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- 5y
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Here is what WORKED for me: -Think of ur mind as a second person, as person who always with u, its not u but another person. -This way u know that ur mind is seperate from u. -Now just observe all the thoughts & emotions thrown at u by ur mind(the second person). -Do not fight or react, only observe, acknowledge and let the thoughts stay. -Now you can see that this person(ur mind) is mostly talking rubbish. - Then u can process the useful thoughts & ignore the useless thoughts.
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Thank you so much waaaaaaaah!!!!!! I feel guilty for just generally having that shit happen to me so I’m glad you gave me this advice :>!!
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Hey Rose, I saw your last post about your compulsions and was going to reply, but got caught up with something and cannot find it. So, I will post my reply to that post here.
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- 5y
That's a great start!! Now, I don't want to scare you with this next bit, but it is good to know. First off, it is known that OCD can take 8-12 weeks to respond to a medication, versus a few weeks for major depression. Also, OCD requires higher doses than depression does at well. But, I have heard that if a pill will work, than you should feel some type of an effect (like better mood and such) within 6 weeks or so, which brings me to my next part. It is also known that depressive and OCD patients sometimes have to go through a few trials of different meds, or a combination of meds, to get the right fit. So, if you find that your pill doesn't quite work, or you experience unwanted side effects, which you should give a few weeks to pass but if they don't, then try a different med. I have been on fluvoxamine for 12 weeks now, and unfortunately I don't quite feel any benefit? BUT!! Just keep trying. I am going to try Paxil next. Yes, it sucks to have to wait so long to see if the pill will work, or have to try a couple meds, BUT! it will be worth it. Here is a link to a website with reviews on different meds for OCD https://www.drugs.com/condition/obsessive-compulsive-disorder.html I recommed it because it shows both that a certain pill will give one person DRAMATIC relief, where another person says it didn't work. For me, it helped because it gave me hope that once I find the right meds, I too can experience dramatic relief!
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- 5y
And you can too!!! We just got to keep on trucking along.
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- 23w
I feel like a really terrible person right now, I keep replaying this, and no matter what I can’t remember what happened, it’s like my brain is purposely not letting me think about it. Without wasting any more time, I’ll get into it. Basically, I was at Walmart, and looking at cards with My Dad, I saw anime ones, took pictures of them for my sister, even ones that were anime kids, because I did my best to ignore it, so I looked at a Hunter x Hunter card, I stared at the black haired kid, being all like “ I’m glad I’m not having any thoughts about this, I’m glad I’m having normal thoughts and not thinking anything” I felt happy, then as soon as I looked at killua (white haired kid), everything collapsed. I don’t know what happened, my brain won’t let me remember. But I’ll give bits and pieces. I think that I had false attraction, and something in my head, said “oh, I wouldn’t mind being attracted.” “He is attractive, and I’m attracted to him.” “I remember a girl thinking he is attractive and he is” “ It’s not wrong to be attracted” “ I don’t care about his age” .. something along the lines of that, and now I’m panicking super hard, because I’m worried if I said those things, I feel like I ruined my life that I’m a pe//do and deserve nothing, idk what to do, I feel terrible… I remember when I was having the intrusive thoughts, I was panicking and was worrying, but it kept playing out, and I kept hearing things talk, it was drawn out too long, that now I feel convinced that I was saying those things, I tested it too, and I can confirm that I didn’t say that, but why am I still not convinced? I know I wouldn’t say those things, I was hoping the complete opposite would happen. My brain kept making me feel like it wasn’t wrong and it was okay. Maybe that’s why I’m so convinced I did that. I’m just spiraling super bad right now, I don’t know what to do or what to think, I don’t know if I said that or not… even if I did test it, I genuinely just feel like I said it, and I wanted it, because I still feel uncertain, I still feel like I said it, part of me just wants to be like oh I did and so I can move on, not because I agree with it, I just don’t know what else to do… I’m really scared.
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- 22w
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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- 21w
This is hard to admit, but I’ve been struggling with intrusive thoughts where the central theme is racism. I don’t use racial slurs but my brain worries that I have said something that hurts or offends someone and now I find myself analyzing every social interaction.
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