I feel like my OCD gives me this need to dig around and find answers and it can cause me to just live inside my head for hours, even days on end. I found this article and it’s helped me a lot so I thought I would share it here: https://drmichaeljgreenberg.com/how-to-stop-ruminating/
How's your progress? I noticed that mine becomes meta and I always go back to ruminating on how not to ruminate.
I hear you, because I feel like our OCD tries to reroute us back into that mindset of trying to do something. I try to remind myself of this quote: “Remember that ruminating is doing something, and not ruminating is not doing it. If someone says they’re not ruminating but it requires effort, that tells us that they are doing something, which indicates a flaw in their approach. Not ruminating needs to feel like getting off of a treadmill, not getting onto one.”
I tried repeating mantras like that but it became another compulsion for me >_<
Was wondering if anyone liked to share how they deal with Severe rumination and anxiety , as I’m always looking to Add to my tool box . Thanks 🙏
I'm having the hardest time right now with my own ruminating negative thoughts that may or may not possibly come true. I fear the worst and replay what that looks like in my head over and over. The best I can do is my best and wait for the horror to end. I want to cry, but can't. I'm scared and alone in my head. My anxiety is extreme. What should I do in the meantime while I'm going through this? How can I minimize or stop the way I'm feeling? Please, I need help.
Advice needed please: Has anybody ever been in a situation where something traumatic or heartbreaking was happening in their life and struggled with rumination? I know there is like a normal amount that you should process something and cry it out but I don’t know that it is conducive to anything to do that on and off for hours? Wouldn’t it at a certain point be considered unhelpful rumination? And if so how does one stop? Because I’m going through something so hurtful and confusing that I don’t know how to stop thinking about it and the usual distractions don’t work for very long. And idk how important this is but it just happened today so it’s very fresh which makes it even harder to not think about and “figure out” why x, y, z happened. Goodness, I’m sorry if I’m weird or a baby
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