callistapopp
- Date posted
- 3y
NicaNica
- Date posted
- 3y
I trust my therapist and the science behind OCD/mental illnesses.
UphamiaUphamia
- Date posted
- 3y
It’s hard, it takes a lot of work, but I came to the conclusion that we as humans all have intrusive thoughts, the problem with ocd is we react to it and panic about what the meaning of the thought was and than we obsess and ruminate about why we had it and if we intentionally had it. I realized a lot of people I know can relate to intrusive thoughts I have, but unlike me they understood that our brains just talk and it doesn’t have to mean anything, with ocd it’s really hard to realize that, I’m still working on it but I’ve gotten so much better at practicing acknowledging I had the thought but continuing with whatever I’m doing, and over time you get desensitized to those thoughts and realize they don’t need to take up so much room in your head or heart
blazedblazed
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
I still feel guilty from time to time but I realized that my thoughts are separate from me and are not reflective of my values in any way. I recognize that the thoughts are intrusive so I know they aren’t mine and don’t actually mean anything.
Vinita devalVinita deval
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- 3y
How to detach that thing that those thoughts are not me
holkahjuxhholkahjuxh
- Date posted
- 3y
my guilt has been gone
donnocddonnocd
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Im currently struggling.. I have distressing intrusive thoughts and i get pretty worked up because it goes against my values... That for me is my greatest struggle... I feel like Its just so opposite to my beliefs that's i get worked up.. I haven't been able to catch it fast enough to minimize it but struggling to dismiss it for me makes it stronger... I also try to say maybe . Maybe not.... But my OCD at most times don't acknowledge that and i fall into a rumination and problem solving track and it often snowballs from there. I've started erp but it's early days still.. Im trying to learn how to handle these thoughts It's been tough
callistapoppcallistapopp
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- 3y
totally understand. i’m currently in a bit of a lapse, and i’ve been diagnosed for about a year. it does get better, but it is hard work. we are all brave soldiers that can face this fight and beat it!!
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jsford04
- Date posted
- 23w
HELP: Religious OCD and guilt advice?
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Minnie_2
- Date posted
- 22w
Anyone have any suggestions?
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DannyO507
- Date posted
- 18w
I need help dealing with this
I have been really really struggling for the past 3 months and haven’t been able to stop intrusive thoughts/ rumination and confessing. It’s making me question my entire life, my relationship and even who I am as a person. It’s mainly effecting my relationship, I am so afraid that I did something or think things that are definitely hurtful to my partner. I know my brain is contorting my own memory and making things seem so much worse. I also know I haven’t done anything bad, all my things I’ve confessed about have been considered “normal” and I’ve been told that “you’re normal, you didn’t do anything wrong”. But I have felt this intense sense of guilt and shame and it doesn’t go away, I can’t even be a normal person anymore. And I keep searching for “just one more thing I need to tell” and I don’t want to keep searching my brain of every time I’ve said or done anything that I can distort and make seem 1000% worse. I’m isolating myself and just feel like I’m a bad person. I keep confessing my thoughts, feeling, urges, etc. to my partner and while I know I would never do any of these I feel like my ocd is trying to convince me that maybe I would because “why else would you think it or feel guilty” and that makes it so much worse. I really need guidance on how to handle this. What do I do to stop feeling like this and heal?
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