ocdhaver22
- Date posted
- 2y
sitting still
i genuinely can’t sit still cause i feel like if i do my mind will focus on the thoughts or the thoughts will start
r.m.1r.m.1
- Date posted
- 2y
I have trouble with this too. I find that if I continuously distract myself (but not avoiding the thoughts) my anxiety about having the “thoughts” gets lesser and lesser because I’m not so rattled emotionally. It’s hard to deal with something when you’re exhausted to begin with so I think it’s normal to fear going through the anxiety again
Erin PErin P
- Date posted
- 2y
I find mindful activity helps vs just sitting still. For example I do the one where you objectively look at 5 items, touch 4 things and notice how they feel, then 3 things you hear, then 2 smells and one taste - I may not be doing it right but noticing the five senses in a non judgmental way does help me relax and not overthink as much.
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- Date posted
- 20w
Stressed
I'm in college and about an hour ago i had class. I like to sit alone bc I get a bunch of stupid intrusive harm thoughts. Anyway I couldn't focus AT ALL today. This girl decided to sit next to me and I wanted to ESCAPE. Like i desperately wanted to get up and leave to the bathroom and wait till class was over. I took a deep breath and stayed anyways and tried to focus on lecture but i kept getting so many thoughts and I kept hyperfocusing on my right hand (which was next to her) and my hand felt so weird! Like tingly?? I was like "omg why is my hand feel so weird?? Does that mean i want to do something?!" And it kept imagining me grabbing at her or grabbing my drink and throwing it on her while i was trying to take a sip. I tried eating my breakfast to distract myself but i was holding a fork and got another thought. I realized i was tensing my hands (as a compulsion... i try to keep them as still as possible and as close to me as possible bc the thoughts feel so distressing and the "what if i act out " is playing in my head) And I was internally panicking and now im at the library feeling sad and i feel like I need to solve this. I spent the past hour just mentally reviewing the whole class time rn. The whole class time I was at the edge of the table trying to stay as far as i could and i would get relieved whenever she would stand up to leave the class for something. I managed to make it through the whole class without leaving though but the question in my mind is bothering me so much, "how do I know that these thoughts aren't genuine or are thoughts I want to carry out and why was my hand feeling so weird?" I feel stressed at the library and i want to figure this out 😞
nae nae
- Date posted
- 17w
Grounding techniques?
I can't focus on anything but my thoughts. I'm so inside my head, and my mom always tells me to focus on my body and my surroundings, but I can't, or maybe I just don't know how. I try to, but it doesn't help. The thoughts are still there :(
NaggingOCD
- Date posted
- 14w
struggling
the anxiety is too much i can't keep still my chest hurts my heads full of thoughts im really struggling and don't know what else to do other than deep breathing and letting the anxiety be present
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