So I took a therapists advice to agree with the thoughts and pretend they’re true. And it made my anxiety go away almost all the way then I questioned if I feel good because I accepted the thoughts and theyre true now my anxiety is spiked and I get panic. What do you think any ACTUAL advice?
Agree, say yes you do feel good. And then if any other thoughts come with that, agree with them too. Because now you’ve already agreed to the biggest thoughts, the subordinates will be a lot easier to get over.
I think it’s actually the fact that we can say it without fear that create this satisfaction. And directly the brain goes back to work lol
Agreeing with the thoughts doesn’t make your thoughts true.. it tricks your brain because it will stop sending those false alarms since there is nothing to worry about. OCD’s job is to make it feel as real as possible. If it didn’t it wouldn’t be ocd.. remember ocd is ego-Dystonic. Agreeing with the thoughts is acknowledging that thoughts are there and thoughts are thoughts.. don’t align meaning to them
That is the actual advice even if you don’t like it. You need to desensitize and habituate to the thoughts and that’s one of the ways in ERP you do that.
I have a question My OCD has felt almost invisible the past few weeks and now that is starting to stress me out a lot. Right now I am at a point in my treatement where I was asked if I would like to take medication. I told my therapist this week that I would like to try the medication based on how miserable I feel in during OCD flare ups. But now my brain always tells me that I only go throught this treatement etc. to seek attention and that I am just dramatic and should be ashamed of myself for wanting to take this medication. So now I am doubting if I should take the medication or not. Any advice?
my therapist suggested that some of my less bad rocd intrusive thoughts are actually mine, and not intrusive. She ended up taking it back when she saw the alarm on my face and saw how panicked I got. I feel really freaking anxious. We were only talking about it because I mentioned a lot of doubt surrounding those less bad ones, but it only filled me with more doubt. I don’t want those thoughts to be mine. I really don’t. I feel scared and so discouraged after this session. I feel scared about the worst thoughts, what if those aren’t intrusive. I feel so much doubt.
I went to a therapist, I told her about the doubts I was having related to my orientation and the continuous compulsion to check again and again and the thoughts. I told her about my resources -podcasts by Ali Greymond, Chrissie Hodges 's videos, and the books I read to overcome and control myself. She said a couple of things that confused me: 1> Her daughter once asked her "what if she liked girls?" As a mom my therapist said, "Start exploring", and the daughter said naahh. I wonder if the daughter had a thought or was it a chain of intrusive thoughts that plagued her day and night like in my case. 2> She said my sources are right, but I should forget that and not think that I have ocd. 3> She also said if there is any chance I am straight, I should walk on that path- because she has seen lesbians and gays have no feelings for the opposite sex. She said she could see that I was not gay or lesbian in any way. 4> She was interested in my education and masters degrees wasted a lot of time talking about that. 5> She said all these thoughts are causing me anxiety disorders (but I don't have ocd, doc?) 6> She pointed out that being happy and in the present removes these thoughts totally but I am causing myself unnecessary distress. I was doing well before this talk with the therapist now I am triggered a bit. Please share your thoughts.
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