nobody03
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🤎🤎🤎🤎
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i’m here to talk <3
nobody03nobody03
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- 3y
@🤎🤎 my anxiety is through the roof rn. i can’t stop remembering past thoughts and experiences. i hate this so so much
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@nobody03 you’ve got this. i’m the same, but the past is the past and please try not to worry
MkeMke
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- 3y
Feel the anxiety and do your best to stop ruminating. Your past doesn't matter. I know it feels like some invisible entity is forcing you to think about your past and demanding that it means something about you, all against your will. When in reality, you're a human being. With thoughts and feelings. Perhaps you've had some thoughts and feelings that you now feel don't align with your identity or orientation. And that's perfectly okay. That's very human of you. I'm sure if we know the thoughts people around us have thought we'd feel so much better. The only difference between them and us is that we can't let it go, we obsess, we overthink, and we torture ourselves. You too can be like someone who has maybe thought, said, or done something that doesn't fit perfectly in the "straight" box and not give a flying f*ck. Because you know who you are today and what you want today. That's all that matters. You can do hard things! These feelings won't hurt you, and you can choose to stop thinking about it. You can. It's hard, but you can. You've got this!!
nobody03nobody03
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- 3y
@Mke thank you. this is so great to read. i can’t stop telling myself that i don’t like women and i feel like it makes me feel more doubtful of that but i know deep down i truly don’t. any tips on this? you give great advice.
MkeMke
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- 3y
@nobody03 Don't tell yourself you don't like women. Don't tell yourself you do like men. Don't tell yourself anything. Do you have any hobbies or interests? Pay attention to the things that ground you and stop engaging with your thoughts. They will quiet down. I'm proof of that. They always quiet down when you stop engaging with them in any way.
nobody03nobody03
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@Mke thanks, because i feel like the more i tell myself this, the more doubt it creates. idk if that’s possible?
nobody03nobody03
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@Mke bc my mind keeps saying that on repeat 24/7 and i can’t stop.
MkeMke
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- 3y
@nobody03 That's ocd, hun. That's textbook ocd. The more someone washes their hands to remove unwanted contamination, the more they doubt their hands are actually clean. So they wash more. These pure o type themes are the same. We just do most of those repetitive compulsions in our heads. Just don't say anything. Just move on to somewhere more interesting that is actually happening in your real life.
nobody03nobody03
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- 3y
@Mke okay thanks. i used to suffer from contamination ocd as well so this a pretty good example
nobody03nobody03
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- 3y
@Mke hey sorry.. it’s me again i feel like i can’t stop telling myself that same stuff now and i feel like it generated more doubt. idk what to do. it feels awful as heck rn and idk what’s real anymore. please tell me if there is any hope. this post uplifted me for a bit i just can’t stop with the repetition no matter how hard i try and that’s what makes me feel like i’m in denial or something. it makes me feel like i changed who i am. the constant ruminating on my past has also destroyed me.
MkeMke
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- 3y
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