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I don’t do compulsions, I don’t have anything I avoid or anything that really triggers me, I’m just constantly worried that maybe I am a bad person and have random horrible thoughts, can be about anything really? Any advice on what can help?
And I don’t really get stuck on any thought in particular they kinda just flow all day
Also tips for how to stop yourself for going so deep into thought about the things that are bothering you. I’m having a very hard time not just thinking and thinking into things all day, then by the end of the day I believe all the things my ocd tells me because I’ve spent my whole day on it
it was really hard for me to recognize my compulsions at first because they’re almost entirely mental. like if i get a disturbing thought about myself and it bothers me, i feel the need to go deep into the thought and examine all the possibilities and ways it could be true— which is a mental compulsion. any behavior (physical or mental) that you engage in in order to soothe the anxiety from those thoughts is a compulsion. wondering if it’s something like that— it’s called “pure o” ocd.
@paulinacoffin Okay but how do you stop doing that compulsion??
When you notice you are doing that, loudly lie to yourself, and repeat. Whatever is revolving in your head, turn it around and say the opposite. You know you are lying. It takes a while. Mine was im fat and ugly. I stripped naked and stood in front of the mirror at least once a day, and long and loud i would repeat oh my pretty tummy (pretty flabby and doughy) and then same with every icky piece of me. I lost 35 pounds and felt no t only did i look better, but I really did come to admire my soft baggy saggys. My, feet are much happier though 🥰. We lie to ourselves all the time. Do it for yourself on purpose
I love music. Sometimes a part of a song gets stuck in my head and I drive myself nuts trying to stop. UNTIL I found my answer to that one; Kung Fu Fighting. For some reason it never gets stuck but it DOES break the other song. I try to find ways to break the repeating thoughts, which are seldom anything useful. So far i have learned that i can turn a whine whimper moan into a skip and a silly "errr-(realize im doing it) and now errrr ahOOPSADOODLE! with a forced chuckle. It helps. And when i stub a toe or suchlike, I used to say "Damn that toe! (or whatever part of me hurt). Now i say "bless it until ive pulled myself out of the obsessive fury and rant.
Omgggg!! I get the music think too. It just replays and replays and replays all day and drives me frickin nuts!!
We do it to ourselves, do ee MUST have the power to do otherwise. It took me decades to find a few pathways on my own. And it's still a struggle. This NOCD therapy sounds promising.
I believe I have moral OCD and I reassurance seek about things because my brain genuinely cannot recognise if I should be upset/worried/ashamed about something or not. My brain just gets locked on one thought and cant get any real perspective. I read a post today on a OCD support group on fb where someone said "bad people often want reassurance to make them feel better about who they are/what they have done and get this reassurance online from people who dont know the full story about them". And it really triggered me because it made me think, am I not a good person? Is this really OCD? what if it's not and I am doing exactly what that person said? And that was so scary to me. I dont think I'm a bad person, I'll admit to making mistakes in the past like every other human on the planet but my intentions were never bad ones. And then I feel scared for even worrying about what that person said bc why would I worry after reading that? I feel like my brain just cant distinguish from reality and the reality that its created and its terrifying.
My OCD isn’t based around a specific theme, my anxiety is fuelled from any thought that is distressing to me (it could be faces, numbers, lyrics or disturbing) at any random time. I feel like I have to make the thought have purpose or I will be abnormal. So I will ruminate until I am comfortable with each thought and they keep piling up, which I know is the OCD cycle. My compulsions is to make the thoughts just right in my own way for the anxiety to go down. However, I am scared of my thoughts getting worse on their own if I just leave them and not realising what is an intrusive thought anymore. I cannot seem to go on with my day unless I ruminated. These thoughts happen anywhere, literally brushing my teeth, having a shower, sex, reading etc. What scares me is that the thoughts have no theme like I said, it just seems to anything intrusive that distresses me! I don’t seem to worry about an actual thing, just about having Intrusive thoughts themselves because I can’t focus on tasks, they always come and I get so anxious! I can’t live like a normal person. Please if you have anything that could help me from your knowledge, I am all ears!! ❤️
Hi! So I can't stop thinking that I am a bad person .. Idk .. I doubt everything .. I can't stop thinking about all may past actions and I cant stop thinking that I had bad intentions in everything .. Also I keep having thoughts about what if I really want to hurt someone .. I keep having intrusive thoughts about harming people .. I am so scared Idk if I really want or its just intrusive.. but they cause me distress... Any advice? Is someone going trough the same thing?
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