Jtsuz145
- Date posted
- 2y
Anyone else ??
Does anyone make little bets with themselves to ease their anxiety ? For example I’ll be driving and I’ll say “if I make this green light without it turning yellow I’m not my intrusive thoughts”
skielightsskielights
- Date posted
- 2y
I usually do it when running up the stairs while something is in the background. Like if somebody is watching TV, and the into comes on, I tell myself “if I don’t make it up the stairs by the time the intro is over, something bad will happen”
maritza11maritza11
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I do that I usually do it for luck or something but trying not to
ivrecivrec
- Date posted
- 2y
In the beginning yes. OCD at its finest the big jerk.
dan_stardan_star
- Date posted
- 2y
I've made deals with myself like ok u r only allowed to do this thing 3 more times or something bad will happen. It's like I'm trying to stop myself doing compulsions but then it back fires cuz then if I want to do it again I freak out cuz I can't cuz then I'm afraid something bad will happen so then I make new rules
ivrecivrec
- Date posted
- 2y
Compulsions are never really satisfied. I had a really stupid nagging harm thought that I knew I should just let go of. I was tired and said ok just check one time to shut it up. Guess what, I checked more than once because it didn’t shut up. I felt bad because I caved in but also I felt reassured that checking in the first place was not going to work and I kinda knew that. Lesson learned. Always try to resist compulsions, they are unnecessary and don’t work for ocd.
LizzyFLizzyF
- Date posted
- 2y
Why is this a thing?
ivrecivrec
- Date posted
- 2y
I find if I am legitimately in a rush and preoccupied and check if I locked a door since I truly don’t remember checking once is sufficient. With ocd normally those intrusive thoughts don’t represent real threats and they usually make us anxious. When you do a compulsion we tell our brain this will make the anxiety go away, but this is only a temporary relief. My guess is that compulsions are really a faulty fix and that realizing that intrusive thoughts are just thoughts that can come with anxiety teaches your brain there is no threat.
Jtsuz145Jtsuz145
- Date posted
- 2y
@ivrec It just feels like such a real threat and due to all the compulsions I do the fear has grown.
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