Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Brain awake
I’m having a rough go of getting to sleep. My thoughts have been very active tonight.
Madam StardustMadam Stardust
- Date posted
- 1y ago
It’s okay to have active thoughts! You can grab a pen and notebook and start writing out all the thoughts if you’d like to do something physical or you could imagine yourself sitting down in a movie theater watching the thoughts go by on a screen. Notice yourself noticing the thoughts. There’s nothing you need to change.
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
the most important thing is to try not to question why you feel this way, or why the thoughts seem really bad. Whether you believe it or not, when you accept how you feel, your mind will let go of the thought and move on. Takes a while to master this, be patient with yourself, you will mess up, you will spiral again, what’s important is that you accept it all. "my recovery is taking long and that’s okay, i will be healed with time".
Theron_Theron_
- Date posted
- 1y ago
walk around your room or house for a little bit and do something off your phone for a second then try later If that doesn’t work maybe turn on a podcast or something tame to listen to? Those are my go tos. Good luck!
AnonymousAnonymous
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
tell yourself "my anxiety is worse than it normally is" and tell yourself it’s natural and okay. tell yourself "these things bring me stress and anxiety” and really feel how it makes you feel. Whenever your mind goes down the spiral of a thought, remind yourself it only did that because my anxiety is worse than it normally is. Remind yourself that just because the thought is pressing doesn’t mean that you have to react to it, remember that your mind feels threatened and is trying to protect you from the threat that fortunately is not really there!
pathpath
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@Anonymous Very helpful!
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