Does anyone have recommended tips or tricks for stopping their ruminating compulsion? I’m stuck on the hamster wheel and would like to get off now.
This may sound ridiculous, but let yourself stay on the hamster wheel! The more you try to get yourself off, the more your brain will try to fight you on it. When you give into the ruminations, your OCD knows that it's got you. Sit with your thoughts and prove that they don't bother you. When your brain realizes you don't care about being on the hamster wheel, you'll realize you're suddenly off it!
@Anonymous So much this!
@Anonymous Sounds like a good approach.
Hi , I’m so sorry u are stuck, I know how that feels. Try not engaging in the thought, let it be there, and you can say “maybe, maybe not”, or “ i don’t have to figure that out right now”, and then continue doing what u were doing before the intrusive thought came up. Sometimes I have to just keep doing this a ton of times when the ocd/ rumination cycle tries to get me stuck, but overtime by resisting the compulsion to ruminate, it gets less and less, and then I build confidence that I can handle/ sit with the uncertainty, it teaches my brain something new. Be kind to yourself, move towards your values, try to just be in the present moment, these are just things iv learned, hope it helps💝🤗🙏
@one step at a time😊🙏💝 I still am trying to build confidence of sitting with uncertainty. I don’t ruminate as much. Certain things activate my intrusive thoughts, more than others. I try to stay in the present.
I feel like I need to ruminate to prove I wouldn’t do anything bad
@em24# I feel need to ruminate at times to prove to myself that I actually did things, got things done during the day.
If you had a magic mirror or a crystal ball that told you the future, would OCD even believe it?
@lexaprowoes Good question. I guess so when any future events occur.
hi. so one big factor of my OCD is rumination. i met a guy who i have a crush on the idea of (idea bc there are red flags). my biggest fear is not finding true love, my ex told me no one else would deal with what i have (my ocd, specifically reassurance seeking and getting overstimulated after intimacy). a few weeks ago, my friends and family all gathered and tried to give me advice that sounded like “you’re shy and you’ll never find someone.” after that, i’ve felt off. i’ve been using an unhealthy coping skill, daydreaming, and i’ve just felt unbalanced. my ocd makes everything feel different sometimes, i can’t explain it. life, myself, almost like being in a dissociated state. has anyone else experienced that? i don’t know how to remain balanced during my off times and i know pms exasperates it all. i take ashwaghanda and omega 3s in a multi vitamin daily. i take them all together in the evening but i’ve missed three days recently and also messed with my rocky sleep schedule because of fun times with friends. i hope these supplements work, because i don’t know if i’d be brave enough for medication. i had a bad reaction on prozac and often am forgetful. i just have been battling my OCD consciously for almost ten years now and unconsciously for longer. i am so tired, as my mental health extends beyond my OCD. i’m in talk therapy with some cbt aspects but i only see her twice a month. i’ve broken down so many times and promised myself id get on track or that certain things would work, but it’s like i am stuck in a circle that gets smaller when i’m able to help myself. i just want to be normal. i want to be able to mess up my sleep schedule to enjoy good times and not suffer horrible consequences or fear that i will be entirely thrown off balance. i don’t want to worry or doubt or feel so dissociative that i squint my eyes for a moment and wonder why i feel so unreal. i will never understand why god has allowed me to go through this. i cannot let it be for nothing but i don’t know how much more to bend and contort my body and brain to get somewhere stable but how lovely it would be if i could. i don’t have much of a schedule right now, i get apathetic and give in with things from time to time. one thing can trigger me and i am back to square one wether in a week or month. any advice, any and all is so helpful. your stories, your thoughts. maybe feeling less alone and knowing what has helped you is exactly what i need right now. thank you 💗
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
Is it just me or is reddit and quora the worst things to be on when you’re in a spiral or just in general when you have OCD? Why is it always mostly negative replies on there or just ‘move on, get over it’ ‘break up’, ‘what’s wrong with you?’ responses? I’ve accidentally made it a habit/compulsion to go on there when I’m freaking out about something and it always makes me worse - especially when it comes to ROCD! It always make me doubt my own thoughts and emotions :(
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