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What to do when urges come back strong?šš
I know itās not me I know itās not real and I donāt want to do anything but I feel like Iām going to š« š
I know itās not me I know itās not real and I donāt want to do anything but I feel like Iām going to š« š
Just something that helps: First thing in the morning I get on the treadmill and go as hard as I can for as long as I can. While Iām running I have to focus on breathing itās a nice distraction and by the time the thoughts come back Iām getting a boost of seratonin from working out & the urges are almost non existent!
I feel you sometimes it feels like the ocd will just not leave you alone. Stay strong girl, I donāt know if this will help you, but sometimes I try having something else to do that requires a lot of concentration. That seems to help with thoughts having a little less.
I can relate. Iām going through this right now so your not alone. Itās important we know it goes against our values and thatās itās not something we actually want to do. So your already taking a step there. I would say practice your RPMs and exposures if you came up with some with ur therapist. Urges are the same as thoughts and donāt mean that itās gonna happen more. So try to not do compulsions and take it day by day! You got this!
And what is happening...let's say I come across a video of that person and then I stop the part where it triggers me and I deliberately imagine images of a sexual type, and if I don't feel anything, I look again, as if I want it or I have the urge to imagine it, i.e. I feel the need, and if I feel something or get a feeling in my groin and I feel like I fall into despair?
So my therapist told me to start telling myself every time I have an intrusive thought just say oh thereās that thought again, and donāt try to figure it out or do mental compulsions. Well our usual tactic of āthereās that thought/feeling againā is not working at all this morning. This morning I was having really bad anxiety, it hits hardest in the morning when I am lying in bed with my son and I know the thoughts could come at any minute. Well they did, and I immediately was like no please just think of anything else. Well in pushing away the thoughts, I had this really weird feeling like I couldnāt decipher between reality and images. I was just getting flashes of images that felt so real. Even though I could physically feel my body and know I wasnt engaging in the thought or acting on it. It was like a flash of anxiety that hit and I couldnāt tell what was real and wasnāt. So of course my mind starts trying to figure that feeling out and if what I was thinking about just happened. And no matter how many times Iāve tried to say thereās that thought/feeling again, I canāt let it go. I was physically conscious and could feel my body but mentally I couldnāt. Itās so weird and hard to explain. But Iāve been doubting and second guessing that moment all morning and Iām in a bad spiral, again. š itās like every time I think Iām moving forward I get sucked back in and feel like I canāt practice my tools anymore. I donāt know what I should do š©
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