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- 1y ago
Help
Guys are these thoughts me I need help they can’t be me😢
Guys are these thoughts me I need help they can’t be me😢
We can’t control the thoughts that come in, but we can control how we react to them
Take a deep breath in….and out!
Thoughts are just thoughts. Feelings are just feelings. They are like clouds passing through
I’ve had similar feelings, not knowing whether or not my thoughts are real, and being incredibly hopeless as a result of that. However, therapy/ERP showed that for me, usually the real relief doesn’t come from determining the validity of the thoughts, but rather embracing the uncertainty surrounding them. In my experience, being better able to embrace uncertainty results in less anxiety surrounding the thoughts, and a kind of natural clarity follows. It took a lot of time, vulnerability, consistency, and willingness, but things aren’t like they were for me prior to starting ERP. I still struggle sometimes, but I see the recovery process as a marathon, not a sprint. I hope this helps in some way!
Thoughts are nonsense. It means nothing about you. It’s only sticking around bc your brain flagged it as important since you are responding to it with fear. Let it be. We all have crazy, weird thoughts. Accept that it is there and continue on with your day. I promise you it will pass once you stop caring about it (and if that happens, no that doesn’t mean that you like the thought bc it doesn’t cause you to be anxious anymore!)
Lately, I have been able to manage my OCD thoughts kind of. They’re still there but I kind of push them away? I know that pushing them away doesn’t help but it’s been my only way to survive. I get scared often about things like clothes or my voice or how I present myself. I get scared that I want to dress differently or act differently and it scares me. I know for a fact I don’t want boobs or anything like that, but my mind constantly is like “What if?” and it kills me. It has ruined everything for me. Sometimes I can’t even look in the mirror because I get scared that I won’t like what I see. I’ve also been afraid because I find myself relating to many female characters, or I want to act like them. Like Pearl from Steven Universe. I want to be graceful and elegant like her, but I don’t want to be a girl you know? My mind constantly pushes these thoughts of what if and images. Because I am not like most guys. Which I know is okay. It just freaks me out. It makes me question every aspect of my being. I know who I am, but I know that the only way to move forward is to accept that maybe I don’t.. It’s just a lot.
the thoughts are getting MUCH worse i need help someone please help me i don't know what to do. before it used to be different in the 5th grade but over the past 2 years it changed forms. no one knows about these thoughts. i cant bring myself to tell a trusted adult. i just need help i keep getting attacked with these thoughts.
I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh
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