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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!)
My thoughts are telling me to act on them and to attach feelings to the thoughts when I do it feel so real with feelings like when I see a girl I have to say she beautiful and I don’t get scared but I be having feelings when I say she’s cute as if I rlly mean it fr I hate this help me feel like I’m rlly gay fuckkkkk
Am I really these thoughts? It feels like I am. It feels like I’m this monster and there’s nothing I can do about it
Ugh. I hate my thoughts. I don’t even feel like me - depersonalization of it all. Im on my medication and sometimes i feel ok but the thoughts im having are so hard. I know if i didn’t have it ocd these thoughts wouldnt exist. Its all hypothetical questions that scare me. “If you were a rapist would you enjoy it” “if you were a rapist would you rape someone who looks like that “ Just bad sexual intrusive thoughts. Im trying to give myself grace because ocd is brutal. I know ultimately theyre just thoughts but i feel like the answer to them is yes - that could be ocd lying to me though. Im scared of these thoughts. I want my mind back. Any help would be appreciated
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