- Username
- Beft
- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Username
- sweetpotatosweetpotato
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Observe the thought and label it "worry." Then let it pass. I also really love the exercise of visualizing the thought as an ice cube and imagine it melting on hot concrete outside in the sun.
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Accept your diagnosis and try not to figure it out its another compulsion. Not easy...I hate it too.
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- anonymousNanonymousN
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Girl me too I think that’s the worst symptom of ocd however what I like to think is , I compare my symptoms with my current theme to my past themes . They usually all make feel and do the same thing . Depression, depersonalization, fear and confusion. And that how I conclude that it most likely is ocd . But of course there’s always that 1% that’s like maybe it’s not . But I think the best thing to do is just not care . Even though that’s hard to .. but I know it doesn’t feel like it but eventually your going to get sick of it being in your head and be like I just don’t care anymore . And it most likely will go away
- Username
- JonJon
- Date posted
- 5y ago
At some point you have to make a conscious decision and decide it is OCD no one else can make that choice for you. You can live with the uncertainty that it might not be. This is the only thing that will help you get your life back, the discomfort of uncertainty is a worthy price to pay for being able to live the life you want. Remember certainty is an illusion no one can really be certain if anything
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- Doubts123
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Does anyone else with contamination OCD not know whether they touched something dirty or not? If so how do you deal with it?
- Username
- hannie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
How do I know that this is OCD or not something else? I really feel like it is just OCD but my mind is so convincing I’m gonna develop schizophrenia or become delusional. I’m so anxious cause I have other themes mixed into this (such as harm OCD) Any tips?
- Username
- ocdgirl123
- Date posted
- 2y ago
vent
i’m so frustrated with myself. despite my attempts to lean into uncertainty, there’s still some part of that is convinced my theme is real and therefore needs to be looked into. i relapsed pretty badly after a stressful day two nights ago and i’m struggling get back onto the wagon. i know that many people say that you don’t need to know something is ocd definitively in order to treat it as such, but i feel like i do. because if it’s not ocd it’s a thing that needs to be solved. idk. does anyone have any advice on what i can do?
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