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- 2y
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How do you deal with ocd urges?? It feels like I don’t care anymore and that these urges will take over? It’s frustrating me
How do you deal with ocd urges?? It feels like I don’t care anymore and that these urges will take over? It’s frustrating me
I’ve been feeling that the urges will beat me for decades. Now that it has been decades I feel more confident because I know how long I’ve gone without giving in. I’m 40 years old, still undiagnosed and the idea of me having OCD has only just been raised so I’ve gone most of my life thinking all sorts of things were true. I can’t believe the answer was so simple all along. Anyway I digress, yes, the urges are very frustrating.
I have found ERP therapy very helpful for urges and thoughts.
Same
I’ve tried living in the uncertainty today & kept myself busy but I can’t shake this feeling that I’m about to lose control & act on my thoughts. I keep feeling like I need to check in to see how I feel & keep my self safe & when I’m near my trigger it feels like I’m being pulled into doing it & feels like I want to but I’m not using compulsions. My thoughts feel like my own & feeling like I’ll be like this forever. Can someone relate or give advice 😩
I’ve had this feeling all day that I’m just gonna lose control because I’m not checking how I feel. I had this thought like oh well you wouldn’t be brushing your teeth or eating if you was gonna act on it and then I felt relief for a bit and now I’ve started getting thoughts like what’s the point in cleaning or eating if you’re gonna act on it & now I feel confused?? What’s going on
Can harm ocd give you thoughts like when you’re in front of a trigger “why don’t you do it” and sometimes I either freeze don’t know what to do with myself and then an urge to throw the item away. Is this something else? And sometimes I get thoughts like “what if I’m lying to myself” and “do you think you’re lying to yourself”
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