- Username
- Kamisamahajimemashita1?
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Feeling guilt is just another feeling, whether itโs connected to OCD or not, treat it the same way that you would with a feeling that comes with OCD.
I thought it might be that way. My mind just gets so twisted sometimes I can't tell what is what... Thank you anyway, it helps a lot ๐
Avoid researching and doomscrolling. Speaking from experience, it's an insidious compulsion that really messes with your mind. If you're mindlessly browsing the internet, pay attention to what links you're clicking on and why you want to look at them. If it feels like your motivations are OCD-related, even if you're not sure, then close your browser and stop researching immediately. Delete your search history if you need to and resist the urge to look stuff up. It's hard at first but it becomes easier every time you do it.
I didn't actually know the word "doomscrolling" (I am french) but it feels exactly like what I am doing ! Thank you so much for teaching me the term ๐
Thanks for sharing, I love that you said you have seen the benefits of not doing the compulsions (googling, searching, etc)- you're already one step ahead because you know ERP works- essentially that is what you did. You continued with what you were doing, allowed the thoughts/feelings to be there and did not engage- that in a nutshell is ERP. Of course, working along side a specialist would be beneficial if you're not already doing so.
I am very relieved to hear that I am not doing anything harmful, I have been worried about going at it the wrong way... Truth is I don't have a therapist but I don't know the price range for session here, and since I'm french I'm afraid my insurance company won't work with the NOCD program...
Is distracting yourself by doing activities you like considered a compulsion? I didnโt think so. You just canโt ignore your obsessive thought right, just accept it?
Hello! Now I'm trying to let all these thoughts come to my head and accept the anxiety that's coming with them without challenging them - just leaving then unanswered. But my head keeps telling me things like, 'but maybe that actually was a bad thing you did, and you're just trying to push it away' or 'you might still go to hell, because this might not be OCD but you just being a bad person and trying to ignore it.' I can recognize all these as OCD thoughts but they undermine my coping strategies. Does this stuff get better with time and practice?
Sometimes I have so much going on in my head at one time - and I have layers of intrusive thoughts one on top of another - all together and sometimes I don't know or remember which one caused my anxiety but I have to go back and solve them or reproduce the feeling that came up so that I can "disregard" it properly. It gets so exhausting because I'm always chasing after random thoughts and feelings all about similar themes - that are constantly getting triggered - by silly things. The fear is - I won't know its ocd unless i go back and solve them. I think this might be a compulsion? Does sitting with the discomfort with this Also work?
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