Riga
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- 2y
joshuapjoshuap
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- 2y
I personally think it doesn't make sense to analyze the thoughts. When I try to analyze them, I just think myself deeper into a thought spiral and get more anxiety. Also if you analyze them, you signal your brain that the thought is important, so it will come back with more force and fear. Also, the goal of ERP is not to repress thoughts, but to really accept and feel them, but without doing anything about them, so no compulsions.
Kain366Kain366
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- 2y
That's pretty good advice.
joshuapjoshuap
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- 2y
@Kain366 Thanks : )
NicaNica
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- 2y
Nope, no analysis.
anxietea anxietea
- Date posted
- 2y
@Nica can you elaborate on this?
NicaNica
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- 2y
@r0s1e There’s nothing to elaborate. Analysis of your thoughts will only makes OCD worse.
Kain366Kain366
- Date posted
- 2y
Thoughts and feelings are not meant to be analyzed. They are meant to be felt. Analyzing them means you are resisting it somehow making it stronger.
Jesse M.Jesse M.
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I try to not analyze. But I do let myself think hard about my values and my needs, and make a choice about what to do next that aligns with my values. Like if I get a thought that I should stay home to stay safe instead of going out, I let myself think about how important it is for me to connect with other people. I guess it's analysis in a way. But it feels more true to myself and it helps me build up the courage to face my fear.
PubbywomwomPubbywomwom
- Date posted
- 2y
Don’t analyze.
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I see a lot of posts and comments here along the lines of... "the thoughts/urges aren't you -- they're just OCD." Though this is often true and comforting, isn't this just a form of reassurance? The way to beat OCD is by accepting that the distressing thoughts MAY be true/real, a.k.a. "from you" or "not just OCD." By brushing distressing things off as "just OCD," you excuse the thoughts and therefore feel reassured. Obviously it is good to be aware of what OCD does to you and know when you're experiencing a spiral, but crediting all distressing thoughts to OCD is a way of finding certainty about them. What do you guys think of this? Am I right or wrong? This is just the way I think about it, but I see the "this is just OCD" thing so much on here and I often wonder if that is a form of reassurance.
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