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The denial feeling is the worst. And sadly is a big part of this and a big wall to scale in OCD.
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Totally. And that’s the hardest part to overcome. I think everyone here, regardless of who we “truly are deep down” just want to know for sure. Like if I’m a monster, just let me know that I am for sure. It would be way easier to deal with. The problem is that we’re constantly seeking confirmation of a fear that isn’t true. So when we stop responding with compulsions, it doesn’t take away that fear that it could actually be our “true” selves we’re denying. And none of us can stand the idea of being in denial. What I tell myself is this: you are not the person you fear you are when you’re a ball of anxiety crying alone in your room unable to move. You are the person you are when you’re out in the world free of OCD. The things you knew about yourself then are real. OCD doesn’t bring us closer to knowing our true selves. It takes us further away.
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I feel like I’m denying something too. Do you ever feel like you’re hiding something from your family when you’re not??
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Yes definitely. I know it may have been said before but I have gotten in tune to God and religion in the past year or so and really reading passages. He doesn't wish anxiety or its effects on us. That is the devil. It has helped me to think of it as an enemy rooting around my mind trying to make me do my rituals and I refuse and think of something pleasant instead, rebuking the devil at the same time and saying No dont bother me! I have God on my side!
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Yes
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yess
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There are guarantees or certainties with OCD, unfortunately. Lapses can happen. Usually they get worse if we engage with them.
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Thanks a lot for the share, u guys! So u just continue with this strategy & it has gotten a lot better for all of you?
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Sometimes, don't u go thru lapses? How do u prevent it from turning into a relapse?
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Any suggestions on how to prevent a lapse from turning into a relapse?
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Does anyone else experience a moment of clarity where you feel strong relief that the intrusive thought isn’t true, only to then immediately start questioning if you’ve only convinced yourself that because you don’t want the thought to be true? I’m pretty confident it would take some crazy mental gymnastics to actually successfully convince myself I didn’t do something that I deep down knew I did, but every time I resist the compulsions and try to sit with the uncertainty or tell myself to think about what is logical, I usually briefly know that this probably didn’t happen but am unable to move on out of fear I’m just in denial and have convinced myself of that.
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My boyfriend is staying the weekend at his parents house for his moms birthday and my ocd was quiet for most of the day and then I had the thought of my off has been quiet so I must not actually love my boyfriend which then just kept spiraling. I did resist compulsions to the best of my ability. I think there’s some mental ones I do as well but idk what they are. Anyway how do you guys resist mental compulsions what could some mental compulsions be?
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