Ugh…

Really don’t like how OCD will even give me intrusive thoughts surrounding the person I love as well as others close to me. Makes me so anxious and when I see or talk to them when I’ve just had an intrusive thought of that theme I’m trying to get over it makes me feel awful. I know the thoughts are not true but the anxiety it gives me is still awful. Anybody have a tip to combat that weird and anxious feeling from that?

Chococat

Date posted: 1y

Hiii I just want you to know that you aren't alone! Be confident and stand firm in who you are. You KNOW who you are, you KNOW you are kind, caring and a good person. Remeber that when you're feeling down. And honestly when I get intrusive thoughts I go to one of my happy places or think of happy things. Like playing with my dogs or skate boarding. Don't beat yourself up if the thoughts come again, accept them, move on and do something fun! You got this 💪

H1598

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@bocayaayla@gmail.com Thanks! Sorry to hear you experience them too, but also glad to hear I’m not alone in this. It’s just awful how it goes after those I love. But remembering who I am and shifting my thoughts to better things is something that I definitely need to work harder on; shifting my focus to the present moment instead.

Chococat

Date posted: 1y

@H1598 Thank u! I swear if I could take on my intrusive thoughts in a boxing match I would. Because I'd definitely win with how much ive been going to the gym😂 They come in waves but continue to speak truth into your life. When you see that person, rewire and train your brain to kick them thoughts to the curb. Do something fun and adventurous with them and remember no one is perfect. Forgive yourself and love yourself the same way you love others :)

H1598

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@bocayaayla@gmail.com Pshh me too 🤣. And yes it’s sometimes tiny waves and other times it feels like a frickin’ tsunami 😔. And yes I’ll be doing exactly what you said, rewire and train that silly brain of mine 😮‍💨. Thank you again, it means a lot to hear this coming from someone with OCD as well, since you get it🌸.

antav

Date posted: 1y

Im working through this too. I try to ignore them and not engage as soon as I engage and fight them it’s a spiral. I am on the waiting list for CBT and hoping this will help too. Depending your themes maybe look into cbt or exposure therapy if you haven’t already.

H1598

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@antav I lucky have a therapist I see through this app. Just haven’t had a session in a while and this theme is newer than my old ones. Just feels so weird/awful to have these thoughts so opposite and untrue. And then I’m occasionally reminded of them as I’m with that person. No fun.

Chococat

Date posted: 1y

Of course 🥰 I just downloaded this app today and it's so encouraging to see that I'm not the only one. We're all in this together! AND YEAH haha sometimes the intrusive thoughts feel paralyzing ans huge like a tsunami but I just keep reminding myself of who I am and what I stand for. We just got silly brains sometimes and that's pretty much all there is to it. So when you realize how small and silly the thoughts really are , then it gives you power over those things that we think are big, but not really because our biceps are bigger😂🫶💪

H1598

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Chococat Well glad you joined so we can all support one another! And yep tsunami or tiny wave, regardless the thoughts are at the end of the day not who I am and ultimately silly and small because of that (they can just feel big). And lol yeah I’ll just need to remember to show OCD who’s the real boss here 🤣.

anonymous737...

Date posted: 23w

someone pls answer!

I have ocd, i have crazy intrusive thoughts that make me super uncomfortable, the thing is i understand that ocd goes against your morals and try’s to make you feel like a bad person but how do i avoid pushing people away while trying to treat my ocd.. i love my boyfriend so so much but when i get intrusive thoughts about hurting his feelings or doing something terrible it scares me so bad that i’m scared to be around him because in my head it’s like “why am i even thinking of this if i love him so much” and i know i would never do anything to hurt him but i just feel terrible because he’s an amazing boyfriend and i have all these bad thoughts. :(

Wed_Wheel

Date posted: 22w

My SO OCD

I have just recently realized that I had SO OCD. This began whenever I was watching porn and had an intrusive thought about the guy in the porn. It was more minor at first, it was a majority of what I was thinking about throughout the day but it didn’t feel as distressing at first. If I had downtime to think about it, it would affect me but if I was just going about my day I wouldn’t notice it. I began going through the compulsions of checking myself. This lasted for a while until another obsession occurred. Then it seemed as if my SO OCD took a step back. I would have flare ups but they would seem to pass. Recently, I had a very bad night of constant compulsions and looking at pictures and imagining things to check myself. After that night it was very distressing, it affected me to the point where people around me began to notice and ask me if I was okay. One of the big reasons I was so upset was my girlfriend, we have been together for over 3 years and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I was thinking “Oh my god, if I am gay I can never be with her.” I would sit and cry about it thinking I would lose her and that might life would change because I was gay. I finally had enough and talked to her and my parents. We did some research and I was so shocked to find out that I had a form of OCD, it was like a weight being lifted off my shoulders just knowing that other people have been where I am and that I’m not gay. However, I may have naively expected the compulsions and obsessive thoughts to go away now that I knew I had an actual problem. But I found that the compulsions and thoughts were still there and I was going to put some effort into getting better. I have researched and now know what to do when experiencing intrusive thoughts, yet I still have been performing the compulsions which is just feeding into the OCD. I find myself having intrusive thoughts and then start performing compulsions to see if they are true. What really bothers me is when I have an intrusive thought that tells me that I do like something. But when I think about it I have no desire to pursue those thoughts. However when I feed into the compulsions they just seem to feed into each other. It is like my OCD ignores all the things that I know I like and goes straight to panic mode. I am also trying to do ERP and am going to start doing my best to get better. Does anyone have any tips for not performing the compulsions no matter how anxious you are feeling and no matter how real the intrusive thoughts seem to feel?

Sexual Orientation OCD

helpme1234

Date posted: 14w

relationship ocd

my relationship ocd theme is back and it hasn’t for a while. i keep having intrusive thoughts about a friend even tho i have a boyfriend of 6 years. i like do not like this person they are good looking but im not like into them. i like feel guilty for no reason and i feel like i need to tell my boyfriend even tho like we’ve been through this before and it only gets better if i tell him but if i don’t i feel like im hiding something. AHH like i don’t even wanna see that person anymore

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