bobafettea
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- 1y
confession ocd question
how did y’all resist confessing things and reduce feeling that nasty deep pitted guilt and shame?
M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
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- 1y
Honestly, by sitting with uncertainty. I know this so much easier said than done but reassurance seeking will never be good enough for OCD. I know it’s so scary but this disorder needs 100% in order to survive. Leaning into uncertainty feels so unbearable, but you can do it! Are you seeing a therapist?
M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 1y
@Anon700 *100% certainty
bobafetteabobafettea
- Date posted
- 1y
@Anon700 not seeing a therapist quite yet :(
M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
- Date posted
- 1y
@bobafettea I hope you’re able to use one! Honestly I couldn’t get through this without one and I’m okay saying that. If you decide to proceed on with one, my advice is to just be as transparent as possible! You’ll get the right tools and guidance for recovery. I’m wishing you the best! This disorder is truly debilitating
Simon Simon
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- 1y
I know it feels almost impossible, but resisting confession and sitting with the guilt is the best thing you can do. Every time you do it, even though it feels bad, your fear/threat system watches and learns from your actions. You might not feel momentary relief, but eventually doing this will take you out of the ocd cycle.
Hieronymus Hieronymus
- Date posted
- 1y
I just challenged myself to not confess to something for three months
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chickenmomma
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- 23w
I struggle with confessing
This is my first post & I’m terrified. I have not been officially diagnosed w ocd yet but in a nutshell - I confessed some things I felt guilty about to my husband about five months ago. ( nothing too major ) but in our past, 20+ years ago I was unfaithful and it caused a LOT of harm, which I told him all of that back when it happened. But in recent months, I started getting consumed by guilt. I couldnt eat or sleep until I finally broke one night and told him all these recent little things I felt guilty about. Acting flirty, etc. And for him it like brought back allll the trauma from 20 years ago which I didn’t know would happen. But it’s so bad. He says he wishes I never told him. But even w that, I still feel like I keep thinking of “new things “ I did in the past, thoughts I had or dreams, or conversation w an ex,things like that. Because I am a Christian I also keep feeling like it’s the Holy Spirit telling me I haven’t told him everything and I need to. But I also know God doesn’t give us a spirit of fear .. I clearly need help, but I also want Christian based help so that it’s in line w what I believe ? I can’t eat and my anxiety is so bad again - I know if I confess more things it will keep destroying him, I don’t think he really understands or believes I have ocd. Thanks if you made it this far
Tony Davies
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- 22w
Question
What to do when we feel guilty about our ocd checking and compulsive behaviors?
Tony Davies
- Date posted
- 22w
OCD Checking Guilt
I’m currently struggling with guilt from checking OCD. By this I mean, I feel guilty and shameful by my OCD checking because I feel as that was immoral and wrong and I really don’t know what to do. How can I fight this?
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