Humour

Is there a correlation between ocd and humour? I dont mean to be insensitive, as everyone on here is really going through it, as am I, and maybe don't want to even think about that rn. However, I was just wondering if the common ocd theme of over analysis could lead to a different way of looking at the world. The acute awareness and perception leads me to noticing little details, which outlined, could be funny. I know I definitely use humour to ease my anxiety and ocd symptoms. I feel like using it to shine light on whats going on in my head might help me get a better perspective. Idk. Was just wondering what other people's views were on that. Hope everyone is doing well, one day at a time!

"Pure" OCD

Ssw90

Date posted: 3y

The only humour I’ve found in ocd is when I laugh thoughts and feelings off.

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Date posted: 3y

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Smite

Date posted: 3y

Idk I was just thinking about ocd and how it works in my head. Obviously it's very subjective to everyone, but for me ocd has given me crazy analytical skills, noticing things, just very good general awareness. Obviously sometimes I'm wrong. But i can just pin point little things about things that are just observant. I'm also quite good at analysing other people's thought processes and stuff. I dont really know. Was wondering if people go through similar stuff.

Maybe,MaybeNot

Date posted: 3y

Yes, yes, yes!!! I am in recovery and am an OCD therapist and I will tell you right now that the biggest thing that has helped me and my clients in bringing humor to our sessions. Basically we do ERP, and we kind of say the worst case scenario in a dramatic and sarcastic kind of tone, which shows our brain how irrational we are being. For example, I used to have a fear that I cheated on my boyfriend somehow just by like giving compliments/talking to other men. I would say it out loud, realize it sounded silly, and my therapist would kind of repeat back to me “wow, what a shitty girlfriend you are for having conversations with other men. You’re awful.” And we had this unspoken agreement about the humor in it all. I know on paper some of you may read that and think, wow that’s so insensitive, but it really helped me see how exaggerated my OCD is making everything. And my clients constantly tell me that it makes them feel so much better when I repeat their thoughts to them with this sense of humor. I really think it’s such a remedy for OCD.

Smite

Date posted: 3y

Hey, thanks for the comment. Yeah I could see that. I think taking ocd by the horns might work for me. Kind of attacking it aggressively, the way it attacks me. Because like, why would that be insensitive if it isn't true? You just have to see things from another perspective and ocd doesn't allow you to do that. It's taken control of your perception of the world. I really do think through my ocd. It's like a parasite.idk. making fun of things seems to work for me as well.

Maybe,MaybeNot

Date posted: 3y

@Smite Yes 👍🏻 OCD tries to make us think that life is like so serious. It blows things up and tries to categorize them into black and white. But in reality, most of life is in the gray and most of it really isn’t that serious.

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