I’m ruminating a lot today as usual but not following through with the compulsions so far. It’s extremely uncomfortable, but after being here even for a little bit, I’m starting to internalize that the compulsions make it worse. Still, I wish my head was a more peaceful place and it’s hard that I feel like I can’t do anything about it. Who relates?
🙋I’ve been stuck in my head this morning, and keep catching myself obsessing about doing/not doing my compulsions. But if your head is a yucky place to be all you can do is get out of it! I went for a run (in the rain!) and now I’m trying a new smoothie and attempting to focus 100% of my attention on the taste/texture/temperature.
@Genellopey Cooking and baking has been a fantastic outlet for me. The precise measurements and needing to focus on that is a great way to combat it
@Genellopey Self care helps so much!!!
Resisting compulsions this weekend has been so hard!!! Yesterday I attended a group on here and just knowing I'm not alone helps so much. These past couple of days have been my hardest in a while.
@OCDlikewoah It’s so hard. I’m struggling as we speak but instead of following through I’m coming on here right now.
@marni Willpower, it’ll pass.
@marni yeah at one point I cried and then the anxiety went down. I resisted the compulsion to call people and tell them I was having a hard time, I resisted picking a fight with ugh my bf, and I resisted over sharing with a friend at breakfast this AM. I did a ton of ruminating but called it out and redirected.
@theali-est Likewise. It’s crazy how common this is. Yes I think I need to discuss this with my boyfriend bc my brain tells me it’s so important. When I speak to him about something, it needs to be intentional instead of a byproduct of my obsessive loops.
@marni Yes exactly. I love to reheat old fights.
@theali-est I thought about it all day but resisted the compulsions. Still it’s very very distracting and I want to just not have them, like we all
Exact same thing happening to me today
@theali-est But within a few minutes I see it passed by me not doing anything. If I followed through. I’d have dug a deep hole. It’s like ocd gives you a shovel and tells you to dig, and it’s very hard but you drop the shovel. Phew 😮💨
Hey friends, I’m struggling. This is day 4 stuck on the same obsession and I’m not doing any compulsions and it’s not going away. I’m obsessing about what if I can never get this thought out of my head and it stays here the rest of my life and I always feel anxious, guilty, depressed, ashamed forever and never enjoy my life. Please leave suggestions for ERPs around this. Thank you 🙏🏻
Sitting with a thought, feeling incredibly uncomfortable. The physical effects of not giving into a compulsion are not often spoken about. Nausea, headaches, weakness, rapid heart beat, cold shakes (all a result from anxiety I assume). Any recommendations to aid this? I’m really trying not to give in 😕
I used to do a lot of physical compulsions when I was a pre teen when my ocd first presented. People would notice. So over time I started doing less physical compulsions and more internal ones. Now I feel like I can’t think a singular thought without repeating it, ruminating on it, etc. I was embarrassed by my ocd so I somehow internalized it all, which in the end made things so much worse. Anyone else have a similar experience?
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