with thoughts/feelings. Like if the compulsions just “come” how they heck do I do erp? I guess just accept abs move on 🤷🏻♂️
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- 23w
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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- 20w
OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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- 14w
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
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