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how can i deal with what if thoughts, i do have a post up already but no one has commented š£ struggling
how can i deal with what if thoughts, i do have a post up already but no one has commented š£ struggling
Its in the past? Then it happened already. Regardless your not responsible for controllin everything ...let it be...its not worth your anxiety. Tell urself "what is meant to be will be" and I cannot control what happens in the world. It may OR may not ..what if? ..ok so what. You can go on and live your life ...you CANš its just your obsessions goin playing you dont let that upset you. Its only thoughts not Real ..leave the thought at the door, let it goš
No worry please, Honestly sometimes they cant see them all, lots of posts daily from different countries its alot on feed so not everyone will see your post to answer. Its not they dont read or care. I posted few days ago no reply then i saw several posts that came right after mine pushing mine ALL the way down on feed so no one saw it. People DO Care here....I CAREā¤
Just wanted to say something that has helped me is just being sarcastic with those thoughts like āYup youāre right sure Iām going crazy uh huh sureee ā like just laughing at it helps like acknowledge the thought but laugh at it poke fun at it it has helped me on top of the maybe, maybe not thought also
Yeah we pour our heart out and get one reply if that itās actually quite sad how selfish people are,I am trying to deal with what if thoughts for the last year and am struggling really bad because people just say that you think to yourself āwhat if it does what if it doesnātā but saying that to myself just makes me believe it will come true š¢
@I hate ocd!! i completely get where your coming from it's hard and i can't do maybe maybe not either as it's like i'm agreeing with it and i'm then meant to be no go meg forward without knowing that's scary for me, i do have a trigger warning on my post so maybe it's hard for people to look which i also i understand just wish some one could help me š£
What if" thoughts are demon of OCD they always be there. They tell us to learn to accept the uncertainty of ..yes this may or may not happen then letting it BE. We cant control are thoughts we learn to accept them and not be controlled by anxiety. OCD lies it will ALWAYS tell us the worst will happen ...we know that's not true. It wants us to panic and stop. Keep goin! And let the thought pass you will feel better knowing ...ok whatever i let it GO!!šš
@Stefanie280 my what if is based on a past event so what if certain thing was said it's like i can't move on without knowing
I am in the same place after feeling anxious after a real event there was no reason for me to feel anxious so I started going over the day in my mind and couldnāt find anything to be anxious about so my mind started throwing in intrusive thoughts to explain the anxiety now the feel like they happened but I know they didnāt
@sazMar i'm just so stuck it stops me enjoying my life there's always something
iām trying to not let the thoughts bother me but itās just so stressful. even me typing that feels like iām lying when i know iām not. iām scared because even my therapist tells me that itās just ocd, but in the back of my mind i slightly donāt believe her, and its making me scared that i AM like those people and im gonna act on something. sometimes in social moments i get a quick thought of me being an outcast because im like those people who are sick in the head and act on that stuff, and it just makes me feel like i truly am gonna eventually act on something. another thing that bothered me is earlier my mom yelled at me for not doing school work (it was well deserved im really slacking on it) and i had like no reaction to her screaming. it had me thinking what if i have no empathy etc etc, and what if i get mad that she yelled at me and i do something involving those thoughts. how do i TRULY know itās ocd? like i try to remind myself and be like ādude, your therapist said itās ocd, she isnāt wrongā but the back of my mind is like āshe is wrong, itās not ocd and she just happened to misdiagnose you. you are gonna act on those thoughts and itās your fateā. please someone respond if you read all of this, im really struggling
Iām trying so hard to feel normal again but i cant i keep feeling like im being dramatic and that my symptoms arenāt real and im tricking everyone, even on here i feel like im tricking you all into believing i have OCD when i donāt. Plus all these other types thoughts im having all meshing together its so overwhelming and i dont know what to do. My therapist appointment isnt until next week and idek what shes gonna tell me or if sheāll even think i have OCD. i keep thinking about my other posts on here and wondering if i even meant what i said in them. this is the worst ive ever felt i think i might even be going through depersonalization or derealization but im not even sure about that i dont even know anything about what im really going through cause ive never been given any kind of formal diagnosis its only ever been depression and social anxiety but ive always had a feeling it was more but i keep doubting myself. maybe if anyone wants to look at some of my other posts and tell me what u think in general? or would that be reassurance seeking? i feel like most of my posts might be but im not sure.. IM NOT SURE ABOUT ANYTHING! this is so annoying
iāve just been feeling so off lately. iām okay right now, but a couple hours ago i was in this mood where i felt anxiety creeping up. like i will feel like thereās danger when there isnāt. i just get this really uncomfortable feeling that something feels wrong even when it isnāt. and iāve been feeling derealization/depersonalization. just really disconnected from myself and the world. iāve also been unmotivated to where there are times when the thought of doing things upsets me. and iāve been having existential thoughts that do not mesh well with harm ocd. i get the thought āif people arenāt real then itās okay to hurt themā. it sucks because there are times where i just donāt even care to ruminate and find reassurance that thatās not the case. furthermore, iāve just been really aware of my existence. i will get moments where iām so aware of my existence and it freaks me out. like the fact that iām a living human being is crazy to me. then there are times when iām not even anxious about anything which then has me questioning and ruminating on that because i ALWAYS have something iām worrying about. iāve also been feeling really nostalgic and bittersweet of the good memories from the past. i keep thinking about good times iāve had and really wishing i could relive it. for example, last summer was a pretty good summer even with my ocd. and i just wish i could relive some of those moments, but i obviously canāt. and itās been upsetting me because this month has been shitty with my anxiety. as for an update with my room change to those of you curious, i still have anxiety over it and my mom is taking it as me being ungrateful with what i have when itās my ocd making a huge deal of it. that upsets me especially since iāve told her whatās been going on and she was really understanding of it. anyways, life has just been a bit much and iāve been dealing with more to my anxiety that i donāt appreciate. while worrying about constantly throwing up with my contamination ocd is incredibly exhausting, itās so normal to me that iām used to it. but when my harm ocd kicks in along with other themes that arenāt usually common for me, i freak out and feel like iām going insane. i genuinely wonder how people have dealt with taboo topics of ocd without treatment for years on end. iāve had harm intrusive thoughts since i was little, but it didnāt get to any extreme until 2023. i feel like iām drowning in it when it decides to hit me and the thought of having to deal with it for the rest of my life?? iām scared something in me will flip and iāll become what my thoughts are telling me i am. i apologize for the mixed thoughts that are all over the place but i feel safe posting on here about it and want to hear how yāall are doing
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