Do y’all ever stop and just think about how stupid and unreasonable your fears are. And how with logic you clearly aren’t what you fear or that you didn’t do what you fear you did. I do this a lot but the anxiety is still there 😭
That’s clarity in the midst of OCD. Remember that and what it feels like, even if it’s just a few seconds because clarity and lack of care and finding OCD funny is what recovery’s like.
@Nica can i ask how long have u been recovered? and is acceptance a big part of recovery?
@Roccoxx555 I’ve been recovered for 3 years.
@Roccoxx555 And yes, acceptance or uncertainty is absolutely key along with staying present and not caring about your thoughts and not interacting with them in any way.
@Nica thankyou, i’ve realised now to truly not be bothered u have to stop ALL engagement
Hi there! OCD can really latch onto anything and so sometimes our intrusive thoughts seem "stupid" or "unreasonable." Luckily we can lessen the time we ruminate on those thoughts by using ERP! After doing ERP therapy for a while, I no longer got sucked into the intrusive thoughts like I use to. Have you tried ERP therapy?
Yes me and my sis joke about our OCD a lot 😭
sometimes, to try and prove my fear wrong i’ll be like “ okay, let me think of this REALISTICALLY. would i REALISTICALLY feel this way or do this thing? “ then i come up with scenarios in my head on how i think i would realistically ( or logically ) do something but then my feelings go against that thing i thought of then i start getting anxiety and start to fear that i would actually want my fear to happen or that i’d feel a certain way that proves my fear true. it’s basically just checking how i feel about something i think of to try and prove my fear wrong, checking my emotions or checking how i think i’d realistically feel towards it.. but then i may react “ unrealistically “ it goes wrong and i freak out
That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
When an intrusive thought comes I can’t just say “that’s not true” and just move on. I always feel like I have to disprove the thought and be able to say it with confidence but the problem is that the ocd doesn’t allow me to feel and say it with confidence so I get stuck for hours or even days. How can I stop feeling like I need to do this?
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