- Date posted
- 1y
Ocd / pocd
What do you guys do to distract yourselves from having intrusive thoughts and images? help please.
What do you guys do to distract yourselves from having intrusive thoughts and images? help please.
You need to accept that the thoughts are there. If you give them power over you it will only make it worse. Yes you might be the thing you are scared of, but that’s just a thought. Just because you think it could happen, doesn’t mean it will
This is a great time to actually use this as an exposure! Do not distract, let the thoughts be thoughts and continue on with whatever you need to do! I’m dealing with something literally right now as we speak that I can relate but need to be stronger!
You got this!*
I will add pull yourself into reality by noticing your environment. Let all the thoughts and feelings come and go but be present in what is really going on.
You got me this!
I fidget!
Please do a blood test to see if you have MTHFR (Methyl Tetra Hydra Folate Reductase), it’s a process where we don’t absorb B12 and Folate like we should (and maybe even B6) Start taking methyl-cobalmin, and methyl folate, and B6. If you still have a lot of problems start getting B12 shots, either Methyl B12 or Hydroxy B12,if you can’t get your regular doctor to do the shots go to a Naturopath that will do B12 shots. God Bless
@Anonymous Seeking Health has some good Methyl-Cobalmin and Hydroxy-Cobalmin tablets. Also Methyl Folate.
I have just recently realized that I had SO OCD. This began whenever I was watching porn and had an intrusive thought about the guy in the porn. It was more minor at first, it was a majority of what I was thinking about throughout the day but it didn’t feel as distressing at first. If I had downtime to think about it, it would affect me but if I was just going about my day I wouldn’t notice it. I began going through the compulsions of checking myself. This lasted for a while until another obsession occurred. Then it seemed as if my SO OCD took a step back. I would have flare ups but they would seem to pass. Recently, I had a very bad night of constant compulsions and looking at pictures and imagining things to check myself. After that night it was very distressing, it affected me to the point where people around me began to notice and ask me if I was okay. One of the big reasons I was so upset was my girlfriend, we have been together for over 3 years and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I was thinking “Oh my god, if I am gay I can never be with her.” I would sit and cry about it thinking I would lose her and that might life would change because I was gay. I finally had enough and talked to her and my parents. We did some research and I was so shocked to find out that I had a form of OCD, it was like a weight being lifted off my shoulders just knowing that other people have been where I am and that I’m not gay. However, I may have naively expected the compulsions and obsessive thoughts to go away now that I knew I had an actual problem. But I found that the compulsions and thoughts were still there and I was going to put some effort into getting better. I have researched and now know what to do when experiencing intrusive thoughts, yet I still have been performing the compulsions which is just feeding into the OCD. I find myself having intrusive thoughts and then start performing compulsions to see if they are true. What really bothers me is when I have an intrusive thought that tells me that I do like something. But when I think about it I have no desire to pursue those thoughts. However when I feed into the compulsions they just seem to feed into each other. It is like my OCD ignores all the things that I know I like and goes straight to panic mode. I am also trying to do ERP and am going to start doing my best to get better. Does anyone have any tips for not performing the compulsions no matter how anxious you are feeling and no matter how real the intrusive thoughts seem to feel?
I been dealing with OCD my entire life but recently I been finding it really difficult to find the slightest relief. I know it’s not good to do but I been trying not to think of the thoughts but of course they come back even stronger. Does anyone know what I could do in the meanwhile ? Thank you
How do you ocd sufferers deal with thoughts during sex Have you done erp for this? Do you stop or continue?
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