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Why do these OCD thoughts keep coming back even though you don’t want them too?? How come when they come back they get the best of you most of the time??
Why do these OCD thoughts keep coming back even though you don’t want them too?? How come when they come back they get the best of you most of the time??
If instead you shifted your perspective to I don’t care one or the other if the thought is there or not it will have lesser control of a person. In fact if you go a step further imagine a out of town relative that is particularly irritating that will not leave your house for a long visit , if you have the mindset of being more indifferent, the circumstances will have less negative consequences and impacts .
Very helpful. Thank you!
I was reading up more on Frank Sinatra, glad you mentioned him a while back . Figure this he was one of the best most successful people that have lived both professionally and personally, and a very decent person. He overcame much with severe OCD especially as he got older , for example he took 12 showers a day , but Frank never gave up and left his mark forever on a large positive impact and scale throughout the world through eternity.
@777Q Yep! He was one of the greatest
I didn't know that! 😮
Yeah... and when I'm feeling better, i remember the thought and start the cycle again.
@RMO2023 Literally meeeee
@RMO2023 I’m the same way and it’s worse every SINGLE time
Because we just obsess over these horrible thoughts that can’t affect nobody else or us but just cause worry and stress and because of this it’s just fear that keeps taking over. I hate having thoughts come back but recently trying to talk to nature or help out nature has been kind of helping!
I’m wondering if this has happened to anyone else… I’m 28 years old. I was diagnosed with OCD when I was very young and it took a while, but I overcame it. I haven’t had any compulsions in 20 years. I’ve had some horrible things happen in the past, but nothing brought back my OCD. The only thing I struggle with is overthinking and making decisions. Im about to take a sabbatical from my work for a year to travel because the last year of my life has been by far the happiest and most confident iv ever been. I went to see a therapist a couple weeks ago who was an OCD specialist, I just wanted some tips and tricks for decision-making while I’m on my trip. She warned me that my OCD might get worse before it gets better, but I thought that she just meant with decision-making and overthinking. They have this program set out that I didn’t really wanna do but she told me it works really well so I decided to try it. It’s two sessions a week and the first two sessions were sort of just talking about my old OCD and doing questionnaires. I really related to some of the questionnaire questions, and the therapist was actively telling me that I definitely had OCD the whole time which made me feel bad. After our second session, my OCD came back full swing like when I was a child. I cant stop thinking about doing compulsions every waking second. It’s been two weeks. I’ve been to her several times and nothing is helping, I’m resisting the urge to do compulsions as much as I can and I feel like I’m fighting for my life. Nothing is helping and I’m burning out. I wake up and cry everyday because of how uncomfortable and out of control I feel. I never thought this would happen and im so mad at myself for ruining my trip. I feel like I’ve ruined my life tbh and even if I do get better, I’m always gonna be bothered by the constant fear that even at the highest and most happy points in my life it could just come back at any second with no warning signs.. I thought I knew how to deal with it and had the tools, but nothing is working this time and its ruining my life. Today I asked about cancelling my trip altogether, and I might be going on medical leave. Has this happened to anybody and do you have any tips for me?
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?
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