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- Brian :)
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- 1y ago
How can I learn to accept and cope with uncertainty in life?
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How can I accept the uncertainty ?
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- Maddy211Maddy211
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- 1y ago
Exposure for me feels like a leap of faith. Whenever I do an exposure I choose to sit with the feeling of uncertainty even though it’s hard work and invest my attention in anything else (for example peeling chestnuts in my case) and let the “what if’s unanswered jn the back of my mind. The more experience you get with these exposures over time the more you will learn that eventually you can handle uncertainty, in my experience. You got this!
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- Brian :)Brian :)
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- 1y ago
@Maddy211 Thank u
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- Lauren12Lauren12
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- 1y ago
!Good question Brian:)
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- Lauren12Lauren12
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- 1y ago
Would you like to connect Brian? I am dealing with Scrupulosity, religious ocd etc.
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- Brian :)Brian :)
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- 1y ago
@Lauren12 Yes I would absolutely love to ! I could use some ocd friends .
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- Lauren12Lauren12
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- 1y ago
@Brian :) What would you like to connect with?
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- Anonymous 99Anonymous 99
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- 1y ago
@Lauren12 Hi Lauren, just saw your comment. Are you doing ERP for your religious/Scrupulosity OCD? If so, how’s that going? I’m struggling with ERP for this theme feels so hard. (I am a Christian)
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- Lauren12Lauren12
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- 1y ago
@Anonymous 99 I haven't started it yet! I am tracking my symptoms first! What about you? Would you like to connect?
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- Anonymous 99Anonymous 99
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- 1y ago
@Lauren12 Oh ok! How can we connect? Is there a way to message on here??
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- Lauren12Lauren12
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- 1y ago
@Anonymous 99 I don't think so! Snapchat, FB, email, Telegram, text. What would you like to use?
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- Anonymous 99Anonymous 99
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- 1y ago
@Lauren12 I just downloaded Telegram! How can I message you on there?
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- Lauren12Lauren12
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- 1y ago
@Anonymous 99 My username is @Lauren4you
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- Ruthie BrooksRuthie Brooks
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- Therapist
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- 1y ago
Recovery is a gradual progression and it takes time and practice of the accepting what already exists, which is uncertainty. When you're feeling the urge to seek the certainty, lean in to the uncertainty of "maybe or maybe not". OCD wants you "trick" you into seeking the certainty when it is unattainable.
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- Brian :)Brian :)
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- 1y ago
@NOCD Therapist - Ruthie B. Thank you! I’ve told my therapist how even though I’m so aware of being tied into this scenario million times, it’s still tempting to give into ...one after one . It can feel quite degrading sometimes on the aftermath of an exposure . My brain will automatically signal me I should worry or be anxious just for not giving into the normal routine when something is alerting
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- Brian :)Brian :)
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- 1y ago
@Brian :) So many years :/ battling this monster . I just turned 20 and I’ve been dealing with this since 14. High school was hard to maintain and prioritize while having rumination in mornings . My themes switched up on me during sophomore year . Pedo ocd c contamination, real event wws one of my worse ones to deal with , and now I have 3 years with TOCD.
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- Twelve Squirrels in a TrenchcoatTwelve Squir...
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- 1y ago
I use neutral statements for my "what if's". In a way it makes them seem less scary while letting them exist. Overtime the questions feel unimportant, like you don't need to answer them because let's be real: how many times have you tried to answer them and you were just led in circles? Enough times to be diagnosed with OCD 😅 (Same here!) So it's more of, "I don't know and I don't care". Eventually you won't need to reassure yourself
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