Having a tough morning today. Yesterday afternoon and evening was good and felt at peace. A thought popped into my mind last night and now in a spiral this morning. Trying to sit with it and not engage with all the intrusive thoughts.
I've felt the same way. I was at peace all day two days ago and was good. and then a thought came to mind and it kinda just consumed me. How do you sit with it and not engage ? Have you had ERP therapy before ?
Yeah I have had ERP therapy. Some good things to do are make a list of things you need to do even if they are minor like brushing your teeth or taking out the garbage just something to keep you on task through out your day. Really try to keep yourself focused in the present and not let you OCD overwhelm you with the past thoughts or feelings. I just sit a trust that Christ has this and he will get me through. My OCD and feelings tell me the opposite but just have to rest in that. Believe me I feel like a roller coaster with my thoughts and feelings but just have to let it play in the back ground like elevator music :) as tough as it is. I read a book where it gave the analogy of swimming against a rip tide. If you try to swim against it the rip tide will wear you down and carry you farther out to sea. But if you swim parallel to shore you will swim through the rip tide and get back to shore. Sometime we have to just float in our minds which is tough but if you practice that it really works. Hope this helps...
I get this😩 I feel alright one minute then next minute I get an awful thought then it just reply’s on loop 🔁 for agessss 😭
hey, i'm really sorry to hear you're having a tough time right now. mornings can be super tough, especially after a night of intrusive thoughts. it's great that you're trying to sit with it though, that's really brave. 💪 i'm dealing with a different ocd theme myself, so i might not have all the answers, but i wanna share something that could help. there's this app called "unstuck ocd therapy tools" that my local ocd support group recommended. it's pretty cool because it offers ai-personalized guidance and exercises for moments just like this. also, i've found the ocd reddit to be a helpful place to hear from others who are going through similar struggles. might be worth checking out. hang in there. 🌈
Thanks BobbyIX32!... I will check out the app
Through mindfulness and meditation I have found a way to combat intrusive thoughts and have succession a good amount of time. Now, I feel my thoughts have transition into feelings which feels much worse than the actual thought. It’s by far the worst I’ve felt and only pushes my worries and concerns further. Why is this such a difficult battle? Ughh
I have had a huge increase in Intrusive Thoughts this week. It’s making things super difficult for me, I am on my period but I also think I’m having more intrusive thoughts recently because things are going well for me right now. I just keep waiting for everything to fall apart because my mind makes me believe that I don’t deserve more than one good thing at a time. My mind is in constant fight or flight mode. I cannot stop thinking about every past mistake or how someone may have thought I had bad or malicious intentions when I didn’t. I keep thinking I’m going to get in trouble for something and go to jail, I’m especially scared about work and messing up someone’s check out and getting fired or arrested. I hate feeling this way, there is just so much going on in my head and I’m terrified and stressed all the time.
I got up early at 6am to go to a gym class that was at 7am. It was my first time going and I really enjoyed it. However, since then my mind has been spiralling. I've been having horrible intrusive thoughts and feelings, and I've been feeling more sensitive to my triggers. I don't know what's going on, is it due to lack of sleep or maybe having a new experience like going to the gym class??
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