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It's attacking things that I enjoy doing, like my hobbies and passions, anybody got any tips on how to cope with it?
It's attacking things that I enjoy doing, like my hobbies and passions, anybody got any tips on how to cope with it?
Agreed with the above! My OCD made me feel a lack of interest in anything I did! For a while, even my favorite hobbies felt dull to me, but the thing you can do is remind yourself how much you used to love it, and although you don’t feel as deeply at the moment, slowly pick it up and do a bit of it every day! You will slowly regain that interest! I’m still working my way but have a tiny bit progress!
Yeah I do a lot of long distance running, and OCD latched to a fear of hurting my knee worrying I had bad form. My compulsions were trying to control and focus on my knee, which now a year later has got me to a point that makes running “normally” difficult, and actually makes my knees hurt. ERP for two months and I’m just starting to see some small progress. The biggest piece of advice is to not attempt to cope with it. Don’t ruminate about it. Don’t try to figure it out. Continue to do what you enjoy, regardless of what your OCD says the consequences are. Agree with your thoughts that you’re doing something wrong or something bad could happen. Basically just continue to live your life on your terms, regardless of ANYTHING!
It’s the worst. I haven’t been able to do many of my favorite hobbies because of this disease. But, the best thing we can do is 1) push through and try doing one thing that we love while embracing the uncertainty (SO HARD, but it’s the only way), 2) give ourselves grace. If we only manage to brush our teeth and put on deoderant, then hey, we DID those things! When we manage to take a shower or do five minutes of something fun, we DID those amazing things! Even if none of those things feel good right now, it is progress in the battle against our mind monster. Each step is a victory. Embrace the good days, allow yourself recuperation on the bad ones. We got this.
same here :(
This sucks so bad gosh I just wanna do things in peace is that too much to ask for ahahahaha *screams*
Anyone have any good coping strategies when they have an ocd flare up or attack?
I'm wondering if this is a common OCD experience: does anyone else find that when you have idle time, your mind just spirals into endless rumination on negative "what ifs" & intrusive thoughts? It's been happening to me for the past three years, which coincides with starting a really high-stress job. Weekends used to be my time to relax, but now I dread weekends...I only feel relief when I'm sleeping because it's the only time my mind seems to quiet down. It's honestly so depressing to lose that enjoyment. Does anyone else relate to this, and if so, what helps you cope?
So I am a practicing Catholic, and I've gotten into reading the Bible this year, praying the Rosary, things like that, and while I love to do that, my OCD has been seeming to take over, in ways such as like I have to read the Bible for a certain amount of time before I'm satisfied with the time read, or something along those lines, and it's starting to make the thought of praying and reading the Bible unenjoyable, which is really hurting me inside, because I used to and want to enjoy it so bad, but now this is making it really hard to, because it feels like I don't have control over my own thoughts, and little things trigger the thoughts, it's just so annoying. If there's anything anyone thinks I can do to combat this please let me know.
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