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- 1y ago
Question about rumination
So when I'm doing mundane things like working how do I not ruminate? š it feels impossible...
So when I'm doing mundane things like working how do I not ruminate? š it feels impossible...
Yep me too! You have to just try and except the thought ! Play with it , joke with it , I keep getting the rocd itās super annoying , got a great woman sheās amazing in every way Iāve felt with my whole soul how much I love her and I absolutely love loving her and feel amazingly happy with her , and then will feel like eh maybe I donāt want her I think I wanna leave , Idk if I love her , literally right after feeling so much joy and love for her Lolol, itās stupid contradicting and irrational, but you just gotta try and let it go ! I know itās hard even me telling you this Iām annoyed and worried but Iāve been through it so many times and end up feeling better after I usually just push through and keep pushing
Honestly need an answer to this too š
You just have to accept that whatever you might've done or whatever you thought about has already been done and over with and trying to go back and figure things out won't change anything but heighten your anxiety and your basically trying to punish yourself by trying to feel guilt or anxiety to reassure yourself that your a good person or that you didn't ruin anything it doesn't solve anything. I have a hard time myself with this but slowly getting better.
Helllo
I'm having the hardest time right now with my own ruminating negative thoughts that may or may not possibly come true. I fear the worst and replay what that looks like in my head over and over. The best I can do is my best and wait for the horror to end. I want to cry, but can't. I'm scared and alone in my head. My anxiety is extreme. What should I do in the meantime while I'm going through this? How can I minimize or stop the way I'm feeling? Please, I need help.
Advice needed please: Has anybody ever been in a situation where something traumatic or heartbreaking was happening in their life and struggled with rumination? I know there is like a normal amount that you should process something and cry it out but I donāt know that it is conducive to anything to do that on and off for hours? Wouldnāt it at a certain point be considered unhelpful rumination? And if so how does one stop? Because Iām going through something so hurtful and confusing that I donāt know how to stop thinking about it and the usual distractions donāt work for very long. And idk how important this is but it just happened today so itās very fresh which makes it even harder to not think about and āfigure outā why x, y, z happened. Goodness, Iām sorry if Iām weird or a baby
I cannot for the life of me stop ruminating or checking how I feel about thoughts or focusing on thoughts or creating more thoughts. I feel like Iām losing my mind. I want to scream. I try not to ruminate about the thoughts, but trying not to just makes me think about them more. I try not to check, but somehow, I still check. I want to let a thought sit in the background, but the more I try not to focus on it, the more I end up focusing on it. I donāt want the thought to expand because that feels like engaging with it, but I canāt just stop it from expanding. It feels impossible. People keep saying Iām in control of my compulsions, and maybe thatās true for the physical ones. But when it comes to the mental compulsions, I swear I have no control. It feels like Iām missing something that everyone else seems to have, like thereās some tool theyāre using that I donāt have. Controlling mental compulsions has never felt possible for me. Iām starting to fear them. And every time someone says Iām in control and can just choose not to do them, I end up beating myself up even more when they happen. Or when I *choose* I guess. I donāt know anymore. If this is my fault, if Iām responsible for this, then what does that make me? I feel like a monster. I am at my witsā end. How am I supposed to control mental compulsions when it feels like they control me? I freak out when they happen. They donāt bring me relief, they just make me panic. I want it to stop so bad.
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