Thinking about "it" 24/7

Im thinking about it (the obsession) 24/7. If my mind wanders off for like 4 seconds, it goes right back to the thought and Id be like: yes, at least I didnt think about it for 4 seconds, 4 seconds release. Im constantly checking if I still think about it (even though I try not to it goes automatically) and that there is the thought/obsession again, I think about it. Its there 24/7, during everything I do, during every conversation, etc. I cannot live on autopilot, wander off or think about something else for more than 5 seconds. This goes on for months. Its driving me totally crazy! Is this normal for OCD? Does everyone with OCD have this. Is thinking and checking if still thinking about it 24/7 common in OCD?

Username: blaze19starblaze19star

Date posted: 1y ago

i was here a couple months back, it was endless, day in day out every moment of every day for months, but i’m much better now, have much more time without thoughts, still struggling and not recovered but things will improve if u put action into recovery and keep up hope, i promise it can get better

Username: MyLifeIsOCDMyLifeIsOCD

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you so much! Im so glad youre doing better!!!

Username: blaze19starblaze19star

Date posted: 1y ago

@Day23 when it first starts easing up your brain will feel weird because your so used to thinking of thoughts, this will pass and just ride the wave of healing, it takes time to adjust, also thankyou

Username: MyLifeIsOCDMyLifeIsOCD

Date posted: 1y ago

@Day23 Thank you again! This really makes me feel better and hopefull again, it gives me power! 😃

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 1y ago

What wrong with the thoughts being there? Is it such a bad thing if they never go away? I ask this, because the key to recovering from OCD is just not caring. As long as you are bothered and upset about this obsession, it won’t go away. Recovering from OCD is not about making the thoughts go away, it’s about not caring that the thoughts are there. I’ve been obsessing about the same thing for two years now. And I find that the more I fight it, hate it, or get down on myself, the more miserable I am. You can’t control or stop thought, so live your life how you want to, the best you can, regardless of your thoughts. You’ve got this, keep your head up and keep moving forward.

Username: Dee CDee C

Date posted: 1y ago

I’m not an expert and passing along some information acquired in my OCD journey. When you fight against or check the thoughts, you’re signaling the brain to mark them as being important. We all have horrible thoughts. Those not having OCD will just shrug them off and not let them bother or give meaning to them. That’s contrary to those of us with OCD. It takes practice not to react to the thoughts or to follow them down the rabbit hole of trying to figure/checking (‘it’) them out. Lean toward the uncertainty.

Username: MyLifeIsOCDMyLifeIsOCD

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you so much! I try to let the thoughts be there and the anxiety! Ill try that a little more, thank you!! ❤️

Username: taantaan

Date posted: 1y ago

i experience this every single day. even while i’m trying to sleep. if i sleep, i will wake up anxious every time due to the thoughts. you are not alone.

Username: MyLifeIsOCDMyLifeIsOCD

Date posted: 1y ago

Im so sorry! Me too... the last thing I fall asleep with is the thought/obsession and the first thing i wake up with is the rhought/obsessoon. I just want to calm down, let my mind wander, think about something else...

Username: taantaan

Date posted: 1y ago

@Day23 yes! i am with you 100%. i had a horrible thought about my boyfriend last week and i have been crying endlessly. i cant even do anything without that thought being there. i sleep with the thought and wake up with it. we have to try to be a bit compassionate :(

Username: MyLifeIsOCDMyLifeIsOCD

Date posted: 1y ago

@nat19 Ahhhh! I know what youre goong through, youre not alone... Whether it is sadness or anxiety, ocd grabs it and make it an obsession and be in your mind 24/7... right? :(

Username: Lizzie Lizzie

Date posted: 1y ago

This post was a long time ago, but I wanted to comment to say I found a lot of identification in it. I also have thoughts 247 and they are relentless, they’ve even popped up in my dreams and when I get up in the night to go to the loo they are immediately start again. I and depressed and want to sleep all the time to shut it all out. I fear the thoughts will always be there forever and make it impossible to fully enjoy my relationship with my boyfriend because I’m never present. I’ve had several subsets of OCD in the past including contamination, harm, fear of contracting aids, as well as body dysmorphia and anorexia which are part of the same obsessive family. I have moved on from those, but then ROCD struck, which moved to SO OCD. These are the worst themes ever and linger all day long, even when I’m not actively having a flare up and panicking.

Username: sabracadabra

Date posted: 5y ago

Hi everyone. Ive been having the same OCD thought for weeks. How do I move on? I feel like my brain is stuck. Sometimes I think about it so much I get dizzy and my head feels like I just came up from underwater.

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 5y ago

I don’t want this to sound like reassurance, I’m just not sure. I’m pretty new to this and not officially diagnosed yet. But please can I ask- I am constantly thinking about this everyday, from the minute I wake up until I go to sleep. It used to ease off but not so much anymore. It’s not so much the original rOCD thoughts anymore (although they’re still there, I’m struggling to find them, I’m just feeling more lost and sad) but I’m constantly questioning is this OCD, or ‘I don’t have that symptom so it can’t be’ or ‘these therapists just want your money, there is no such this as rOCD’. I’m feeling sort of sad really- and my brain is telling me it’s my relationship but there’s nothing wrong with my relationship. Is it normal to be thinking like this, all day every day- is that obsessing? (I know this sounds like a silly question but my brain is playing all sorts of games with me at the moment!)

Relationship OCD

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 4y ago

Hi! I have OCD in a few different subtypes. Even when my brain isn't stuck on those scary obsessions and compulsions, it seems like it is getting stuck on every thought that comes in. Like my brain is constantly and very intensely trying to find problems to solve all throughout the day no matter what I'm thinking about, even if they aren't specific OCD thoughts. It's super exhausting! Is this a common thing with OCD? Does anyone else experience this?

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