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any help
how can i stop thinking about a past event that i regret and it easts me alive š£
how can i stop thinking about a past event that i regret and it easts me alive š£
What I learned is that the event is not the issue. It's OCD. You made it an obsession because of an underlying reason. You fear that by having done a bad thing, you are x or y, or you fear that in the future x or y will happen to you. So to prevent that, you start problem solving, which kicks an infinite anxiety loop. The answer is to learn and accept that people are not their mistakes, and tend to make mistakes, small and big, moral or in grey areas. That it is okay to do that, and that you are allowed to learn from them. So, show the world you have now learned from the thing that bothers you so much.
I totally hear you. I AGONIZE after past events and how they make me feel like a horrendous person. For me, it helps when I flip the script. I think about if someone else had done this, wouldn't I offer them forgiveness and compassion? Usually the answer is yes and if someone else deserves it I do too.
@River81 I am the same and Iām tired of living in shame - do you ever wonder how many other people do this stuff and it just doesnāt bother them like it does us?
i just can't help but think it's the worst thing to ever of happened i feeel regret guilt and just that my life's over
@NaggingOCD Me too ā¦ other people tell Me Iām overreacting but then my brain just starts back up again
Iām dealing with the same exact issue right now. I know how you feel and if you wanna talk you can message me.
Donāt try to stop thinking. Just allow yourself to feel depressed or regretful. There is this strategy called LLAMP. Labelling emotions/ thoughts Letting go of the urge to control or get rid of the feeling Accept Mindfulness P- act with purpose. Like tell yourself. My purpose is not to get bugged by every OCD thought. Right now I want to what I always loved to do( fill in whatever you would like to do). You may want to do it whenever you are in a OCD spike.
@Ocd surfer it's hard to have it on my mind soo much i just wished it never happened
@NaggingOCD Iām sorry is that bad. Just hang in there. We ve all been there
I remembered something I did a couple of months ago that has changed me completely from trusting myself it was a conversation I had with my cousin and something they said unrelated made me remember this happening, I went into a full blown identity crisis i couldnāt walk out of my room or get out of my bed for months paranoid and scared of everything Iām still scared and feel like I donāt even deserve to shower Iām working on it slowly each day but I knew I had to get a therapist and I was diagnosed with ocd because of this event I remembered, and I just donāt know what to doā¦. I read online that it doesnāt matter how little or bad the event is itās still ocd regardless when diagnosed but I know I have a compulsion to see others real events and it is nothing compared to mine which I shouldnāt compare but itās difficult because no matter what I have to come to terms that itās undeniably bad legally and morally what I did and itās just so confusing how itās something I JUST learned about months ago Iām literally in my mid 20s, and I went years without even realizing how troubled my childhood was and yes my real event happened during that time but I was still a teen and old enough to know better but I didnāt understand the magnitude of what I did at the time still no excuse though, this is where I donāt know what To do because 1. I already know what I did was awful and thereās no excuse for it 2. I canāt apologize in my situation that I donāt feel comfortable sharing specifics yet3. Yes I know I changed so much obviously Iām a grown adult now I know whatās appropriate and whatās not thatās why Iām so troubled over this and I never did anything like that again, Iām literally in the happiest relationship and seeing a therapist to also help me understand all this trauma, this event involved my cousin but even they are cool with me and very close as well hasnāt said anything I donāt know if they remember or not but itās not something I can talk about with them at least not yet (again just donāt want to go in to specifics) but this is why is so confusing and has caused me to have intrusive thoughts about everything EVERYTHING the what ifs what if they remember what if I go to jail what if they hate me what if Iām denying who I have been and Iām this horrible person this whole time without even realizing and everything is a lie my relationship my joy for things what if Iām a ped, what if I canāt love or care what if Iām a person who just harms others manipulates I even spiraled thinking I was going to physically harm someoneā¦ itās very bizarre to me because before my OCD my biggest anxiety was just having to learn how to driveā¦Iām in my 20s just to mention that againš I have probably almost all intrusive ocd categories, These thoughts never existed in my head until I remembered my event it has completely traumatized me but do I even deserve to feel better do I deserve to get help if I did something unforgivable