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- 1y ago
Compulsions
I’m curious to know what everyone’s compulsions are. Some of mine are picking my nails, and my skin
I’m curious to know what everyone’s compulsions are. Some of mine are picking my nails, and my skin
More mental , ruminating , avoiding , reassurance and checking in my head and repeating stuff in my head that I’ve said
A lot of mine are mental compulsions but I also skin pick excessively
Oof. Skin picking, body checking in the mirror, picking apart pictures of my wedding and obsessing over whether I looked “perfect,” avoiding things that could contaminate me, avoiding places where I could picture myself puking, ruminating, checking and double checking for roaches, etc etc etc. I had OCD for 22 years before I found ERP so my compulsions and themes were all over the place! But the good news: I have most of these under control at this point. 😊
Hello! I'm new here and new to OCD. My therapist suggested I might have OCD due to my tendency to ruminate endlessly on doubts and fears. These thoughts are indeed intrusive and I can't seem to stop them. The thing I'm kind of stuck on is that I can't see where the compulsions come in. Unless the thoughts themselves are compulsions. Can anyone relate to this?
i feel like getting on this app is a compulsion, but it brings me so much comfort knowing there’s people out there like me. and knowing i’m not alone
At times, my intrusive thoughts get so intense that all I can do is lay frozen in my bed and hope I fall asleep, and usually I do even if I'm not tired. My brain just wears me out and I wanna escape through sleep. (Sadly it doesn't work all the time)
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