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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Yes. It happens. Search for backdoor spike.
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- 5y ago
I'm not an expert, but you wanting to have the anxiety back means you still have the anxiety, but just not the physical symptoms. I heard this is the hardest to treat, I'm at this phase also, the panic attacks have subsided and there is only minimal anxiety, so I worry that maybe this is my truth, but I know I don't like it. Then I'm having anxiety over not having anxiety. Maybe an expert can help.
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- 5y ago
It’s not weird to want the anxiety back. A lot of people struggle reaching that next stage where anxiety isn’t as prevalent. But it’s a good sign! I’m not sure why you’re repeating a mantra, but that sounds like a potential mental compulsion that could be continuing to drive these thoughts. Can you resist saying it? Can you let it go for awhile? Be patient. Habituation and healing take longer than anyone wants them too. You’re on the right track. Keep going.
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- 5y ago
I’ve looked up all about it, but it says people get anxiety because they aren’t having anxiety. And I don’t feel any anxiety.
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- 5y ago
The book brain lock talks about this and how you need to replace it with something
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- 5y ago
I wouldn’t worry I don’t relate to this at the moment But this is one of the most asked questions I’ve seen on this app
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- 25w ago
I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.
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- 20w ago
sometimes, to try and prove my fear wrong i’ll be like “ okay, let me think of this REALISTICALLY. would i REALISTICALLY feel this way or do this thing? “ then i come up with scenarios in my head on how i think i would realistically ( or logically ) do something but then my feelings go against that thing i thought of then i start getting anxiety and start to fear that i would actually want my fear to happen or that i’d feel a certain way that proves my fear true. it’s basically just checking how i feel about something i think of to try and prove my fear wrong, checking my emotions or checking how i think i’d realistically feel towards it.. but then i may react “ unrealistically “ it goes wrong and i freak out
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- 13w ago
These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.
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