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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...
Hi - just for some context, I have OCD and ADHD. I hate bringing this up, but with these diagnoses, when intertwined, there is ALWAYS a thought. I never stop thinking. This is really hard, especially because I feel like I always need to be talking to someone. Whether it’s my friends or family, talking to people brings me down to earth from certain kinds of thought spirals. However, when I’m alone it is the hardest. When my friends don’t reply I have this compulsion to text again or I need to constantly check my notifications so that I have none left to check. But then to them or new people I talk to, this behavior probably comes across as overwhelming or too much. I’m trying to control it and use erp, but also, I have my moments where I’m just vunerable and give into the compulsion. It’s genuinely so embarassing and maybe not as big a deal as I’m making it out to be but, how do I manage? And how do I relax?
My biggest is ruminating, i talk and talk and over share with myself and others Like what are some exposures?
Anyone else have repeated thoughts that play that are negative. Basically a back and forth of you telling yourself you don't want X to happen but having a thought that slips saying you do. Like being stressed out one day and saying "man I wish I were dead". But instead of letting it roll through your mind and thinking nothing of it, you obsess if you actually want that outcome for yourself and you are now scared you'd fatally harm yourself whenever you feel anxious or stressed even though you know you wouldn't. So now I repeatedly get I wanna die stuck in my head and I feel the compulsive need to say no I don't to combat the thoughts and it happens throughout the day and even when I wake up.
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