i can’t stop acting on my thoughts like if i have a thought i need to do a compulsion to shake it or to feel safe anyone have any tips to completely stop it’s become a habit and i’m so stressed about it
Take it one step at a time. You need to breathe first. Then journey all those worries and fears onto paper. That helps slow your mind down. Doing a cold water dunk in the bathtub for 5 mins will shock you back to reality. It will force you to focus on something else. Then set your worry on a timer. This is hard but it does work. Set a time for you to worry, like at 11AM for 15 minutes. Tell yourself that you’ve worried enough for tonight. You will worry again tomorrow at that time. It lets your brain take a break cause your not forcing yourself to stop. But your allowing it to worry, just not at this moment.
@Brooklyn_99 thank you so much i appreciate this so much💓💓
@Keira.Flynn2204 Your so welcome. It allows you to steal some mental control back.
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
I have the thought of what if I lose control and do something out of my control like scream for no reason or yelling in a store or just blurting stuff out that’s not in my control and it causes so much anxiety and causes me to feel weird. I always think I’m on the edge of losing control of myself and it’s exhausting living like this. Any tips?
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