Sorry lately I’ve been asking a lot of questions I get worried asking questions Incase im using it as reassurance this sort of links into my questions. How do I know if I’m doing ERP correctly? Why does OCD feel so real? Why do my OCD thoughts feel so natural?
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@J.B95 This is what I mean like is me asking questions effecting my progress? Because In a way it is a form of reassurance which links back to am I doing ERP correctly. I find it so hard to sit with the anxiety I switch into rumination on auto pilot before I even realise it
The first question I would answer with you don’t know, sit with with the uncertainty and just do your best. The second 2 I would say because it comes from your own brain, and also if it didn’t feel real or natural then you wouldn’t care or take notice, which wouldn’t be ocd
I was finding myself asking questions on here everyday and I now haven’t posted anything in 11 days (that’s huge for me), I realised that actually I was looking for reassurance so I decided to stop! A couple of weeks ago my main obsession was not doing the ERP correctly, I have now learned that ‘maybe I am, maybe I’m not but I’m going to carry on doing it anyway’, this is something my therapist taught me and has massively helped. OCD does feel so real, I obsess about getting better and it feels so real to me that I have no chance of recovering, but I guess what’s why it makes it so debilitating. Hang on in there! You know what to do, the OCD is just trying to convince you that you don’t. It catches me out still
@Ellsx I feel like I am looking for reassurance too. I doubt I even have ocd and that I’m in denial of who I truly am and it makes me sad tbf. I’m not doing enough ERP I keep saying il start tomorrow and I don’t. I’ve had it with ERP before when I’ve exposed myself to something and not felt any anxiety then I’m like why don’t I have anxiety it’s like I’m addicted to the anxiety to prove that it’s ocd and it doesn’t align with my values
@Ellsx Also I’ve just seen on your profile that you suffer/suffered with Existential OCD. I had this and I didn’t even know it was OCD I assumed it was some kind of phycosis or something because I had a bad trip when I used to use drugs. But I questioned everything about my life… if I was real, if my family was real, If I was in a dream, if this was a simulation now them thoughts cross my mind and I’m like I don’t care but I don’t know how I got to not caring 🤣
@JoeG1146 The existential OCD theme absolutely terrified me and I have no idea it was OCD at the time either. I get the thoughts now and almost laugh at them like lol nice try 😂😂
@Ellsx Currently going through HOCD and to put it lightly it is a nightmare by far the worst theme I’ve suffered ! Had it bad since October
I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didn’t realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. I’m not 31 and I’ve been in therapy for a year and it’s helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff I’m dealing with isn’t ocd and I’m exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and I’ll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe it’s not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if I’m making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something you’re doing actually is ocd or not.
! 4 years OCD ! Not giving up ! Thank you for being here! Hello Everyone! I got questions about OCD. It would help so much to get the answers. 1. How do i know if a fear is a real threat or an OCD threat? What is real and what not? 2. Doing exposure, its very scary and so loud. Does anyone know how to make it more comfortable or on what to do if you are doing exposure? 3. If im not doing a compulsion what OCD wants, how do i know if im really safe for the hour, day, week or any time? I want to say THANK YOU to all the people who are helping the people! Nocd is really one of the most best things the world have ever known. It can help people so much. You are real heroes.
So been trying to do erp with my therapist for a while now, and tis really hard and feels like it's not working. Il get this weird sensation or feeling that makes me feel"gay" or as if I'm attracted to someone, and I know my therapist keeps telling me" you don't have to put meaning into the thoughts or feelings" but that seems impossible to do because and I'm sorry to say, it makes me feel that specific way. And I'll use the Erp quotes, "maybe maybe not" or"the more I struggle, the worse it gets" or"these feelings and thoughts are here, but I'm choosing to let them be" and I'll do nothing and try to let it be here but it's so distracting and feels very real, and it's like this sensation, small or big and it last all day, and even just sitting with it isn't working. And my therapist will tell me"you don't have to believe in it" and I'm sorry I feel like if it were that easy, OCD would have never been a problem in the first place, or live with uncertainty, however it doesn't feel like uncertainty, but feels very truthful or valid. Idk what I'm doing wrong tho
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