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- 3y
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- OCD Conqueror
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Yup This is me as well.. You're not alone
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I had to screenshot the message you left on your bio. It was what I needed to hear. And I've had this worry a few times in the past. It was really scary and intense. You know what helped me handle that fear? I would think: ok, if the police doesn't come in 15 days, then it's unlikely they're after me. But maybe it'll be 6 months, so after 6 months I'll put this worry to rest. It sounds like a compulsion and it might as well be one, but I'd wait 15 days and then the fear would subside slowly. And I was never worried about the police being after me for whatever I did 6 months ago, so I never actually tracked this much time lol but this helped me calm down over something I had no control over, such as the police coming after me or not.
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What I was basically doing is sitting with the thought, but by putting a time limit for my worry, it helped me not to engage with it. I would think: there's nothing I can do but wait and see.
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@Sumerillast Dw. Didn't mean to trigger you further, no bad intentions from my part. I'll delete it.
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Your brains on lock this is a false alarm going off in your brain your perceiving a false threat Your brain is trying to protect you. That’s why the anxiety feels so real but it’s a false sense of danger. Intrusive thoughts can’t hurt you and you’re in no physical danger and no one else is either. It’s 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.
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I have pocd and for a while, evertime someone knocked at the door I was convinced it was the fbi coming to get me haha. Now I find it ridiculous. I don't pay any attention to it
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