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baci2016baci2016
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take the time to honor how much you have grown, you are able to identify when you are doing mental compulsions! even if it takes awhile. congratulations!!!! i also have worse mental compulsions the phrase “i dont need to figure this out right now” and “ill think about this at (random time)” really help me and i immediantely redirect my focus to something else
UphamiaUphamia
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@baci2016 Thank you so much! And I’m definitely going to try implementing those responses :)
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UphamiaUphamia
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@markson Honestly following ocd specialists on Instagram has helped me learn a lot, it’s where I found out that I was basically keeping myself in a mental loop by trying to argue with the thoughts. My therapist had said something that really stuck with me about how when we keep responding we’re basically just playing tennis, the ocd will keep swinging back until you stop.
Catperson10Catperson10
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- 3y
It's definitely a huge struggle of mine. But catching yourself is really good so definitely give yourself credit for that. It takes a lot of time and practice. I had years of therapy that basically had me replacing bad thoughts with good. I didn't know I had ocd and I was just paying lots of money to make it worse. That's been a big challenge for me too. So it's a process but you've got this!
UphamiaUphamia
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- 3y
@Catperson10 Before I was diagnosed with OCD I had a similar experience, I was so frustrated the therapy wasn’t clicking. Im glad we’re both on the right path now ❤️
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