So this sounds kind of dumb but does anyones OCD try to control everything that’s happening in their brain? Like what thoughts come up and ect.? I have this weird thing happening where I get triggered if I can’t take control of what’s going on in my head
Yes, and it is absolutely futile and a waste of time. The point of recovering from OCD isn’t to control your thoughts or get rid of the intrusive thoughts—that is ABSOLUTELY impossible to do. No one in the world can do such a thing. The point of recovery is realizing the thoughts don’t matter and to let them be.
Yes. It is completely ok to take time to slowly let go, because letting go of your ocd is never easy. Don’t rush things, but every time you catch yourself trying to control your thoughts just acknowledge them and move on.
Yes, it is so exhausting to constantly have intrusive thoughts pop up in my mind and have zero control over them. I get extremely overwhelmed if my mind becomes stronger than I am. I try to remember that I cannot figure out what my brain wants me to. There is no way I can predict something out of my control so there is no point in letting me brain think that I can.
This is OCD in a nutshell, as we feel we have a lack of control based on the obsessive thoughts and when the thoughts ate distressing, of course we will try and block them put, anticipate and control them. But NOONE has control of their thoughts from their brain, it's automatic. We just have control of how we respond. Try and allow what thoughts comeup. The brain is a creative thinking device