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Do any of you guys link numbers to bad thoughts? What should I do? I looked on the left side of a car seat twice (in the hole to see if I dropped anything), which I then linked twice (or number 2 to repeat which then means OCD, I do not want to have OCD). I didn’t want to continue counting and looking at the left side of the car seat because I was really fatigued and I know it’s not good to listen to my thoughts at that point. I feel really scared and fearful because I want to go back to the car seat and continue counting because I don’t want to stop it at number 2. I will not see that car again and that is why I want to continue counting. What should I do guys? Please, any help would be nice.

Survivingand...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

As uncomfortable as it feels, you don’t wanna give in to that compulsion! Recognize that thoughts are thoughts, and that nothing you do or don’t do can change that. You may feel slight relief for a little, but it’ll quickly go away. You are safe!! You got this!!

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 2y ago

rachelreynolds1 has some good advice. We always recommend resisting the compulsive urge. Compulsions will make your anxiety go down in the short run, but will make it go up in the long run.

Anonymous

Date posted: 22w ago

Acted on a Compulsion

Help me! I acted on a compulsion and now I feel like want to keep doing it. I’m scared. I had been doing okay for these past two days but idk. What should I do?

Ellen_l

Date posted: 16w ago

Advice?

I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 13w ago

I don’t know what this is. Help please?

Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?

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