If I am living in the moment, I’m good. As soon as I realize I’m doing well I get hammered with instrusive thoughts. It’s like OCD says…not so fast. Don’t forget about me. I know to just accept the thoughts and move on. Has anyone else experienced this?
Absolutely I’ve experienced this. I’m at a good spot right now (the best I’ve been since I got diagnosed) and ocd is trying to lure me into doing compulsions. What’s been helping me is labeling the intrusive thoughts as ocd and moving on with my day by refocusing on what I want to do. Also i accept that I will have low points even when I feel good and that’s just part of life. If I do compulsions or feel exhausted by OCD, I try my best to acknowledge what happened and what I’m feeling. Then I try not to ask myself “why am I at a low point? Why am I suffering? Will I ever get better?” And instead remind myself that trying to “figure out” a low point, ruminating or beating myself up won’t make anything better. Good luck, you got this!
@peaks&valleys Yes!! I have the thoughts and resist ruminating, but that doesn’t mean it’s not frustrating. My therapist suggested that I could use this as an exposure. Tell myself I’m getting better, allow any intrusive thoughts to come or not come, and sit with it. Thank you so much for your kind, knowledgeable response.
super solid advice! my main compulsion is rumination, so I've been working on reconnecting with the present moment instead of trying to solve low points, and it has been helping a lot.
Yes, I’ve experienced this. I had a few days this month where I even forgot I had ocd. Now I’m back on the hamster wheel! It’s so frustrating but trying to be kind to myself and remember that I had those amazing days and can have them again
@Megan W I totally get this!!!! Thank you for posting. It helps me not feel alone.
This post was made for me tonight
Yes, I also experience this. Today I am having a bad day. Yesterday, I felt a bit better. I try to analyze why I can't feel like I did yesterday. Then I think about how I will feel tomorrow when I wake up.
@mazzy My therapist suggests not to ruminate about it. She said to not try to figure it out. That will make it worse. She said to try to focus on your next activity instead.
@Froggirl Really trying
recently my intrusive thoughts haven’t been bothering me much, unless i’m busy doing nothing. i suffer from SO-OCD. whenever i think yes, these thoughts don’t bother me anymore, i’m doing great, i then work myself up like ‘well your thoughts are obviously true then otherwise they would make you upset and uncomfortable’. when i get the thoughts they do still make me feel this way but also not as strong. I do then panic and think i’m something i’m not, despite knowing the truth. also anyone know why they get worse when i’m bored or not doing anything? 😢
Does anyone have any tips on how to move on from intrusive thoughts when you’re constantly afraid that if you ignore them God will be mad at you?
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
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