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- 6y
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- 6y
Ayyup that’s been me as well lmao. I would either imagine myself talking to a therapist about it or imagine being a youtuber talking about the struggles of OCD. ??
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- 6y
It’s so weird isn’t it! But it works so well. I think it’s a compulsion but sometimes it’s needed when you lose yourself to the thoughts. It’s free therapy lol
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- 6y
Sorry to tell you but it's a compulsion, basically anything you do that calms you down is a compulsion, you are supposed to calm down without doing anything,i know it's pretty tough
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- 6y
Bang the thing is im saying this because it's true the best way to treat ocd is to avoid doing anything that calms you down,by exposing yourself to the anxiety from obsessions your brain gets desensitized to them,im trying to help by steering people in the right direction, unfortunately the medicine for that fatal illness is erp which means avoiding compulsions as much as you can
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- 6y
Yeah unfortunately Starboiklem is right. It’s a compulsion that’s been very hard for me to cut out myself but exposing myself to my anxiety has proven me that eventually it does go away and it does get less intense each time. It takes a while and I’m still having my spikes here and there but it does work. The point is not to “shut the thoughts off”. You can’t really do that lol but you will notice as you allow the anxiety to stay that the thoughts will become less frequent until eventually you barely have them anymore because your mind will get bored of them. Once that begins to happen you will also feel less the need to do those compulsions because they won’t feel as necessary anymore. It’s something I’ve been noticing myself for these past few weeks while doing ERP myself.
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- 6y
Well happy to know I’m not the only one lol, hope it’s not a compulsion because it’s the only thing keeping me sane right now????
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- 6y
YESSSSS
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- 6y
I talk to myself as if I’m in therapy or if I’m with a doctor and it helps
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- 6y
Idc if it’s a compulsion or not, I feel better from it and it’s how I cope. Ocd is such a tiring thing and to hear that low key pisses me off. Nothing else would make it better or make it stop so it’s not like I have a lot of options on how to shut the thoughts off. That’s like saying to someone they have a fatal illness but they can’t take medicine to get better because they have figure out how to not die. That makes 0 sense to me.
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- 6y
Compulsions worsen your OCD, that’s a fact, but I think if you aren’t in therapy in the moment and you’re slowly losing your mind then it’s important to remind yourself how you truly feel about the intrusive thoughts. It’s not a long time thing though!! Because it is still a compulsion, we need real professionals to help us out
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- 23w
Guys, I would like help with maladaptive daydreaming and impulsivity. What would both be in OCD? I've always had daydreams. But it was something I did because I liked creating stories. But recently I've noticed that sometimes when I'm stressed, if I think about a situation, it feels like I'm going to imagine it or want to imagine it. When I say don't do it, it feels like it's basically going to happen. I talked here the other day about what if I try to create a compulsion to get out of my subject? Yesterday I was so anxious and I did this counting thing. Then it came to my mind, "put something like, if you don't do this, someone will suffer harm." And I don't want that. And I don't even want to create this compulsion because I would know that it would be worse because I would never risk it. But the thing is, even though I had a clear idea, it seemed like I was going to do it. I just wouldn't let it happen. Is that daydreaming? Is that impulsiveness? This has happened to my OCD theme before. But I had the feeling that I wasn't taking things seriously. That I was being childish. But I don't do it on purpose, it seems like I can't get out of the habit. Thanks for the help!
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- 20w
I actually didn't realise this til now because I just assumed it was a coping mechanism from when I was really young. But when I tend to get stressed out or overwhelmed, I'll often start talking out loud to myself (which mostly means just whispering to myself because if i spoke really loudly, my mom would hear me lol). But nowadays with my fear of being surveilled, I keep having to catch myself because it's such a habit at this point for me to whisper out loud. Especially with me trying to reason through my false memories or really bad intrusive thoughts. Another compulsion. And then I keep thinking omg did I have my phone with me when I said that. Is anyone watching me rn? What if this person (that probably doesn't even exist) thinks my thoughts are true? What would everyone else think? And then I spiral afterwards. It sucks because I feel like I'm policing myself even when I know these are all just things I'm saying out loud and they don't mean anything— they're just thoughts after all. But I have this worry that if someone overheard me or all of this was suddenly revealed, that it might change how people see me or people might hate me or think i'm a bad person. And then I worry about me being worried about that because then I ask myself would a good person be worried about this? Anyways, another long post with me waffling and rambling. Thank you for taking the time to read this ❤️🩹
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- 16w
Often I listen to podcasts or audiobooks. Sometimes fiction, sometimes about ocd or anxiety. I did this before i got so consumed with ocd again. But no i am doubting myself if i do this to distract myself. I do it while doing chores or when I put on my make-up for example. And I have to admit it helps me to get distracted from my thoughts. How do you know when you do it to distract your thoughts (as a compulsion) or just because you like it? When do you know it is helpfull or not?
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