- Username
- meg615
- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Username
- alissaaalissaa
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Well, honestly yes this can be a compulsion if it's basically you just writing down all of your ruminations. It very much can be a compulsion. I would suggest writing down your feelings/emotions, rather than just writing down things that are engaging with/analyzing the intrusive thoughts. Try using sentences like "I may or may not know whether or not ________ (insert intrusive thought) but I have OCD and I will accept the uncertainty".
- Username
- alissaaalissaa
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Try using the SOS feature on this app if you haven't yet, it's really helpful once you get the hang of it
- Username
- Bella???Bella???
- Date posted
- 5y ago
actually journaling is beneficial. it allows you to get rid of your thoughts without really acknowledging them and gives you a break and less to worry about
- Username
- mummersmummers
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’ve used it as a compulsion in the past and it doesn’t work. Writing down your obsessive thought is okay, but writing at length about it is a compulsion imo. I would spend a long time writing about my feelings, what I thought, if I was making progress in my ocd and anxiety journey... and it’s definitely a compulsion because in the moment it made me feel like I was doing something to solve it. That’s just my personal experience though!
- Username
- meg615meg615
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@bella @alissaa yes, sometimes I am able to leave it at that, only if I’m satisfied with what I’ve written or satisfied that I “cracked the code”, but I can’t always “crack the code”, so I would usually journal and journal until I “cracked the code” and then I would have a break. I can probably practice just journaling something simple. Like “I am feeling ____.” And just leave it at that.
- Username
- alissaaalissaa
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Try downloading an app called thought diary! Helps you stay on track more.
- Username
- alissaaalissaa
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Us with OCD looove that cracked the code feeling. Used to think it was just me ?
- Username
- alissaaalissaa
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Not always beneficial though, you’ll learn
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- Username
- NickD
- Date posted
- 3y ago
What do you guys write for journaling? If I write down my ocd thoughts it will act as reassurance and I don’t want that. Any tips?
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- EFF_OCD
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Mindfulness question
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- Ancient-1
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Memory troubles?
I feel like now I have to record what happens to me/details of situations that trigger anxious episodes in order to have the "memory" in ink so I can't confuse it later when the rumination comes in. It has to be specific as I can possibly manage, down to date and time. I have done this as journaling, but I usually did that at the end of the day, but now I feel like I have to do it immediately after the thing happens. Is this a sign of compulsive behaviour, or am I just losing grip on my own memory? I'm also starting to doubt myself very strongly when it comes to confirming if "the bad thing" didn't happen, or if the "right thing" did. I can have ample evidence to support the outcome I know happened/didn't happen, but still brain doubts. I've been trying to go about my day living in the belief that I am right, but anxiety does not like to let go. I suppose this is all part of whatever disorder I've developed... Just gotta live I suppose. I am so tired of this...
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