Do you ever process through ocd snd then months later the same issue comes back to haunt you and its like rumination all over again? Please advise. Do i just reuse the tools from the last time or do i try additional new tools
Yes of course. Working with OCD, or any sort of anxiety, isn't a straight line. There are ups and downs, good times and bad times. You just keep practicing, learning, and growing. As for whether or not to find new tools, I'd say that's up to you. If whatever tools you used to navigate OCD worked before, then there's no reason not to use them again. You'll keep getting better at using them each time.
My approach when this happens to me is a somewhat different. When it returns in a similar fashion I don’t use the same tools . I try different remedies. The brain can be pretty tricky and gets bored easily with the same things. Trying something different works better for me personally. Everyone is different.
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Yes I posted about this just the other day. It’s very annoying when you think you’ve worked through it and it later comes back weeks/months/years later.
hey, i totally get how frustrating and exhausting it can be when old ocd themes pop back up, especially after you thought you'd worked through them. 😔 it's like a never-ending loop sometimes, huh? you're definitely not alone in feeling this way. have you heard about "unstuck"? it's an ai-powered therapy tool specifically for ocd (check it out at unstuckmyocd.com). it's been a game-changer for me this past month and might offer you some new strategies to tackle those recurring themes. another member here recommended it, and i just wish i'd known about it sooner!
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Does anyone else with real event ocd find it pops up every few months and gets worse, then better? Like for me I'd try to repress it so I wouldn't feel anything about the subject, then months later BAM I feel such intense guilt and disgust with myself that I'm back to square one. I just wish I knew how to move on from this feeling and experience, but how can I, when I feel like a monster over something I'd done 8 years ago? Will I ever move on?
Does anyone ever get over an ocd thought, then weeks later boom it comes back and you spend the next However long it takes getting over it again and start thinking what if something really did happen. Iv spent the last few months going back over this thought and keep thinking it’s real!
It’s so crazy how even though you have been through this a million times, when a new thought pops up or an old obsession resurfaces, it feels impossible to get through. You know the tools and you recognize the feelings, and yet somehow “this one” is different. It’s more serious, more disturbing, it’s a sign of your true desires, etc, etc. Taking the risk of uncertainty is not worth it “this time”because the consequences are too severe. Every time you start to make progress on an obsession or even just part of an obsession, you think you are finally getting the hang of it…and then ocd hits you back and it’s like all the confidence and progress you were starting to feel like you were developing gets blown away and in that moment you are back at the beginning. Ocd is truly diabolical and so smart. It causes so much suffering. I am so tired of making progress or even just maintaining my current obsessions just to get smacked in the face with something “different” and somehow “worse”. It is exhausting. One thing I never considered I would need to fight ocd and use erp was stamina. I really hope everyone out there struggling with ocd is doing ok. If you have ever felt like this, just know that I am in that same place.
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