- Username
- Jenna Overbaugh
- User type
- Therapist
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Do the opposite thing your OCD wants you to do.
Easier said than done, but,yes, that is what we should be doing. I hope I can be braver and do this sooner rather than later.
@WeepingWillow Everything is easier said than done but it needs to be said over and over again until it clicks and you actually start doing it.
Almost everything I want to do because to me the outside world is contaminated by people. I want to start horse riding again, go out with friends and visit them, go out in my car and start up photography again. Heck, just to be able to go shopping or for a walk without having to worry about where I am walking or what I am touching and what I need to do to not contaminate the car and then my home.... the list of 'want to dos' is huge, but I am slowly on my way to recovery and have more hope than I have had in a while.
Doing things alone in public that would make me feel more confident in myself..literally anything at all even going for a walk or to a movie or anything at all. My compulsion is staring and makes my life super awkward. 👌
Feeling calm and being in serenity. My OCD screams at me reasons why I shouldn't feel that way and why I should feel guilty and burdened.
I barely do anything I like because I am so depressed. I need to change that.
Reminding myself that my intrusive thoughts are not me and I am not a bad person for having intrusive thoughts
Reading my Bible
Almost everything. I only see my friends now only on special occasions, even at work I avoid checking my email for too long and I avoid certain areas in my workplace as much as I can even if I may need to do work there, I avoid the downtown area in my city, social media is a huge one, I can’t even connect with my friends or talk to them without getting so triggered, even fb messenger and youtube trigger me even though I talk to my family and husband on messenger more, and then youtube provides me a bit if entertainment. I stopped watching tv series on my own and playing video games I love. Stopped using my iPad to be productive, it’s just sitting there, and my phone itself triggers me too.
My daughter is not able to use her phone, watch TV, go out, even to school. She just started treatment with NOCD, hope things will improve so she can go back to school. She missed a whole term and now she's lost out on alot of school work
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