Feeling like I need to solve

Sometimes I have so much going on in my head at one time - and I have layers of intrusive thoughts one on top of another - all together and sometimes I don't know or remember which one caused my anxiety but I have to go back and solve them or reproduce the feeling that came up so that I can "disregard" it properly. It gets so exhausting because I'm always chasing after random thoughts and feelings all about similar themes - that are constantly getting triggered - by silly things. The fear is - I won't know its ocd unless i go back and solve them. I think this might be a compulsion? Does sitting with the discomfort with this Also work?

Username: NickNick

Date posted: 1y ago

Wow, this is me as well. I’ve never been able to articulate in this specific way tho. Hmm. I feel like when I’m doing well. This happens more than when I’m doing bad because when I’m doing bad, I am forced to really scrutinize all of my thoughts.

Username: Dee CDee C

Date posted: 1y ago

I’m not an expert and passing along some information acquired in my OCD journey. We all have horrible thoughts. When you fight against the thoughts, you’re signaling the brain to mark them as being important. Those not having OCD will just shrug them off and not let them bother or give meaning to them. That’s contrary to those of us with OCD. It takes practice not to respond to the thoughts or to follow them down the rabbit hole of trying to figure them out or seeking 100% of certainty. Instead lean towards the uncertainty (maybe, maybe not). Without engaging them, let ‘em float on like clouds in the sky. I know it’s easier said than done and you can do it. Hope this helps you!

Username: NickNick

Date posted: 1y ago

I’m actually incredibly impressed at your awareness and something clicked in my head when you write this bc I am experiencing this exact thing right now but I hadn’t recognized it like this. the subtler obsessions and compulsions are harder to discern. and sometimes the obsessions and compulsions can be intermixed. it sounds like you are trying to recognize the obsession and then become aware of the urge to do a compulsion and resist the compulsion. This is not inherently a compulsion, but anything can become a compulsion, and that is more so for you, and I to be able to discern in the moment. If you have to say something to yourself 37 times it’s probably a compulsion. And it does get harder when you have layers of intrusive thoughts and layers of obsessions piled up over hours/days. Sometimes I find myself an exact same place. Talking about it, writing my thoughts out and/or sometimes just completely moving on can be the answer.

Username: NickNick

Date posted: 1y ago

IMO: This is “something feels off” OCD which is a subtype.

Username: blueteddybearblueteddybear

Date posted: 1y ago

And feels like I need to solve random feelings sometimes - so I can be okay with myself and know that I'm 100% pure. But I know it's not real and it's not me - it's ocd - there's nothing to actually solve because I am already pure and those things are not true.

Username: milliehewitt2milliehewitt2

Date posted: 1y ago

Sitting with the discomfort I found works the best to stop the worries coming back

Username: Twelve Squirrels in a TrenchcoatTwelve Squir...

Date posted: 1y ago

THIS. I am in the middle of dealing with it right now! Ugh! You aren't alone. I literally feel so confused and exhausted.

Username: Stronger.

Date posted: 4y ago

Obsession or compulsion? I'm getting so confused. So normally something scary pops into my head and I start thinking about it. And I pull in other things, related things, or make it a lot worse than it it. I can think myself to the point of a panic attack. I thought this was a compulsion, because I can do it for hours and if I'm interrupted I have to start over. But I stop doing it because it does me no good and brings me to panic levels of anxiety. I'm really confused now because I'm starting ERP and the goal of exposure is to get myself really anxious. Well googling and ruminating is what makes me really anxious..... but it's also what I do for hours and can't stop... so.... what do I do? If I obsess and google to the point of a panic attack to "expose" myself then what? I would still just google and obsess. ? If I have the initial thought and just don't ruminate it just goes away and I'm no longer anxious. And that seems way too easy. I can't be doing this right.

Username: Kamisamahaji...

Date posted: 2y ago

Part of my OCD is always trying to get into the bottom of things (if I freak out thinking about death or illness or losing someone or contamination, then I will roam all the internet for searching for informations on the subject even though it worsens my anxiety and never leaves me with a "clean" feeling of certainty or peace or acceptance). And recently I realized that if I have an anxious thought that arises in my mind it'll just go away if I leave it be and don't stop what I'm doing. But stupidly enough I feel guilty for doing that because I get the feeling that I should engage more with my fears and if I just ignores them and they go away I'm worsening the situation ... What is the line between ignoring the problem by distracting yourself and simply allowing your mind to move on ?

Username: takingmylife...

Date posted: 33w ago

Advice

I’m trying to get past the thought in my head that “this is not ocd”. Mainly because I’m not doing compulsions that much anymore it’s just the constant thoughts and still some anxiety from them. The idea that I haven’t figured this out puts a pit in my stomach and brings me to tears. I just know if I do compulsions it’ll feel like the cycle will never stop and it’s exhausting. I already think about this every second of the day and I feel like I can’t enjoy anything so my mind says “well you’re not doing compulsions you’re just anxious about the fact that your life is gonna change and you don’t want it to”. This is so hard I don’t know what to do

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