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Struggling right now
Anyone have any tips for intrusive thought and ruminating. Hope everyone is doing good tonight. Keep fighting.
Anyone have any tips for intrusive thought and ruminating. Hope everyone is doing good tonight. Keep fighting.
Don’t do it. Focus on whatever is in front of you. Laundry, homework, video game… regardless of what happens, the moment you begin ruminating, you’ve already lost and you’re gonna go down a rabbit hole that’s gonna scare you more than you already are. Focus on doing what needs to be done in your life. Again, homework, chores, regular work, etc etc.
@Liam45 Thank you, this really helps
Accept your thoughts as just thoughts. The more guilt or fear you feel, the more likely you will continue to ruminate.
@AshleyAlum Thank you Ashley
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I don't know if it's advice but the two things I have heard that my holding on to is that 1. Humans fear what they don't understand, and people with ocd don't understand why there brain is doing this. And 2. Every single person in the world has Intrusive thoughts. They are like annoying pop up adds that you keep trying to exit out of and they just keep poping up. Stay strong! You are not your thoughts!
@Christyb3 Thanks Christy, I try my best to understand my brain and I never can. This makes sense why I’m so scared of it.
Tonight is one of the hardest nights I’ve ever had with harm ocd. It’s really one of those nights I’m doubting it’s ocd. I’m having panic attack after panic attack and it’s been the past couple of days where it’s been its highest. I’m doing everything I can to cope, like a hot shower (in the middle of a panic attack, hardest thing ever) skin care, turning my diffuser on and skincare. I took a klonopin but it hasn’t kicked in yet. My brain is beating me up with thoughts like “who thinks like this, you’re a serial killer! A murderer! You should be locked up!” Watching my family around me have peace and be normal is so hard because I’m here struggling to just lay down and relax. Part of me feels like I’m gonna lose my mind and end up in the hospital tonight. I just need positive reinforcement and people who can relate. Are you guys there?
I’m having a very bad evening with my intrusive thoughts. I was doing really good dealing with them but tonight one hit me hard. I’ve been having a lot of different intrusive thoughts but I’ll have one occasionally about hurting my mom or my dog who I love and they’re the only family I have in my life. They’re my world. I was helping my mom put away the dishes and I had the big kitchen knife in my hand and my intrusive thought was you could stab your mom. And then my brain said I had a twitch in my hand and that meant I wanted to do it. Let me just say that I wouldn’t hurt a fly. I actually caught a fly in a glass and put it outside instead of killing it this evening before this intrusive thought happened. I’m such a gentle and compassionate and caring person and these thoughts instantly cause me to have a panic attack. And I have no one to talk to them about. I know they’re hard for my mom to hear and I don’t want to be any more of a burden than I already am. I do desperately want to tell her and have her reassure me that I’m not crazy or a psycho. Then my thoughts wander to if your hand did flinch could you be a psychopath. Is hurting someone in you. I know it’s not but I feel like my mind is out to get me and hurt me. I’m working so hard and I thought I was doing so good but I need to know why I have these thoughts. They’re not ok. I need someone to help me make sense of why. I know we aren’t supposed to ruminate but I shouldn’t have thoughts like this about people I love and care about the most in the world.
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
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