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 🫶
Hi there, does anyone have any tips for dealing with constant mental rumination. I did something that I despise myself for and i can’t stop playing it step by step in my head (though I’m forgetting loads now/ false memory is occurring). I can’t eat or sleep or work as all I’m doing is going over and over this event. Any tips are appreciated Thanks x
I’m not sure if I have OCD, but recently I’ve been feeling uncomfortable/uneasy when things don’t go as planned or when someone breaks the rules or if things needed to be a certain way. It would be the littlest thing that goes differently then what I thought would happen it brings out a lot of anxiety and the feeling of being uncomfortable also I feel very overwhelmed/stimulated. I’ve also developed a constant thought of death and how we are all going to die one day feels like an obsession at this point and it keeps me up, drives me crazy. Is this ocd?
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