I am feeling really triggered right now. My mind is going crazy with thoughts and urges to figure things out. Wondering if anyone has any ideas that will help me get out of my head.
Ouf I feel this. You are not alone ❤️ For response prevention for mental compulsions, I have found this handout from CU really helpful (originally posted by @blazed) https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librariesprovider45/ocd-documents/response-prevention-plan-mental-compulsions-36.pdf?sfvrsn=bd1958bb_2 The thing I struggle with most is that I want to get rid of the feeling and this is what drives all my mental compulsions. So I try to use the response prevention ideas here AND feel all my emotions without tracking them or changing them. It’s really hard and sometimes succeed and sometimes I do compulsions. But I try to be self compassionate no matter what. Hope that helps some. I am cheering you on 💪❤️
@Hobbit Thank you so much for posting this. It’s so helpful
@Anonymous Yay! I’m so glad 😊
What’s helped me is saying out loud “I will not figure this out. This is an OCD trick. There is no certainty here.” This helps me stay on track and preventing a spiral. I also redirect my thoughts to what I’m doing. If I’m at work, I’ll say “I really really want to figure out this rumination, but what I’m going to do instead is complete this task,” or if I’m at home, I’ll say “I’m going to brush my teeth,” and try to bring myself back to the present moment. Ruminations are tough, but keep telling yourself what your tools are (knowing how to sit in the uncertainty) and say that you will use your tools. I hope your thoughts calm down soon. You are so capable of working through this ❤️
That sounds really helpful, redirecting attention to the present moment. Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much, this is so helpful. I appreciate your support!
@coryefoster Of course! So happy to help 😊
I think when people are saying OCD is egodystonic is really triggering me and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I’m going through a really bad relapse and right now I’m trying to figure out if my thoughts are truly egodystonic, like I how do I know I won’t act on them, how can I trust my emotions and everything. I feel really confused and I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore or how I carry on with life because it’s so long and I’m so unsure of everything that’s going on in my head. Like how do I know that this is OCD and true desires/urges. I’m so confused.
im getting so annoyed i cant stop thinking about time and death and everything how do i stay present and cope literally almost everything is triggering me its been weeks it feels like everything is moving so slow yet so fast and i can feel every second and i keep getting random memories of things i usually wouldn’t even remember they aren’t bad but its just another reminder of time passing and the only thing that helped just enough is xanax but i cant keep taking it every day cause i dont wanna get addicted i need like natures xanax or something how do i produce the same effect a xan gives without taking one for the love of god bro as soon as i think its getting better i start spiraling an hour later and wont be able to stop and its making me feel like i need to go to a psych hospital or something but then i feel like what if im not bad enough to go to one
I’ve been feeling a little bit better these past few days but today it’s been very stressful for me having a lot of hard thoughts and unable to release tension mentally giving me a headache and feelings of panic. Having a hard time connecting with reality. Any ideas or suggestions on how to grab myself and release tension?
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