Rozzie
- Date posted
- 2y
Correct me if I'm wrong...
So basically you overcome OCD by pretending you've already overcome OCD?? By pretending the thoughts don't bother you and continuing on with your life and stuff no matter what??
BrokenKeyboardBrokenKeyboard
- Date posted
- 2y
In my experience there is no Overcoming OCD. You live with it, you deal with it every day. Part of dealing with it is in recognizing the pain is going to be there no matter what, so would you rather spend a bunch of effort thrashing against the cage and still feeling that way or living your life and feeling that way. Some days, or nights especially, it's bad. But I'd rather get somewhere in life while I'm at it you know? I feel like there's a lot of echo chamber mentality going on with all the rosie thinking and toxic positivity. It's ok to feel bad every now and then. But there's real power in looking at your OCD square in the eyes and telling it to f*** off. You're not ignoring it, you're not pretending the thoughts don't bother you, you're recognizing that they are YOUR thoughts and you get to decide whether they mean anything or not.
ClurpClurp
- Date posted
- 2y
I feel like … yes kinda! Haha I think it’s also important to realize the thoughts aren’t you, so it doesn’t really matter if they are distressing they aren’t actually your thoughts or beliefs if that makes sense. Coming to this conclusion has helped me a lot with dealing with it day to day
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Anonymousssssss
- Date posted
- 25w
Do you have to do erp?
I’ve noticed that I’m somewhat happier also ignoring my thoughts than I am instead of doing compulsions (I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired atp) but I’ve heard you’re technically supposed to do erp rather than pushing under the rug. But idk if I have a thought I just refuse to think about it again and im fine even if I want to do compulsions
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 23w
How do you stop OCD before it starts
So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?
Ok_Paint758
- Date posted
- 20w
Is telling myself "it's just ocd" a compulsion?
When I was a child, before I knew this was OCD, I struggled with constant "magical thinking" compulsions (don't step on the crack or mom's back will actually break, etc). When I later learned this was OCD, it almost immediately solved it. Any time I got a magical thought, I would say to myself "that's just an OCD thought. ignore it." and it just stopped coming! Like seriously it fixed the magical thinking stuff forever. But of course the OCD has resurfaced in other ways. So naturally, I've tried to use the same strategy since I had so much success with it previously. But I wonder sometimes if telling myself "that's just OCD" is almost functioning as a reassurance compulsion? I hate how meta this gets. For example, I have ROCD that comes and goes. So sometimes I'll get a thought like "what if i'm still in love with my ex?" and then I'll tell myself "that's obviously just an ROCD thought" and will feel relief, almost like reassurance. But it comes back. So is telling myself that it's OCD a reassurance compulsion ?? It's just so weird because it worked so perfectly as a kid with the magical thinking thing.
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