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Just for the sake of clarity- the "if you do X then Y" thought is not a compulsion but an obsession. The difference between the two is immense. You don't have control over your obsessions but you do have control over your compulsions. - You can decide to respond in whichever way you want as long as it is not a compulsion. That is, do it anyway but don't ruminate about it, or don't do it but don't ruminate about it. It's about showing your brain who is boss.
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That's OCD. Makes you feel scared about stuff that does not matter. Your therapist is right. Do not do it and ignore your feelings.
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(I know it can be hard by the way just here to tell you you can do it :))
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You need to live your life the way you want, not the way OCD dictates. So if you want good teeth and brush your teeth to get that (which you probably do :P) you should do just that. I also struggle with tooth brushing actually but because of different obsessions which I won't go into as I do not know if it will trigger you. But not doing it is just not an option imo, so I push through the obsessions anyway because I do not wanna be a slave to the monster. I refuse.
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Also agreed with fernando, I dont think youve done a compulsion yet and do not start doing that by doing avoidance at the very least. I don't know much about mental compulsions as most of mine are physical though so if that's the case for you I think someone else on here might have better advice on it. :P
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thank you all for your responses it helps a lot❤️
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I'm glad it helped a bit! You can do it, you're a badass warrior ?
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awww ty? and so are you!!!
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Yep, we can do it! That's the spirit ?
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thank you❤️ but most of the stuff are things i NEED to do like walk and brush my teeth so i just do it no matter what the thoughts are?
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When I talk about how terrible I used to be to my girlfriend it makes me feel like I’m gonna do it again which I don’t wanna do and it scares me and then I get intrusive thoughts and feelings about it doing it but I don’t want to, weird I know.
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i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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I actually didn't realise this til now because I just assumed it was a coping mechanism from when I was really young. But when I tend to get stressed out or overwhelmed, I'll often start talking out loud to myself (which mostly means just whispering to myself because if i spoke really loudly, my mom would hear me lol). But nowadays with my fear of being surveilled, I keep having to catch myself because it's such a habit at this point for me to whisper out loud. Especially with me trying to reason through my false memories or really bad intrusive thoughts. Another compulsion. And then I keep thinking omg did I have my phone with me when I said that. Is anyone watching me rn? What if this person (that probably doesn't even exist) thinks my thoughts are true? What would everyone else think? And then I spiral afterwards. It sucks because I feel like I'm policing myself even when I know these are all just things I'm saying out loud and they don't mean anything— they're just thoughts after all. But I have this worry that if someone overheard me or all of this was suddenly revealed, that it might change how people see me or people might hate me or think i'm a bad person. And then I worry about me being worried about that because then I ask myself would a good person be worried about this? Anyways, another long post with me waffling and rambling. Thank you for taking the time to read this ❤️🩹
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