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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Wow that does sound awful but I understand because sometimes I wake up at night and if ocd is attacking me I feel confused and i doubt a lot and i feel nauseous and sick and sometimes I even cry so much I gag. But what helps me is to listen to some music and just breathe in and out. I sometimes feel guilty about past mistakes and things like that and it scares me and i doubt myself and it’s all very confusing. But one thing that helps me a lot is just talking to God and leaving it all in God’s hands. I know you might not be a Christian but either way just take a deep breath and when you start having the thoughts just sit and think to yourself “ I may be worrying over nothing this may just be the ocd causing me to freak out and worry “ and if it gets worse then maybe talk to a trusted friend or parent? Maybe a therapist? I’m sorry you feel like this but my therapist tells me that it won’t always be like this it’s only temporary and that helps sometimes.
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- 5y ago
Hmmm... without knowing the details of the bad thing it’s hard for me to really understand what’s going on or if “fixing” the mistake is a compulsion. It might be? Remember that OCD is kind of like a game of whack-a-mole: if one theme stops working, another pops up. Until you can really face each intrusive thought with uncertainty and sit with the anxiety until it dissipates. No matter how upsetting or disturbing the thought may feel.
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- 5y ago
Thank you @Hannah2004 very much. I was in talk therapy but it didn't do much good. Thank you for your kind words
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- 5y ago
@pureolife I feel embarrased about the mistake, and I see how "fixing it" could be a compulsion. I agree, my last topic just didn't set me on panic mode anymore, but this other one came in. And boom! But today I'm handling it in a non compulsive manner. I haven't done anything to correct it, I'm just waiting
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- 5y ago
Perfect! And good job! I know that’s really really hard to do. But it will get easier!
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This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
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