I put a trigger warning even though I don't consider this triggering, some people might get upset if they don't agree or can't take on the same outlook because of personality differences. Has anyone ever tried to laugh at their OCD? Or laughed when explaining it? When I was in therapy, my therapist always told me it's a great thing that I laugh when describing my compulsions and obsessions. I didn't laugh on purpose, I just sometimes would find my rituals funny once I spoke them out loud. I realized how ridiculous it sounded. It showed that my rational mind didn't want to take my ocd seriously. A major internal conflict was going on between my logic/reasoning skills and my ocd. I would often say things like "i was worried about (obsession here) but I know it's just nonsense." I would usually chuckle when I rwalized I did something I considered nonsense for hours. This type of realistic outlook and rhetoric really helped me get to a better place. I'll usually call my dad when I need to laugh about my ocd. I used to call him for reassurance, but I found laughing off the fact that I'm worried about "nonsense" helped me heal. My compulsions tend to be external, like worrying about contamination and getting diseases. I'm not so sure laughing off suicidal thoughts, self harm, or anything like that will be applicable but most ocd is kinda funny if you speak it out loud. It kind of helps me dissociate myself with the ocd. It helps me consider my ocd almost a seperate entity than my actual rational mind. I've always seperate the two, they say when you have internal conflict it's like 2 dogs fighting. Which ever one you feed the most wins. The saying goes something like that. I turned a conrer when I stopped feeding my ocd and started feeding my rational mind and challenging myself.

ANGEL x

Date posted: 5y

100%. When I have good days, I laugh at what I worry about. But then I get bad again and can’t laugh at it ??

PERSON11111

Date posted: 5y

I've told my family members if I call you panicked and I sound ridiculous, please tell me that's ridiculous and don't validate it. It helps center me. There are times when I'm just too overcome with anxiety to do this though. In those moments I indulge in the anxiety. I challenge to be more anxious, see how far I can take it. If I try to be anxious, try to be more anxious, try harder to be more anxious, it goes away faster. Like telling yourself to be anxious and embrace it as part of me when it comes. By doing this I either burn it off, or my logic takes over because trying to be anxious is illogical so when I actually put effort towards it instead of letting it happen makes it go away because you can't control anxiety so coming at it from the opposite direction and try to increase it makes takes me out of the anxious mindset and back into an active one maybe? My self talk is complex but I've worked on it a long time and it works really well for me.

InnerG

Date posted: 5y

I love this thread. Humour is the best (and often most logical!) response to what this ridiculous OCD crap puts our minds through. The more you can laugh, the more you win.

PERSON11111

Date posted: 5y

That probably doesn't make much sense because it's so hard to explain how trying to have more anxiety actually helps me lol

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