I know I need to face these emotions to gain understanding and resilience to them. But what happens when the emotions are just way too great that you almost find it impossible?
Trust that your body can handle what comes as it does. our capacity for how we can hold ourselves is always in flux like weather. Maybe u can start with just gently noticing when something comes up. But i feel u, ur not alone in this.
Yeah, it's hard my emotions are very strong and I almost freeze up sometimes. It takes so much energy as well, one anxiety attack can completely drain me.
sometimes we are prepared to hande emotions, sometimes not... so when no, we can cope with self soathing, self love, behavorial activation, hobby activities... but when we are prepared we can slowly go into our emotions and body sensations, but always have a SAFE anchor and do not overhelm ourselves... with OCD many times we have mental mess of intrusive thoughts I do not prefer to engage so much with them, I more prefer engage directly with emotions and bodily sensatios... but it is complex topic, particulary when you have OCD... I would recommend maybe consulting with experiences OCD therapist ... preferably also with some knowledge of body therapy
Thank you, it's hard because as of late I always feel overwhelmed. I start with my psychologist tomorrow so I hope that she will help.
I absolutely have had this experience. It’s very difficult, especially because for me it doesn’t *feel* like it’s just a feeling. It feels like I’m ignoring a legitimate threat. If I could just convince myself it’s only a feeling it would be easier, but convincing myself of that would be a compulsion. To answer your question, in my experience it involves a lot of patience, self compassion, and practice. It’s like getting into a freezing cold pool. I allow myself to get in a little bit and acclimate to it. Then I get in more.
Yeah ok, that makes sense. It's hard because my partner is going overseas on Friday so instead of easing into it I'm going the full real deal straight away 🤦
Happy Tuesday friends. Question for you all: I have recently started ERP therapy (about one month ago) and I feel in a way it has helped. But I also notice that I feel the thoughts I do have are SO intense that I feel like I’m gonna explode and then I’ll cry and get upset but then feel better after having a “freak out”. Does this happen to any of you guys? Also, I told my therapist yesterday some of the exposures we had been doing made me uncomfortable. Like really really uncomfortable. She made me feel a little bad about not doing it and stated this would prolong my progress if I didn’t do it. I’m not sure if I should push my self to do this exposure because she told me to or to stick up for myself and move at my own pace. Thanks everyone.
I can’t tell what’s right and wrong anymore. It’s like my moral compass/rationality is completely broken. I could just shut my feelings down whenever. It might sound like a good thing but it also means I wouldn’t feel any remorse or guilt or negative emotions if I were to do something immoral (hypothetically speaking). In contrast, sometimes my feelings get so deep in the way that my rationality cannot win no matter what. My brain does that out of nowhere and I hate it because it ends up triggering my OCD theme and I have to start back up to be able to cope again. It’s like I’ve developed this intense intolerance towards any sort of stress whatsoever, even the good type of stress that helps you grow. My brain just shuts down and mentally I become a kid again and I can’t listen to logic no matter what.
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