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Interrupting thoughts
I’m dealing with a lot of intrusive thoughts that I feel the need to pray or cleanse away. I wish I could trust myself to know I don’t need to do the compulsion but I’m scared.
I’m dealing with a lot of intrusive thoughts that I feel the need to pray or cleanse away. I wish I could trust myself to know I don’t need to do the compulsion but I’m scared.
I am sorry your going through that
It will be scary. It will terrify you, but it will be worth it. As long as you know how to do ERP properly it will 100% be worth it
I have been through similar experiences! Through therapy/ERP, I have been able to get some distance from the suffering I was feeling from the OCD, as well as the shame surrounding the thoughts. This took time, vulnerability, and willingness, but things slowly got better! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
@Anon. Are you able to find enjoyment in things you once avoided cause you’d be afraid your intensive thoughts ruined that activity for you?
@YaBoio Yes. Absolutely. It took time and effort in ERP though, and I still struggle some days. But it has gotten dramatically better. I was suicidal and believed I would never have a semblance of a normal life again. It’s not like that anymore.
@Anon. I was suicidal before starting ERP and believed I would never have a semblance of a normal life again.*
I feel like I dont have control of what I say in my head that I feel like it's not me saying those things. I was trying to pray and I was cursing at God and the spirit and now I'm scared because I feel like it's me and not an intrusive thought. I have an appointment later and I was trying to pray about that in my head but now that I did that I feel like things will go wrong .
No matter what task I’m doing. If I have an intrusive thought I have to redo the task or just just completely move on to something else. I’m Christian and I struggle with scrupulosity. I feel like I have to repeat task to keep everyone safe. I’m tired of this. I know ERP is the key and I have to stand up to the thoughts but they are just so scary. I know God is with me and I’m suppose to have faith but again I’m just so scared. I can’t even fully go into detail about my theme because I don’t want to type it out. I’m in therapy and I’m told to lean into the discomfort but it just seems like an impossible thing for me to do.
Bro I'm scared rn, so there was a compulsion I did like 2hrs ago and I didn't do it properly cuz I kept getting a thought saying "something is gonna come in Ur room and kill you or you will have this illness It triggers me to say it but I froze because I kept seeing like a shadow and cuz I was home alone and it's dark so I didn't answer it 😃 and cuz I answered it late saying obviously I don't want to illness I would rather have the other (half of me knows it's not real), and I prayed 4 times as well cuz I didn't do the compulsion properly I tried doing it again logs if times and 1 hour later I tried again but It still didn't feel right, and now the thought is hurting my body a little and I feel shivery, and I have tried doing the compulsion but it's not working. Why can't these thighs just leave me alone and stop saying about illnesses all the time. And idk how I'm gonna get thru the night cuz I can't get the thought out of my head and I won't be able to do anything properly.
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