I’ve tried knitting, coloring , music and working out none of these help me does anyone have any suggestions as to what hobbies I can go to distract my brain? I keep thinking of new things that are upsetting me and acting on them. I want like a solid hobby that I can look forward too and actually commit too.
Gardening is nice because you get to see things grow as you put effort in :-)
@Just another OCD guy Maybe 🤔
What kinds of things are you already interested in? I have ADHD which means I'm basically a walking encyclopedia of hobbies lmfao
@skwishy Haha I really like creating things and hands on activities I can’t do something where I have to write or anything though that bores me
@Kndymomma Okay! You might consider: - sculpting - spreadsheets (ask for clarity before you dismiss it, I swear this can actually be fun) - drawing without stressing yourself over whether or not it's good (there's no such thing as good or bad art) - Legos - models - board games - dungeons and dragons (or Pathfinder or whatever) - making soap/bath bombs
@skwishy I’ll definitely consider these thank you very much
I took up lino-cutting a bit ago! Really fun and satisfying! You can print on all kinds of things too (fabric, paper) and just have little stamps of your art:)
TW: suicidal Constantly fixated on the fact of helping people. I’m always doing compulsions like checking social medias to see if people need help etc, it’s exhausting cause I’m so sad I’m unable to help everyone. I just don’t know what to do and if I’m being entirely honest it’s making me not wanna be here anymore. I’m afraid that if i walk away from my phone for even 5 minutes someone will be in need and in danger and I want be there to help therefore it’s my fault etc. how can i cope with this? Obviously I want to help people but I wanna do it in different ways
Advice needed please: Has anybody ever been in a situation where something traumatic or heartbreaking was happening in their life and struggled with rumination? I know there is like a normal amount that you should process something and cry it out but I don’t know that it is conducive to anything to do that on and off for hours? Wouldn’t it at a certain point be considered unhelpful rumination? And if so how does one stop? Because I’m going through something so hurtful and confusing that I don’t know how to stop thinking about it and the usual distractions don’t work for very long. And idk how important this is but it just happened today so it’s very fresh which makes it even harder to not think about and “figure out” why x, y, z happened. Goodness, I’m sorry if I’m weird or a baby
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
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