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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!
Pocd feels real again and I canāt tell if Iām actually attracted or not. canāt believe it got this bad again. I used to be able to go āno I donāt like that, go awayā and now it feels like I do like it and want it, and itās starting to linger longer so it feels more real. Iām avoiding checking but Iām so scared that what if itās true. Is it because I have not been doing my exposures? Iām not sure, but every time a 14 year old person comes to my head, I keep hearing something go ātheyāre attractiveā and it sounds like me so I panic, and it makes me even more scared because Iām not feeling bad about it??? I saw some kid at Walmart that had long black hair and my brain kept saying shit and no matter how much I say I donāt feel that way, it wonāt shut up, i want to check 1000 times to make sure. But I know itās not worth it. Iām trying so hard
Help me! I acted on a compulsion and now I feel like want to keep doing it. Iām scared. I had been doing okay for these past two days but idk. What should I do?
Lately my OCD has been very horrible, itās been more convincing than ever to the point where Iām genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, Iāll hear my intrusive thoughts go āoooh, I like that, Iād do that.ā and I just donāt freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and Iām just lying now, i canāt tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since Iām getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and Iām worried about that being true because I donāt understand nor know Itās like I am resisting to like this stuff now, itās even tougher now than it was before
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