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Organising before starting
There is always something in the way prior to starting. Like clearing the inbox before reading an email.
There is always something in the way prior to starting. Like clearing the inbox before reading an email.
I have to clean my house as the first thing I do before starting my day. It just makes things feel less chaotic. So yeah can def relate to this. I do that with my emails too, I need to read through everything to feel I have all context / knowledge and I’m not missing anything. I’m trying to use my ERP techniques here but it’s hard with this type of thing, it’s what I’ve known will make my day / life successful.
I like your point about context / knowledge and having the big picture before starting. Like viewing the terrain from a hill before starting a trek through the wilderness.
Definitely can relate. Try to do the opposite and see what happens. Take a leap of faith and just start something. Even though it’s distressing it’s possible and for me it’s more efficient. This is tough my friends, but we are tougher.
I will try just starting something. There is a strange inertia about just starting. Like I am breaking Newton's law of opposite reactions.
It’s so hard for me to stop losing time to this
I relate to this. I have to clean my house before starting my day. I stare at my calendar and rearrange tasks for so long without even doing anything. I feel stuck.
same
Try something small. And then something a bit bigger the next day. Leave out something on purpose. Believe it’s possible even if “feels wrong”
Great feedback
Lists lists lists, bane of my life. Since I would say last 4 years any worry that pops in my mind I put down on the notes app on my phone then come back to it sometime. Is this OCD?
So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?
Each night I go to bed determined to stop compulsions and start beating this disorder. Then I wake up and it smacks me in the face first thing and I’m doing a compulsion before I know it. I told my therapist that I would try to handle it like we do in session, but I’ve already failed. It seems like I can’t bring ERP into my “real” life.
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