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Ocd being loud
What to do when ocd becomes too loud?
What to do when ocd becomes too loud?
When this happens to me, and it did earlier, I started cleaning my house, doing dishes, sweeping and mopping, dusting, staying busy helps so much. I even put on gospel music as I’m doing those things, and it literally pulled me out of my ruminations today. If you aren’t a Christian that’s ok, put on music you like and do something that will engage your mind and body, I promise it helps so much. I find if I sit around my thoughts run away to bad, scary places. You can do it, I promise.
What helps me, is focusing on my five senses. More specifically, I get my pen, and my paper, and I write out my favorite noun to see further describing why I love that noun. Then I move on to all of my other senses to write my favorite noun about that specific sense, and why I love that noun. Doing this over the years has helped me redirect my triggers, or any impulses, or intrusive thoughts that come with them. What I am about to say does not apply to all of my triggers: some triggers of mine are impractical, and unrealistic to have, so going through this little writing process helps me cognitively disengage the trigger by focusing on things that are practical allowing me to realign with the day I wanted to have before the sensory overload. Hope this helps.
Practice mindfulness, smile, and let the thoughts be there even if they’re loud. Altering your behavior for OCD only makes it worse.
distract yourself calm yourself down meditation mindfulness anything to calm you down!
Cry and take a nap. Lol or I scream it out with some really loud music.
Does anyone else’s OCD cause them to be hyperaware or background noises (hum of refrigerator, fan, distant traffic, etc.) and make your hearing incredibly sensitive? If so, how do you push your way through it? Mine gets to the point where I can hear all these things that the mind normally tunes out, and then I fear I am having “hallucinations” because I get thoughts about how “I mean it kind of sounds like a whistle, or this or that” and then it causes panic due to my health anxiety and fear of psychosis. My psych has said this is a part of OCD and that I’m focusing on the noises and coupling them with intrusive thoughts, but I’m curious how others have fought this and gotten through.
How does OCD get in the way of living your life? What are some things you can do to drop the worries?
A lot of us go through horrible experiences with our OCD day-to-day to the point of we’re literally living in fear. Does anyone have any tips on how to self-soothe when your OCD is loud?
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