A lot of people say to delay the compulsion. How do I delay it?? I ruminate a lot and I have no clue how to delay it. It’s like I have no control over my own thoughts and it bothers me every single day.
Not going mental compulsions is hard and for me take a lot longer to stop doing then physical compulsions .I try to use the maybe or maybe not and try to be ok with the thoughts and not do anything with my ocd thoughts , just let them be there. Ocd is hard you really feel a huge urge to do something about it but really you have learn to not do anything about your ocd thoughts. I have harm ocd and I was able to get the point that hurting others ocd does bother me anymore took a lot work on my end , but I could tell the relief I felt. I am trying to get to that point with my self harm ocd thoughs. Keep working on it , ocd is hard and it takes time treat it .
Sorry you’re going through this. I can relate with the rumination. From time to time I catch myself going down the sneaky OCD ruminating rabbit holes. When I do, I give myself some compassion and accept the uncertainty (maybe, maybe not) - knowing that we live with it (uncertainty) everyday. At that moment I may practice some mindfulness meditation. Rather than to control the intrusive thoughts, I’m choosing instead not to engage with or judge them and let them float on like clouds in the sky. After a moment or two, I’ll move forward with whatever I was doing. Not as a distraction but as a choice that I have other things to do. It takes practice and you too can do it. Know that you are not alone. Hope this helps!!!
Can someone help me, please? I’ve been taking huge steps towards recovery and it’s a slow, sometimes frustrating journey, but I’m being able to do more healthy things and I’m cutting out most of my “physical”/tangible compulsions, as instructed by my therapist. I still get intrusive thoughts all the time, and they change during the course of the day/couple of days. My brain always needs something disturbing to figure out, it’s very distressing. My question is this: how can I cut out mental compulsions, such as rumination, when it’s such an automatic response for me? How can I rewire my brain in that sense? Thank you guys!
Anyone have any good tips for resisting the urge to ruminate? My compulsions are mainly reassurance seeking and ruminating and while I can resist the compulsion to check something on my phone, it’s really hard to resist ruminating, because ultimately, the ruminating is just thinking thoughts, which we all know we can’t control.
Does anyone have any tips for reducing constant mental compulsions and rumination? I am constantly saying sentences/phrases in my head or ruminating so when I am trying to not engage I have to first make the decision to actively stop saying my compulsions in my head but it can feel very all or nothing as for me it’s not when an intrusive thoughts pops up anymore as I am constantly saying them so it feels like I’m either doing all of them or none of them which makes doing the process step by step very difficult. Any advice?
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