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Yeah I understand. I feel extremely guilty being around people because I feel like such a horrible person for thinking like this, but I also know it's not me so I go back and forth with that
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Unfortunately that’s something I’m yet to figure out ☹️ I try to just sit with them and hope they pass. It’s hard. Currently on medication and awaiting therapy so hope that will help
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Maybe not exactly an intrusive thought, but a general obsession/topic. Probably for more than 2 months if I think there is credibility to it. If it's one of thosw tiny worries (like someone acts slightly different and I overthink about it) just about a week or less.
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We will both beat it don’t worry it will take time and it won’t be easy tho But we will
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Listen even with a therapist Change has to come from you You can do it without a therapist even though it’s harder This app is great In my opinion but some people feel differently
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And you ????????
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like if you pay attention to it (i know that's not at all good) but if you keep and keep obsessing over it, how long could it continue? like, I've had this intrusive thought that for some reason can't leave my head. I know I can't avoid it which is why I feel like I'm not getting better. I know it's just my brain playing games on me but it really makes you question your whole entire being. Any advice?
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It can last hours or minutes depends on how you deal with it I have a certain topic that I deal with everyday but different thoughts
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oh yeah, sorry I meant topic.
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I have a few topics which my brain flicks through. Usually based on past mistakes but not always. Mine last hours, with a few minutes of calm at a time before they start up again.
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what do you do to not make them important?
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I have been dealing with incest ocd for about 2 months And it makes me feel awkward and ashamed around family But I’m getting better each day and know I’ll beat it I just accept the uncertainty and I’m trying to break the cycle of ocd by doing that I didn’t realise I had ocd until 2 months ago but when I was younger I spent about 5 months thinking I had Ebola .i would google the symptoms and panic and think I had it which of course I didn’t Also when I was younger I thought I was going to be kidnapped if I was on my own anywhere and I thought I would be killed I used to watch the news shaking and couldn’t even go to the toilet alone I go through phases where I obsess over a topic
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I've only discovered I had OCD like a week ago tbh. It got bad on June and I thought my anxiety had finally taken the best of me.
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So I just googled, unwanted thoughts and well reviewed my journal and the "symptoms" of OCD and it sort of clicked. I know I should go to a therapist but I don't really have that accessibility right now. Maybe in the near future, but I don't have a lot of therapy options where I live. So I want to get better on my own for a while and if it's unsuccessful then, I'll see about getting help.
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All day
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Thank you so much <3 I wish y'all the best. We can beat this.
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It depends, sometimes it lasts 30 minutes others it's a whole day
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How long does it take for the intrusive thoughts to go away
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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? 😅
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OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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