yass123
- Date posted
- 3y
Why is this so hard?
No matter how much I try to tell myself these thoughts aren’t real, I still feel like they’re real, it’s so hard and it’s such a terrible feeling I have to deal everyday
CesarCesar
- Date posted
- 3y
I know, but feelings don't change the truth and the truth is we have ocd but we aren't ocd, don't tell yourself the thoughts aren't real, we already know that, live as they are not real. Move forward and live your life because the thoughts aren't real, do not get stuck and when you do shake yourself and say wait a minute I'm obsessing, I'm moving forward. Do not fear!
HJOxHJOx
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes 🙌🏽
ocdallthewayocdalltheway
- Date posted
- 3y
I agree with the comment above. I've gone through every theme imaginable (except maybe TOCD) with various intensity and duration. I became obsessed with OCD itself, always worrying if I was doing things the right way and on and on it goes, the vicious cycle. The truth (although the realization can be painful) is that I have no reason to be anxious about any of the themes/obsessions and the compulsions, although understandable, are just limiting me in living my own life. There is just no reason to be anxious about those things. But you can't reason with the unreasonable, it's not the same playing field, the rules are not the same. If you're having a panic attack, reasoning that you shouldn't be having one and fighting against it is probably only going to intensify it. Fear really is the mind killer but there is no reason the fear the fead itself, accept it.
HJOxHJOx
- Date posted
- 3y
Hi! Just wondered if you’ve ever had SOOCD and if you managed to overcome it? X
ocdallthewayocdalltheway
- Date posted
- 3y
@HJOx Yes, it kind of withered away after some time like most of my themes because it was easier to do the exposures (which were essentially just continuing my life, doing activities with my friends and so on while refraining from doing compulsions).
HJOxHJOx
- Date posted
- 3y
@ocdalltheway How long did you suffer with this theme for? X
ocdallthewayocdalltheway
- Date posted
- 3y
@HJOx Intensively? Half a year maybe. But it doesn't really work like that. The thoughts still come just with less frequency and I don't care much about them, with SOOCD they can be actually quite funny sometimes. A lot of people here think black and white about OCD, treating it like a flue and this way of framing this disorder will not help you. It's another way of seeking certainty. The mind and your thoughts do not work within those boundaries.
HJOxHJOx
- Date posted
- 3y
@ocdalltheway How long have you managed your ocd symptoms for? X
ocdallthewayocdalltheway
- Date posted
- 3y
@HJOx The moment I kinda figured out I had OCD was about a year and half ago when I had a mental crisis after a lot of stress and a few strong triggers in a short amount of time. But really I've been having similar symptoms since my early teenage years, I'm 25 now.
HJOxHJOx
- Date posted
- 3y
@ocdalltheway When you had SOOCD, did you feel like everyone was a trigger? X
ocdallthewayocdalltheway
- Date posted
- 3y
@HJOx Yes, when it was at it's strongest. But it seems you are asking for reassurance now.
syl47syl47
- Date posted
- 3y
@ocdalltheway hello, sorry i have a question for you I also suffer from so ocd, and I would like to know if your obsession was also put on someone in particular? And if so, how did you get rid of it?
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