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- 2y
How to stop being afraid of
How to stop being afraid of Being Arrested.. And thrown in jail? And never being able to prove my Innocence?
How to stop being afraid of Being Arrested.. And thrown in jail? And never being able to prove my Innocence?
If the anticipatory dread of reading it is making you anxious- consider doing so sooner rather than later. If the erp sessions was really intense from writing it out, give yourself a break and permission to do something you enjoy as a reward and a calming tool. If you are too anxious to do that try breathing and mindfulness - I like this one: https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/5-4-3-2-1-countdown-to-make-anxiety-blast-off đ
Wonderful thank you so much.... Can I ask you one connected thing please? When doing the worse case scenario script... I have to read it 10 minutes a day repeating it What should I be doing when I get the fear and anxiety?
ERP therapy to help you manage the fears.
@Erin P Exactly this!
I started the ERP Today it was to write out the worse case scenario but I am so jacked up after the ERP session today What would you recommend ladies? I have to read it next few days Any tips?
Feel and accept it. For me just feeling it doesnât work. But when I accept it could happen and feel the feelings they do go down and it gets easier each time. Itâs hard but you can do it. Sending you strength.
Thank you Erin... I'm ready to do this :)
@donnocd You got this.
Your brain is trying to protect you. Thatâs why the anxiety feels so real but itâs a false sense of danger. Intrusive thoughts canât hurt you and youâre in no physical danger and no one else is either. Itâs a false alarm. Your brain is on lock good news you can get it off lock you have to learn how to put all this power you put into the ruminations and anxiety into other productive activities then you can accomplish amazing things.
Fear will kill you you canât fear anymore you canât be scared you need to show your brain irrelevance and show your brain Youâre not scared. Itâs a false alarm youâre perceiving a false threat. ďżź Once youâre able to change your relationship with your thoughts, thatâs when your healing will begin and once youâre able to say youâre not scared, youâll begin to heal.
Jacked up in a bad way Feeling very anxious that's been hours now
Hi All, just wondering if anyone here has any tips with dealing with uncertainty? My OCD centres on my being worried that I have committed a crime and canât remember doing so, I was out last weekend and my mind is telling me I attacked somebody as I got an intrusive thought to do so when passing them in a bar, my therapist says I need to sit with the uncertainty that maybe I did and maybe I didnât and have to be ok with that But if the answer is yes then how can I be ok with committing a crime and going to jail??, itâs affecting my relationship and Iâm going on holiday on Friday and Iâm worried it will ruin that, any tips would be greatly appreciated.
I know I shouldnât and Iâm trying not to ask for reassurance but how do I deal with this when I made real event mistakes in childhood? Iâve opened up to my cousin about this whoâs an adult and believes that kids can be influenced at a young age and mimic things that they see and friends and my therapist. They all see the good in me and my stupid childhood mistakes but the guilt is very strong and even though Iâve opened up Itâs telling me to open up more and more and I donât know what else it wants from me.
I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly donât know if itâs real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think itâs true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. Iâm really scared I feel like I wonât feel better as long as this âmemoryâ is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
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