- Date posted
- 3y
One tip for living with OCD:
If you’re afraid of feeling a certain way, you’re GOING to feel that way. That’s how the OCD works. If you’re afraid of feeling repulsed, you’ll feel repulsed. If you’re afraid of feeling aroused, you’ll feel aroused. If you’re afraid of feeling like you want to hurt someone, you will feel like you want to hurt someone. And it’ll feel real! Right now, I’m going through the “if you’re afraid of feeling repulsed when you touch them, you’ll feel repulsed when you touch them” with my partner. But I know that I’ve done this a million times before, and it felt real every time, and it wasn’t. When I was afraid I would feel disgusted by my partner’s chest, I felt disgusted. When I felt afraid I was losing my hearing, it literally felt like I was losing my hearing (and every single test would prove otherwise). At one point, I was even afraid that I would feel like I couldn’t recognize my partner’s face, and then I felt like I couldn’t. OCD is clever like that! Basically, think of it like this: “if you’re afraid of feeling _____, you will feel _____.” Right now, I just have to remember that every time I physically feel this intrusive repulsion I’m so afraid of, that it’s just my OCD trying to trick me.