Just because your mind spews nonsense doesn’t mean you have to listen to it, nor what it’s saying is real or what you want. Let it do what it wants while you actually do what YOU want. You don’t have to give into your mental illnesses and you don’t have to take your intrusive thoughts seriously because they are inanimate floating spewing things that no one else knows but you—unless you share them.
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Maybe you are, maybe you aren’t but if you’re trying your absolute best while you’re working on ERP and other things with your therapist, then you’re doing well.
What about for derealization? It makes me feel like nothing around me is real & it’s so convincing…
It still applies.
@Nica It’s just scary bc my brain will think I need to act out on my intrusive thoughts because nothing is real it’s so scary
@j09182 Your mind = your brain. It’s spewing nonsense; stop listening to nonsense.
thank you needed to hear this
Great advice ❤️
Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.
When you get a stuck thought in your mind, as stupid or untrue as it may be, how do any of you block them out, or try to at least? It’s like my mind has another voice telling me making up the stupidest things?
I’ve been thinking a lot about how OCD changes the way we see ourselves, but I recently realized that I am not my thoughts. Just because a thought pops up doesn’t mean it’s true or that it defines me. I’ve started learning how to see OCD for what it is—just a disorder trying to trick me—and I’ve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
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