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Self-talk
How do you guys manage compulsive self-talk?
How do you guys manage compulsive self-talk?
I am personally working on , not doing my mental compulsions as well. It’s pretty hard not to do them. when do my compulsions I do try to stop myself and let myself sit with the uncertainty and anxiety of the situation. Sometimes I’m able to do that sometimes I’m not. I’m still figuring it out myself. I find it a lot easier to work on physical compulsions versus the mental ones. Keep trying I’m sure we’ll be able to figure it out just difficult.
The moment I catch myself doing it, I stop and go do something else.
It's just that I start to mumble what's in my head. The anxiety is so high I'm unable to deal with it.
This is like my number one compulsion. Ill often do it for forty minutes at a time. OCD is evil. It will never be persuaded. It will never let you off the hook. Sometimes I just have to recognize the futility of it but I'll be right back to doing it soon...
I started to tell myself “leave it alone” every time I got a thought to remind myself not to engage and just leave it there but now I say it in my head when I anticipate a thought or even think about my situation at all. I’m kind of saying it to myself a lot now and I think it might have turned into a compulsion on accident but I’m not sure?
Lately I’ve had a pretty weird coping mechanism, whenever I feel overwhelmed by the anxiety my intrusive thoughts bring me, I’m imagining myself in therapy with my psychologist. She’s not even speaking or anything, I’m the only one having a monologue on how I feel about those thoughts. Is this a compulsion? Or I am just compensating for something, or even just a very imaginative person tbh?
How do you resist compulsions?
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