Being uncertain about everything makes me feel physically ill. I can never know what's going to happen in the future. My current obsession is my health. I can't know if I'm going to develop some sort of life threatening illness like cancer or a tumor or schizophrenia. I don't know how to deal with this. How do I sit in uncertainty? How do I live without knowing what's going to happen? Please someone give me some tips on how
I’m new to this treatment and sitting in the uncertainty is definitely the hardest part but my sister has ocd too and is a success story of erp treatment so stick through it. It is going to get better. Focus on small victories that’s what I’m trying to do at least lol
How old are you?
@WrappedinIvy I'm 17 about to turn 18
@Pija Imagine your ocd is a person, not an enemy, just a really weird friend (like luna lovegood in Harry Potter but weirder) i like luna, so no shitting on her, just imagine. Now give this luna lovegood ocd boi/gurrl a name (mine I call Ivy, like poison Ivy) and imagine he or she always tells you this stuff. Not to piss you off or anything, he or she or it is just weird in it’s own ways. It’s okay that luna talks about weird stuff that is very likely to be not true (no references to luna from harry potter cause what she tells is not not true) you just dont have to take her so seriously. Imagine it’s a very old person with altsheimer who always says random wrong things. It’s not evil or so, but nor is it true, it’s just in their nature, but you don’t have to give a fuck if a altsheimer person tells you to go fight the german nazis, you won‘t go and buy a M8 rifle and a Boat and sail right to normandy right?;) I know its hard but this is my way to deal with it
@WrappedinIvy Yeah but OCD I call mine suzzie is very convincing in making it feel real. And it's really hard to shut it off or not think about it. But this is a very good way to think. I hope it helps you! I'm going to try and just let suzzie talk but not think about it too much
@Pija I know, you are not alone, I had a bad attack too today. Do you want to chat?
@WrappedinIvy My ocd flare up started 2 months ago with harm OCD then I had POCD and then it kind of stopped for like a week and it's hitting really hard again with health ocd. Yesterday I was sure I had DID out of nowhere and today I think I have a brain tumor. I can't het this thought out of my head. My muscles have been twitching and that's what made me think about the brain tumor. I can't stop ruminating or googling symptoms or just getting reassurance. I have no energy left today for anything. I feel exhausted and defeated
@Pija I understand you and hope it gets better. I’m with you. Do you have a therapist or a psychiatrist?
@WrappedinIvy I started seeing a therapist but I only had two sessions. My next one is next week and I'm definitely going to mention this to her. But also I'm thinking of changing my therapist to an OCD specialist. Because my current one is trying to figure out why I have ocd rather than how to deal with it which is what I need
@Pija Yes do that👍
@WrappedinIvy Thank you. I need this! Appreciate it!
@Pija You need a specialist for ocd
@Pija Oh I would love to know the reason too.
I have soocd and leaving it to uncertainty is the worst ever sometimes it helps other tjmes it don’t
I need tips on how to really accept the uncertainty the ocd causes, even if it feels so bad like I might get in trouble for something , do I wanna be okay with that?
I don’t know how to stop this, but I feel like I physically can’t accept uncertainty about my obsession. I’m having an obsession over prayers. It’s led me to worry about praying for an inappropriate fleeting desire. Me being suicidal has led to my brain using that against me to come up with things I could pray for, like a meteor strike while I’m sleeping (because I would die, so it’s something I really wouldn’t mind). The issue, is earlier today, I might have prayed for it, but I don’t remember if I did. Most people will say it’s intrusive thoughts. It might be, but if I did it in the way I think, I’m not sure that’s the case. But I can’t remember if I did it, and I feel like I literally physically cannot accept uncertainty, no matter how hard I try
Hi All, just wondering if anyone here has any tips with dealing with uncertainty? My OCD centres on my being worried that I have committed a crime and can’t remember doing so, I was out last weekend and my mind is telling me I attacked somebody as I got an intrusive thought to do so when passing them in a bar, my therapist says I need to sit with the uncertainty that maybe I did and maybe I didn’t and have to be ok with that But if the answer is yes then how can I be ok with committing a crime and going to jail??, it’s affecting my relationship and I’m going on holiday on Friday and I’m worried it will ruin that, any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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