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Rumination as a choice
I understand that rumination is a choice but it feels out of my control. I cannot stop doing it and I’m driving myself crazy. What’s the best advice you’ve gotten for this?
I understand that rumination is a choice but it feels out of my control. I cannot stop doing it and I’m driving myself crazy. What’s the best advice you’ve gotten for this?
Personally in the long run this I find helpful, if you focus on whatever you’re supposed to be doing the task at hand, the ruminating by just leaving it in the background will wear itself out and be just like a car alarm that you are moving further away from.
I’m struggling with this currently. What I found that works the best for me is to do something else and let the buzzing continue. As soon as I try to stop the constant stream do thoughts, I start to focus more on the one thought that bothers me. I tell myself “it’s ok to be uncomfortable” and go on doing something else. I also have ADHD so medication has also helped a lot with that.
my ocd’s theme keeps switching back to what it was for years (misplacing items) and relationship ocd mostly retroactive jealousy. i think i cured the itch but then one day i wake up and feel angry that my current lovely bf stayed in a 5 year relationship even tho she was awful, i feel pathetic for letting something a year in the past keep me from being truly in the present. its not fair to me nor him.
Was wondering if anyone liked to share how they deal with Severe rumination and anxiety , as I’m always looking to Add to my tool box . Thanks 🙏
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
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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