WHY CAN'T THEY GO AWAY ? I understand that is the point of ocd attacking you, but it's still so frustrating. I do acceptance therapy and to a degree erp, and it works. But after a point, the thoughts and images should decrease. When they do, fixation and overthinking ruin things again.
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Same for me. I used to overthink before my ocd as well, so it feels like double the effort, and that's frustrating and disheartening.
@Overthinkerocd how do you do that??? i cannot stop thinking for the life of me
@Overthinkerocd but how do you do that? I can’t stop asking myself those questions or beating myself up about what it means
how long have you been doing erp?
and acceptance
It all started in april, and till may end, i didn't even know if i can call it hocd or not. There were coping mechanisms, but if i talk about actual recovery process, i started acceptance in june iirc, and erp in july and with dediction in august. Right now i don't do erp much, so that may be a reason.
I have my first session tomorrow but I’ve heard from a lot of people that erp takes work and that a lot of people say it doesn’t work or don’t believe in it at first but I think you just need to stick with it
I think that too. It just feels it's more difficult for me, because i have an opposing view on homosexuality. I don't do any crime or bullying against them. But i definitely don't preach or support anything like "you can be whatever you want to or be with whoever you feel like" because that is obviously not the case. This isn't any debate or anything, but it was just about me finding it not as easy for myself. I wish you well for tomorrow and hope for good recovery for both of us.
@nooneknowswho I understand. OCD is a beast. I wish you the best in your recovery ❤️
I’ve noticed that I’m somewhat happier also ignoring my thoughts than I am instead of doing compulsions (I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired atp) but I’ve heard you’re technically supposed to do erp rather than pushing under the rug. But idk if I have a thought I just refuse to think about it again and im fine even if I want to do compulsions
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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