- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Yes, my OCD theme revolves around me fearing that I’m on the psychotic spectrum and will have a psychotic episode. To be honest, I’ve had non-ordinary experiences before, so I feel like I the fear is pretty personal to me. I don’t know if that’s the case for you, but anyhow, ERP has worked very well for me. Whenever the thought comes up “I will go crazy”, do NOT try to solve it. Just accept it. Do not analyze, try to figure it out, ruminate, rationalize, put it into context, seek closure, self-reassure, seek reassurance—those are compulsions. When you stop giving into compulsions and just say “ok, I’m going to go crazy”, it will really piss off OCD. It hurts to leave something so terrifying unsolved, but unsolved is where the issue is always going to be, at the end of the day regardless if you ruminate & do compulsions or not. You’re never going to get certainty that you won’t go crazy; it’s out of your hands. When you embrace that reality, you’ll stop being prisoner to something you can’t control.
Thank you so much for sharing , bc the fear is very personal to me also. I just started ERP and im hoping that i can try to stop doing compulsions. I seek for alot of reassurances while going thru that fear. Its def something i want to work on. Thank you so much for the advice and tips.
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I seek reassurance as well. I am Pure O. My compulsions are to analyze the intrusive thoughts, and reassure myself they are not real. It's a vicious cycle. You cannot stop the thoughts, and I may sound like a broken record in my replies but you have to partition your brain like a hard drive and give the thoughts space, albeit a small space, to just run and hum in the background. It can never be silenced but it can be ignored. I just started ERP myself. Have had OCD over 30 years. Have had over 20 years of control and recently it came roaring back but I am pissed and ready to fight. We can overcome it. We have to learn to LIVE with it. Peace be to you!
I have panic disorder, and OCD and anxiety. Does anyone else ever feel just off the edge all the time? Like I always feel like something’s off or something’s gonna happen. I don’t know how to explain the feeling. But I always feel off and when I feel off I panic
i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔
Hello everyone. I often get the feeling that I will go crazy or in a state of permanent suffering. The thought is very persistent and I think is OCD repeating that disturbing thought. If anyone feels the same way. What do you do about it?
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