- Username
- IhateOCD99
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thanks for the advice and I’m rooting for u!!
That’s the trick! It’s like Medusa- except you don’t freeze when you look at her, she just gets stronger. It will get tricky, but just keep doing what you’re doing!!:)
No you should not pay attention to the thoughts. Thoughts are just thoughts and nothing more. A week ago I still felt shit so it's not a story of hope. The thoughts are still there, but I just don't react to them and keep myself busy with school. It's not that I'm avoiding the thoughts, I just don't give them power over me anymore. You can do it to, I believe in you. A bonus tip I would like to give you: stay away from this forum for a few days, and don't Google search something about ocd, just let the thoughts be there and do stuff that actually matters. Getting anxiety is a waste of time, focus on the good. Believe me, a week ago my attraction to girls wasn't there, but the last few days I became a attracted to girls. Fight and you will win. I'm going to keep fighting and don't let something stupid like this ruin my life.
If it was true, you should not be in constant anxiety. You're making yourself more and more depressed talking like that. Just say, yeah it could be true, but it also could not be. You are in control, not ocd. A week ago it felt real for me too, but is just bs. Your mind is not clear so you don't know what you're doing to yourself. I hope, we can both laugh at these thoughts somewhere in the future.
Hi. New to this . Just recently getting some help with CBT. But very disturbing thoughts . intrusive.
How do you not pay attention to the thoughts? I always seem to react to them uncontrollably even when I’m doing other things
Is it ok if I ask some questions? I am feeling so lost myself, it would be great to hear a story of hope. What’s your story?
I just feel so lost. Thank you for responding. But it just feels too real to not be true sometimes
Me too. Well, if you are ever recovered, please write to me. I feel hopeless. And just knowing you could go on with your life just makes me happy how you could get Past this. Well, thank you I guess
I can relate
After getting more acclimated to hocd thoughts, I started to fear that I have schizophrenia. I’ve been meditating a lot and have been mindful and in a really good headspace. I’ve been able to take a step back and recognize that this is just another topic of my ocd, and instead of reacting in fear and ruminating/what if-Ing everything, I’ve been able to just shrug off my intrusive thoughts and just live alongside them. Almost all day long yesterday I had the repetitive thought “schizophrenia” just popping into my head over and over. With other intrusive thoughts, I feel the fear attached to the thought, and immediately start asking “what if?” And ruminating about it until I work myself up into a huge mess and start googling for reassurance. Although annoying, I’ve been able to step back and just live with the intrusive thoughts this time, not ignoring them, but recognizing them and noting them as what they are, shrugging them off, and going on with my daily life. Eventually, I notice that they have stopped for a while. At some point, they inevitably come back, but the sting and the fear is becoming less and less. Sorry for the novel guys, but today I feel strong, and today I choose to excel and fight my ocd. We all have the strength to overcome this. We can do it. And we deserve the better life that we are working towards daily.
I went to my therapist last monday and... wow I feel so good these last days. The more I talk with her about hocd, the best I feel. And the less Im thinking about this. I mean. Is still there, but it doesn't disturb me like before. I don't need to make a compulsion about it. And sometimes I have relapses and I'm going to have them in the future too because Im not perfect, but I really feel less anxiety than before. Im starting to feel like before, like who I am. Like the world is not ending and even if I am angry or frustrated sometimes because I have doubts or I don't know what is going to happen... you know, I'll be okay.
Intrusive thoughts about my sexuality disappeared in 2015 and returned during lockdown in July 2020. I have no idea why they went away for so long, but what I take from that is that it is possible to live life without them. I didn't realise in 2015 that I was experiencing intrusive thoughts or potentially SOOCD. I thought I was the only person on the planet experiencing this. In those 5 years completely free from those thoughts, I use to look back on it and laugh about it. I'd even confidently tell others about it and how silly it would make me feel looking back on it. It may seem dire right now and you're full of dread, but as long as there is possibility, you can get through this.
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