Anonymous24
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- 2y
Tips for Mental Compulsions
Hi! What are your best tips for those who struggle with mental compulsions?
Lolo1017Lolo1017
- Date posted
- 2y
“Cool story, Bro…I’m going to move on with my day” ☺️
MintyMLPMintyMLP
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
This is great! I really like responding to my OCD with sarcasm.
Anonymous24 Anonymous24
- Date posted
- 2y
@MintyMLP Do you ever agree with your thoughts as a technique?! I’m getting hung up on how this is supposed to work 😂 like isn’t agreeing with them validating them?
Lolo1017Lolo1017
- Date posted
- 2y
@Anonymous24 You’re not agreeing or accepting the content of the thoughts, you’re accepting that they’re there, a false alarm has been activated, and your brain/body responded. That’s it. Nothing to see here.
MintyMLPMintyMLP
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
When things get overwhelming I write down ALL of my OCD thoughts. Then I go down the list and respond to each one with a maybe statement "Maybe this is true, maybe not". Then I tell OCD "Thank you." "Thank you for reminding me how much I care about X" because OCD targets what you care about the most.
MintyMLPMintyMLP
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Sometimes mentally responding to mental compulsions is just too hard. It feels like I'm untying knots in my brain. If I write things down it clarifies what exactly OCD is trying to tell me and then I can attack it the way it needs to be attacked.
Anonymous24 Anonymous24
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- 2y
@MintyMLP Okay I started doing this too and it has helped!! I agree, it’s like untying knots in your brain and it gets messy really quick. I feel like it’s easier to start ruminating when you try to handle it all mentally sometimes.
MintyMLPMintyMLP
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Saying "I'll worry about this later." Or "I don't need to fix this right now" and really working on being OK with having an uncomfortable feeling
Anonymous24 Anonymous24
- Date posted
- 2y
@MintyMLP And yes! I’m working on becoming okay with those uncomfortable feelings. Sometimes the desire to get that certainty feels sooo strong and like I don’t even want to combat my ocd. It’s hard!
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- 25w
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- 23w
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