Ruminating is a compulsion. If you’re like me, it’s probably the one that you do all the time. I do have moments when it’s easier to stop ruminating but other times I fall victim to it. What have you found as the most useful strategies to stop yourself from ruminating?
Practise a math strategy. Start solving an equation and in the middle close the book and start doing sth else. Its the same with ruminating
@Pascal from PL As in do something else like clean? Play on your phone? Call someone?
@NickSchtick Yes everything thst would stop you from solving the task
Feel guilty for not giving into compulsions like rumination and confessing? I feel guilt for having an intrusive thought, trying to shrug it off or just giving it a few seconds of thought and moving along. This sounds like improvement but I still struggle with the anxiety and the guilt. The shame. I’ll be okay and then I’ll remember I have OCD and my stomach will drop and I just want to curl up and cry.
At times, my intrusive thoughts get so intense that all I can do is lay frozen in my bed and hope I fall asleep, and usually I do even if I'm not tired. My brain just wears me out and I wanna escape through sleep. (Sadly it doesn't work all the time)
Is it just me or is reddit and quora the worst things to be on when you’re in a spiral or just in general when you have OCD? Why is it always mostly negative replies on there or just ‘move on, get over it’ ‘break up’, ‘what’s wrong with you?’ responses? I’ve accidentally made it a habit/compulsion to go on there when I’m freaking out about something and it always makes me worse - especially when it comes to ROCD! It always make me doubt my own thoughts and emotions :(
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