do I move on or donāt? Should I even be living life I just feel guilty even breathing stepping outside I know for a fact if people knew they would never trust me they would feel like I probably should go to jail but do I go on to what others feel or myself? I know I wouldnāt harm anyone regardless of what my ocd tells me I never did anything like that again and wouldnāt but if itās something that even legally I could be punished for does all of that not matter? Iām sorry Iām just trying to figure out what the right thing to do is , Iām continuing therapy and getting the help but obviously my therapist cannot say if I should be punished legally but even my boyfriend said that if I turned myself in they wouldnāt even take me seriously because I donāt even remember everything fully it was so long ago, but from what I do remember itās still bad enough mainly just of me being a teen, I donāt want to make that event my identity but I just am so freaked out I feel awful what if I caused trauma to another person and all these years I didnāt even know, this event only happened once that I remember, there were things that happened to me as a child that would explain why it happened but itās still not an excuse, I did a compulsion and googled what would it be called or the charges for it and the words that popped up triggered me to my core as anyone would feel if they were as stupid as me those words I googled are what monsters are so itās hard not to think of myself as that itās hard to not make that my identity if that IS what happened, is living with this guilt my punishment?I donāt want to give up on life I want to love and care and just love life I know this is complicated and a lot not much I can do but Iām just so lost.
Hi there I talk about religion (but I'm not trying to force it down anyone's throat) So my main event (which is the one that truly bothers me) happened in 2015 when I was 14. I won't go into any details or anything. I will say that it got so bad once that I almost committed something detrimental to my health earlier this year. Not long after that I spoke to a doctor and basically confessed what's been happening to my brain and my mistakes, he mentioned things that really resonated with me, I'll paraphrase a bit: "Okay, so what you did was not good but it's not something to condemn yourself for. It falls into the grey area, you've apologized and have been forgiven (even though I apologized over text, which comes across cowardly)but it seems that you haven't forgiven yourself. There's a whole lot of difference between you at 14 and you at 23. Try to have some perspective." This really helped and it still does, but unfortunately ocd tries to find a way around this. I'll get a thought of "oh but you forgot to mention that other part of the event" and it magnifies it. Can anyone relate? I've done everything but fully move on because I sometimes feel like I don't deserve to move on. And I'm still worried over the future.
When I was a little kid, I used to be horrible. Every time I thought an animal was too cute or something, iād get violent, terribly violent. I regret it so much and wish I never did anything like that. It follows me in my mind and I hate it even though I was a child. Then a year or two ago, I got upset at my cat and tossed her onto the bed very quickly and hard, and pushed her down. I remember feeling like I didnāt want to hurt her but I didnāt want to let go. I cried after it happened and gave her many treats. Around the same time, my dog got me mad i just smacked her nose but I still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it. Idk if i was 14 or 15 at the time? I would never do anything to hurt any animal now, but why did I ever do it back then? It makes me so sick thinking about it and now I canāt STOP thinking about it. I still never wanted to hurt my cat, but she got on my last nerve at that moment and it happened multiple times and I threw her pretty fast. I canāt believe Iād ever do that. Iāve been hating myself for it ever since i started thinking about it again. I canāt forgive myself and Idk what to do. I wish I could go back in time and never do what I did. She was still only about 5 months old at that time. She means the world to me and we have a very close bond, but now I feel like I canāt love her because what I did. I feel like I canāt have friends, or anything really because I feel like I donāt deserve anything. I feel like a terrible monster and I hate that I ever did anything to a little angel that didnāt even do anything wrong. Idk how to forgive myself. I hate that I did that and I wish I never did. It still wasnāt as bad as it was when I was little, but itās still not okay at all and I canāt go back in time and change it, so now idk what to do with myself. I feel like I donāt deserve to be around my cats babies even though I love them with all my heart. Iām 16 now and not the same ragey person as i used to be. I had a lot of anger built up from an ex that I was with at the time, but still WHY would I take it out on my beautiful cat. The more I think about it, the worst it gets, itās sucking up all of my happiness.
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