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- Heal36
- Date posted
- 6y ago
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- WhitestarWhitestar
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yes me.
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- GypsySoul13GypsySoul13
- Date posted
- 6y ago
All the darn time. I honestly don't know how to stop it, but I distract myself by listening to music or watching a favorite movie. I have a really hard time with repeating the same things over and over in my mind and I journal that out. It doesn't always work, but sometimes if I just write the thoughts out I can let it go. Otherwise, it is not uncommon for me to spend several hours repeating the same things in my mind.
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- David LebowitzDavid Lebowitz
- Date posted
- 6y ago
What you are describing is why I think "Pure O" is an unhelpful concept. What you are describing are mental compulsions. Here is an article by a prominent clinician explaining what I mean: http://beyondocd.org/expert-perspectives/articles/pure-o-fact-or-fiction
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- David LebowitzDavid Lebowitz
- Date posted
- 6y ago
The last paragraph addresses treatment of obsessions with mental compulsions.
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- Heal36Heal36
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Thanks everyone, David thanks for the article I will read it.
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- Heal36Heal36
- Date posted
- 6y ago
BTW one quick clarification, when I said pure O I didn't mean I don't deal with compulsions. Pure O is a mislabeling of the problem, I just use it to explain the fact that most of my compulsions are mental behaviors and not external, like handwashing, door locking ect. I believe they used pure O to explain people who from the outside looking in don't deal with compulsions, but that is far from the reality.
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