I want to know how I can sit with OCD.

How can I sit with OCD?

EDK

Date posted: 2y

Just let it be don't pay attention or "talk" back to it . Do something that makes you happy even tho at the moment you might feel like crap eventually it will be easier. I been doing that and it has helped me a lot . Fighting is silence.

⋆⁺₊⋆anomaly⋆⁺₊⋆

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

You sit with OCD by accepting the thought. For example you do not want to distract yourself. If I have a thought that makes me want to perform an action, or interact with it. I simply say out loud (to myself whispering in public sometimes) “maybe, but I’m not going to figure it out,” “ok, yeah, sure,” “how about I just wait and see. I may feel this way right now, but I’ll check back in with myself later.” “I feel XYZ, but I’m not going to figure it out.” “I may or may not be XYZ,” there is a book called overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts that’s had a lot of helpful information it it. What people with OCD are advised to not do once entering into ERP is interacting with their thoughts in a way that will cause them to do the compulsion so if something is bothering me and I want to Google it for example, I will say something in order for me to not Google it. Or if I have a thought that is really bothersome to me, and it gets stuck in my brain because our thoughts are very sticky when we have OCD I don’t want to spend my time ruminating on all the possible outcomes in my brain. It is easier said than done but I’ve been in therapy since February and have had a lot of help with it.

Gabrielle100%

Date posted: 2y

Try to find something really interesting and distracting

taurising

Date posted: 2y

trying to figure that out rn and i’m already so anxious

ReadyForImpr...

Date posted: 2y

Yes to all of this! We don't have to accept what the thoughts say (it's probably all lies anyway, because OCD)... We just accept the thoughts are there. And then do something that is values based. Walk the dog(s) or yourself, go outside, clean up one area of your place (unless cleaning is a compulsion for you, then don't do that), see a friend, play a game... whatever you like to do or want to do. Move on with your day. Anxiety & OCD can come along if they want. But you're going to do your thing anyway.

KAW1007

Date posted: 13w

Extremely bad OCD

How long do you guys have to sit with a thought for it to go away? I have sat with thoughts for days and days before and the anxiety was crippling to where I couldn’t eat or sleep. Until I asked. And especially something I’ve already asked about before that upsets my husband but my brain was like did I hear him right? Yada yada. That’s about where I’m at right now. I feel so sick from anxiety

ellabellanut...

Date posted: 13w

What OCD types do I have?

hi everyone!! so idk if anyone will see this, but i guess i have a lot of questions. i got diagnosed with OCD about 2 years ago or so but i’ve had it for as long as i can remember. my obsessions and compulsions root from my worst fears and what i’m most afraid of losing. when i was really young, it started with doing things or else the devil was going to come and get me, because that was my worst fear at that time. i have to count, i usually do things in pairs of 3. i HATE even numbers. only odd numbers. sometimes i spend a lot of time redoing something over and over and over again just until it feels “right.” i have super bad sensory issues. i cut the tags out of everything i own, my nails have to be short or else i will dig them into my skin until i bleed because it just doesn’t feel right. at school i used to be late to class because i would be at my locker turning the combination either 3, 7, 9, 11, or 13 times. it just depended on what felt right. before i would go to bed i would have to sit up and check the door 3 , 7, 9… etc. one time i had to check 27 times before i could go to sleep. i’m actually scared of getting things i want in life because my OCD will hold it against me. “you better do this or else you’ll lose this.” the more happy i am in life, the worse my OCD gets. it prays on my worst fears. if there is even something slightly wrong with my clothes: a tiny thread hanging lose, a bad memory attached, i will never wear it again. there’s one thing im sorta embarrassed to say but it’s one of my worst ones. basically: peeing. at night, i have to continuously go to the bathroom over and over again because i feel like my bladder isn’t completely empty. i will keep telling myself “it’s full, i have to go.” even when i just peed 5 minutes ago. and due to this, it causes a lot of wiping. i have wiped myself raw to the point i bleed a lot. it’s embarrassing, but i can’t stop. it never feels clean enough. my hair is never perfect enough. my clothes are ugly. i think i mostly struggle with perfectionism OCD. but is that it? i also feel like if i don’t do certain things, it will cause something bad to happen to my family or friends. like i have magical control over events. i don’t know. can someone help please?

Shopiya

Date posted: 12w

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