- Username
- crazyfeelings
- Date posted
- 5y ago
You should not play to mute your thoughts. Games is ocd and muting your thoughts is ocd that will get you to scream someday when you cannot mute it anymore. I used to have that muting problem but my brother told me that I shouldn't escape from my thoughts I should just think and relax not depress myself, and I found it quite helpful. Just relax, do not tense yourself, try to concentrate on the real problem or solution bc I think you didn't think right before, I mean it could just be that you push yourself into something you thinkg is the solution but I'm not saying that tho. Sorry I didn't focus on the main issue here but I don't know how to help you in it but that's the best I can do and I'm sure you can help yourself if you tried again and you can use some help from someone good. I am sure it's gonna end up well soon and hope you get better. Don't give up!?❤️
I’m not really playing to mute my thoughts, I’m playing because it calms me down. Like the thoughts are still there but they don’t bother me as much. I saw fthis thing that said that you should do something you enjoy for like 15 minutes to kind of calm your mind to get you in the right mindset. I guess that could be true thought I could be pushing the thoughts away??♀️ Idk though. I do seem like I’m getting better, because I still can tell what’s real and what’s not. I also can still tell when a boys a cutie?? The attraction just isn’t the same. Thank you though!!❤️❤️
Best wishes?❤️
If it bothers you its because you’re still taking it too seriously, play with the thought a little bit laugh at it, dont be so hard on yourself, with practice it’ll have the same importance as any other random thought like “i should do groceries” thing is you dont get stuck on why you have to go to the supermarket, the point is that you get scared with the “being gay” thought. When it comes, laugh at it, say “oh hey intrusive thought here you are again, ok, i guess me and my superb gayness will carry on through the day” and engage on something.
Hey there! I would say to the thought when it comes “so what if im gay?” or “then at least men would be more empathic” and laugh, each time it comes try either to accept it with a “so what” or with humor, and keep going throuh your day, when it comes confront it with “yeah right im probably the gayest person alive” put a little fun into it, ridiculize it, accept that is there and is just your sinapses trying to give you an interesting topic to engage with. The more you accept, ridiculize and then engage in other activity, the more tolerance you’ll get towards the thought and it will subside, remember, don’t fight it, don’t fear it. Accept it when it comes, laugh at it. Hang in there!!
I correct myself use the “at least women will understand me better” i missed that you’re a girl, the rest apply it the same! cheers!
That’s actually what I’ve been trying lately and it seems to work, because I know I’m not a lesbian it’s just the fact that it’s there that bothers me
Ok I’ll do that!!
Hey, how’s it been going so far?
Everything has been really good!! I’m getting better everyday. Obviously the thoughts still pop up but I don’t care anymore. I’m stronger than it and I’m showing it that I don’t care. ERP is easier I can do it during the day because I don’t get triggered as much. It’s all becoming easier
Was watching a show called atypical with my girlfriend the other day and one of the stars has a boyfriend but she starts getting infinite with her best friend who is a girl. Triggered me like crazy. I don’t have a problem with a couple girls getting intimate lol I just got spiked that her sexual orientation was then uncertain as she was sexually active with her boyfriend and still kind of experimenting with a female of the same gender. I’ve never experimented with a male and I don’t want to. I’m aware sexuality can be fluid and that’s scary. Im in love with my girlfriend and am Sexually active as well. I don’t want to leave her for anyone whether that be male or female. My intrusive thoughts always give me great anxiety when I come across situations like those presented in the show. The biggest thing I did was just accept that I can have thoughts and I don’t need to label them or judge them. I have a choice for what I want to do. I know who I am and what I want deep in my heart and I won’t allow intrusive thoughts to manipulate me. Just accept your thoughts as they are without black and white thinking and breathe. Live through your values.
After getting more acclimated to hocd thoughts, I started to fear that I have schizophrenia. I’ve been meditating a lot and have been mindful and in a really good headspace. I’ve been able to take a step back and recognize that this is just another topic of my ocd, and instead of reacting in fear and ruminating/what if-Ing everything, I’ve been able to just shrug off my intrusive thoughts and just live alongside them. Almost all day long yesterday I had the repetitive thought “schizophrenia” just popping into my head over and over. With other intrusive thoughts, I feel the fear attached to the thought, and immediately start asking “what if?” And ruminating about it until I work myself up into a huge mess and start googling for reassurance. Although annoying, I’ve been able to step back and just live with the intrusive thoughts this time, not ignoring them, but recognizing them and noting them as what they are, shrugging them off, and going on with my daily life. Eventually, I notice that they have stopped for a while. At some point, they inevitably come back, but the sting and the fear is becoming less and less. Sorry for the novel guys, but today I feel strong, and today I choose to excel and fight my ocd. We all have the strength to overcome this. We can do it. And we deserve the better life that we are working towards daily.
hi i just recently joined this app and i am terrified. i am a 15 year old girl that has been dealing with intrusive thoughts my entire life. my first recollection with it was the constant fear that my siblings would forget how to breathe. i would stay up all night just to check on them and ensure that they are ok. it went away but then i started having problems with my religion. i was so constantly scared that every move i made would disappointment god and that i would be sent to the devil. it got to the point where i would feel as if a demon was watching me while i slept. now i am dealing with my sexuality. i have known my entire life that i am straight. only ever had romantic feelings for men and never thought of women as anything more than a friend. cause of quarantine i have developed these intrusive thoughts where i feel as if everything i do will make people believe i am gay. i am an ally to the lgbtq community but i keep having these unwanted thoughts of me being homosexual even though i have never felt attracted to women. i need help. i am just a teenager but i have been suffering with ocd my entire life and just now i decided to acknowledge it. i am also way too scared to tell my parents. they are so loving and protective of me that i feel as if i will disappoint them. im sorry this was long i just needed to let it all out. have a good day!!
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