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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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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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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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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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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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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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YESSSSS
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I talk to myself as if I’m in therapy or if I’m with a doctor and it helps
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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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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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- 25w
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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- 20w
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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Hello, I’m new to this app. I’ve always had an anxious brain, and I’ve had coping mechanisms for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, from as early as I could spell, until I was probably early teens, I would constantly write words in my head along to the beat of music. It’s such a vivid memory because I never stopped doing it. The word had to perfectly match up to the lyric and I loved that it kept my brain busy. I grew out of that, but felt like good context. My anxiety increased drastically around ages 17-19, and I began therapy. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety and panic disorder, due to having a panic attack nearly every day at that time. I overcame that as well, and now the panic attacks are every now and then, but the anxiety is constant, and some recent symptoms have led me to believe I might have some form of OCD. Maybe not. I’m trying to understand myself and get better so I joined this app to make sense of things. Lately I’ve been having really intense intrusive thoughts. I’m really embarassed and they make me feel like a bad person. Thoughts pop in my head seemingly out of nowhere. It will be an image of me harming myself or someone else in a really bad way. (Trigger warning) for example the other day I couldn’t shake the image of me putting a knife through my own forehead, although it’s not something I want to do. Or I’ll imagine someone killing me. I imagine my loved ones dying often. The thoughts feel so out of my control it’s insane. I hate them. Another persistent issue that isn’t as new is replaying social scenarios. I’m a hairstylist so this one is difficult since I meet a bunch of new people every day. I obsess over how I act and if people like me. I will impulsively say things all the time and they will haunt me for weeks. I question even my closest friends and family who show their love. I find myself so angry and numb and like I have so much built up emotion and a busy mind always. While doing my job I spiral really badly if any little thing goes wrong and it’s embarassing. I know there’s more but I can’t think of it now. I just want to feel better and like I’m not constantly battling my mind.
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