I’m realizing that my mind has been set up to feel joy only when I have relief from the negative. Now, I’m trying to program it to feel joy in the present moment regardless of how I perceive what’s going on. It’s hard, but I’m hoping this will help my brain stop throwing intrusive thoughts at me
That's true. I also realized that our brain just needs a task to worry about, i try to create "problems" for it myself, I do a lot of different projects and honestly it helps me a lot.
@teasoc Wow thank you so much for sharing!
I hear you, I’m having a hard time feeling much joy right now but I’m also dealing with depression
@Jadedreams Big mood❤️best of luck to you my friend. We’re in this together and there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel ❤️
Lately my OCD has been very horrible, it’s been more convincing than ever to the point where I’m genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, I’ll hear my intrusive thoughts go “oooh, I like that, I’d do that.” and I just don’t freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and I’m just lying now, i can’t tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since I’m getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and I’m worried about that being true because I don’t understand nor know It’s like I am resisting to like this stuff now, it’s even tougher now than it was before
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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