Fear of future events
How can I stop obsessing over future events and there potential outcome (personal failure etc)? I've noticed that I start to analyse the situation compulsively and think about every scenario possible. It causes lots of anxiety. This is probably also OCD?
Think about all the many events you’ve been to and everything turned out alright. Instead of “What if it goes wrong?” Think to yourself “What if it all goes right?” Substitute the wrong for right. And not every event runs smoothly all the time for most of us. But we end up seeing that all that “What if…” was for not. When I think about what may scare me or make me awkward, I make myself go. Just go and it’s sick a reward afterwards when you look back at how smooth it went. You met somebody cool, you laughed, you learned things, you relaxed once you settled in. Hope that helps.❤️
@Anonymously This is called neutralizing and it’s a compulsion
ERP therapy
Yes, but how specifically
@ROCDmensch You expose yourself to the things that scare you. You sit with the anxiety without doing any compulsions. It’s really not the thoughts that hurt us it’s the compulsions we do afterwards. In ERP therapy you learn how to do this
Such not sick .
Links that help me with future worrying: https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/shoulders-back-the-man-in-the-park/ - like “OCD wants me to worry about whether I will fail when I ….. but I’m walking away and not doing any compulsions” https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/ Like “if I do ….. I may or may not fail” ERP therapy with a good ERP therapist is the best way to do ERP, but using these methods is a good first step as there is often a waiting list for therapists.
Thank you so much!
@ROCDmensch 🫶
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