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- Bella???
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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- Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 5y ago
For sure!! I think reassurance when one truly doesn't know if something should be worried about or not is very helpful (even necessary? in my opinion!) I think it's only not helpful when it becomes repetitive, where someone get the reassurance they need but continues asking over and over. Also as long as we are still on the lookout to acknowledge and ignore intrusive thoughts then we are still overcoming ocd.
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- marsimarsi
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yes!!! But it takes a lot for me to really believe it and fight it. That’s amazing you were able to do that and leave it be!
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- o: O: Devon O: o:o: O: Devon ...
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yea I’ve def felt that way before. There are actually obsessions which have completely disappeared for me after reassurance and someone sharing an objective/logical perspective. Just like one medicine doesn’t work for everyone, reassurance isn’t bad in every case. The conclusion that reassurance is bad came from research which is based on scientific theories and hypotheses, not a scientific law. Which means that there can be exceptions to the rule^_^
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- Brooklyn33Brooklyn33
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Reassurance can works in short periods of time, mostly in the beggining of the disorder. But the thought will be back because your behaviour over that doesn't change. With time, reassurance just makes everything worse and you start to loose all sense of control in your life.
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- o: O: Devon O: o:o: O: Devon ...
- Date posted
- 5y ago
In most cases:) It’s been 3 years since the obsession I was talking about disappeared.
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- Brooklyn33Brooklyn33
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Don't trust reassurance. Is just common that if you have an obsession with some theme that is stronger than the others, you keep worrying about it more than the others. For example, I suffer soocd, so I can't really get contamination ocd at all. Or any other type of ocd, even if all of them start with the same behaviours and make you feel like shit anyway. You have your obsession to fight. And is normal that with treatment you can overcome other negative thoughts easily.
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- mtksy
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Does anyone feel like seeking reassurance and then end up feeling worse after seeking it?! Gosh…
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- Dothewalkofl...
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Vent of my feelings
Basically. I’m scared that at some point I will feel no anxiety and ‘give in’ and accept it. I have a really hard time believing I have ocd (because I can’t get diagnosed because of my age) sometimes I feel like I do because I remember the days where I was crying on the floor with how real it felt and I DIDNT want it to be real. I worry that I am in denial and I’m just not accept it. Or that it’s suppressed. Or internalised homophobia. Anything really that means it’s all real. I have my moments where I feel normal again but they don’t last long. I wish I knew if it was hocd/ocd but then again I know I’d doubt it if I was told it was. But then again I feel like hearing a professional say ‘you have ocd’ would mean a lot to me. If anyone feels the same or similar I would love to know (btw reassurance very rarely helps me anymore. I just love knowing if I’m not alone and not going crazy) Maybe maybe not doesnt help. I always spiral more with that but I often use ‘I don’t need to know right now’ and that brings me some relief (not sure if it should but it does)
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- chameleon7
- Date posted
- 41w ago
reassurance
Why is reassurance bad for my obsessions? I was recently diagnosed and I have always felt better after reassurance. I have heard it is a compulsion but what other options do I have?
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