I've seen many things tbh. I've seen spells, cursed items, and more. These images play in my head and then I get intrusive thoughts saying horrible things will happen to people I love. It's been so hard to deal with that I don't even sleep well anymore. Anybody know how to solve this?
Maybe if you find a helpline ask advice on how to do erp. The way I see erp is whatever makes you stressed or triggers you, do not seek comfort or reassurance and go through all of it until it's unbearable and then push past it. The anxiety will fade but it all depends on your mental approach towards it. Don't go in thinking this is awful this is awful. Go in like youre challenging it and when you think you're at your limit ask for more. "Bring it on" kind of attitude. Good luck, hope this helps you find help that you need
One of the best explanations I've ever seen. Thanks again, man. I'm definitely going to implement what you've said to me now. Last question: are there any helplines you'd recommend?
When you say you've seen spells and stuff, do you mean figuratively or literally? What's the context?
Literally. What I mean is that I've seen with my own eyes written spells, I've looked at cursed items that give you certain sensations. Never done any spells personally and I've never done and magic myself. But it still triggers my ocd. If you need a better explanation let me know but that's the best way to describe what I mean.
Closest thing to that I have was omen reading. Especially animals crossing my path and they had meaning to me to the point where it changed the course of my day. I thought I was spiritual but on reflection think it may be my ocd in some way. What are your compulsions that follow if you don't mind me asking? What do you do for comfort
Also I used to listen to bands that preform satanic rituals. That triggered my ocd for a while but I've since kinda gotten over that. Forgot to mention that. I get you with the omen readings. I used to be the same way tbh. I don't really have that anymore however. So I'll try to explain how it goes step by step. I try to do a daily task: make food, play a video game, etc. And then the thought comes in, I usually just stop in place literally and figuratively and all my attention goes to the thought, it usually says something along the lines of "something bad will happen to someone you love". Which in turn gives me the fear and the panic. So I tend to say to myself that nothing will happen and I usually just close my eyes and try redo the thought. It usually just ends up with me ruminating however. I guess it's good to point out that I've had OCD ever since I was a little kid but over the past few years it's gotten absolutely unbearable. I'm at the point now where I don't really go out nor do I even leave my bed. It's all just too hard.
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It's hard, isn't it? OCD tends to latch on to what you love the most and that's the difficult part for me. The people I love are the only reason I'm here. I can't take any chances or shrug it off.
Rumination is a pain as it creeps in and you could do it for hours before catching yourself. When you say you redo the thoughts, do you try figure them out or change the outcome in your head?
Honestly I'm doing both. Changing the outcome so I get that ease feeling along with trying to figure out the thought. Which ends up with me just kinda zoning out.
The figuring out bit for myself was actually ruminating. The problem solving was a problem. Trying to rationalise the irrational. And when you're changing the outcome are you reassurance seeking for yourself? Because I found out that's bad for ocd too
Yeah I am. I do all the classic things people tell you not to do. I ruminate and I seek assurance that nothing bad will happen. I wish I could see a therapist tbh but I don't have that kind of money.
There's plenty of YouTube videos that give advice on how to stop rumination, I looked at loads and they all pretty much give the same advice but some were explained in ways that clicked with me, and others not. Also have you checked if there's an ocd helpline for you? There are a few charities that do this and they helped me figure stuff out about ocd too. Biggest help I got from my helpline was how I could do with my ruminations
I've watch OCD videos frequently which they help for a while but I genuinely believe my thoughts so they don't really help me in the long run. I've also watch videos about ERP but I don't know exactly how to ERP my issues. Never heard of that. I'll look up some stuff and see what I find. Thanks for the responses and the advice dude. I appreciate it.
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Does anyone else deal with a psychic ability with OCD ? It comes to me in visions thoughts and voices and a lot of the times I am correct on them just curious if that's my OCD or not??
i currently am getting over my period and have been having a horrible flashbacks from some real events. it’s a amalgamation of all of the horrible things i did as a child/young teenager. all of it associated with p0rnography + sexual activities i did. i was exposed to sexual activity very young and it lead me down a dark path. i’ve had OCD forever it seems. it’s hard because i can see that i’ve had OCD symptoms since childhood but i constantly doubt wether or not my actions where because of OCD or something i genuinely wanted/was attracted to. i can’t seem to differentiate the two and it’s scaring me. i’m worried i was genuinely into the kind of stuff and it’s constantly flashing in my mind the last two days of things i compulsively did years ago. to be absolutely clear it has been years since i’ve even thought about those taboo things or saw anything of that sort. i’m talking 5 or 6 years give or take. it still feels like yesterday. in recent years i’ve completely pulled away from p0rn and now find it and s3x a lot less appealing. but every so often i get these intense flashbacks on things i did or saw or thought and it puts everything on hold. everything im interested in gets but on the back burner in fear of my intrusive thoughts being thrown into the mix. currently experiencing that now. im mortified of ruining everything i love because of these stupid thoughts. does anyone have any advice or experience with this specifically and have any tips???
I keep on getting restive thoughts based on curses and stuff. I keep on closing my eyes and get this one feeling that if I open I get bad luck or smth and I must pray to get it away. It feels so close idk how to explain. I’ve used holy water and it feels better but isk
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