How do you guys cope with a bad ocd episode without performing compulsions? I’m having a hard time right now, getting a lot of intrusive thoughts
When it's happened accept this. Open exposure in this app. Rate you distress level. Be with this. Don't make compulsion. Brainstorm copping thought like "its OCD now", "i can handle this". Watch you amigdala and body calm down. Its take time. Rate you distress level after. It's how you cope. Make step further And Provoke you OCD episode in day when it's not happening. Make exposure same way. It's how Heal youself completely.
What helps me is going outside for a walk or watching Netflix while doing something else. It's normal to have an episode and know that it will pass.
Breathing deeply. Mindfulness. When I am able to calm down enough ERP.
I am currently having a bad ocd trigger and doubt, and ocd is coming up with more what if’s? What do I do?
I been dealing with OCD my entire life but recently I been finding it really difficult to find the slightest relief. I know it’s not good to do but I been trying not to think of the thoughts but of course they come back even stronger. Does anyone know what I could do in the meanwhile ? Thank you
I’ve been stuck in this cycle for the last month or two and am not sure how to get out of it. Basically, I will work on ignoring the thoughts and not responding or engaging plus limiting/completely eliminating compulsions. After a week or two of constant work, the amount of intrusive thoughts in a day goes down. The anxiety each thought causes also goes down with some, but not all, thoughts passing without notice like they would for a normal person. The thoughts that do stick cause anxiety and make me want to ruminate or do other compulsions but I make sure to limit them. After a bit, I’m in a pretty good head space. This is usually when it goes down hill. I’ll start to question if I even have ocd because some of the thoughts (once again not all) pass without notice. The difficulty resisting compulsions goes down and so does the anxiety, only increasing the questioning. I spend a while questioning if I’ve ever had ocd in the first place and then something sets me off or the questioning itself becomes a trigger and I get stuck back into the same ocd cycle with constant rumination, anxiety, and other compulsions. This lasts for a week or two before I know I need to stop and try and work hard to get back to ignoring the thoughts. And the cycle just restarts over and over again. Does anyone have any tips to stop this from happening? It’s really harming my recovery as every few weeks I dive back into the same negative place I was.
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