InfiniteLoop
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- 6y
Lark G.Lark G.
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- 6y
Same. I had this and was able to get over it by not googling. However with contamination ocd. I’m soooo repulsed that I can’t apply the technique. It’s really hard
orangeyorangey
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- 6y
I’ve had this very badly. E.g spending 3+ hours a night obsessively googling symptoms, at one point. To be honest, I think I had to go through that to finally realize that a) it actually wasn’t decreasing my anxiety, and b) that I will NEVER reach a point of certainty due to the very nature of this illness. I tried to get into the habit of asking myself, “is what I’m doing right now helping or harming me, in the long run?” as soon as I can recognize that I’m slipping into ruminations.
InfiniteLoopInfiniteLoop
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- 6y
It’s so hard to stop. It’s almost like being addicted to a drug and knowing that if you’d just give in once, you’d feel a little better. I’m struggling pretty hard with this lately, but I’m getting better at it.
orangeyorangey
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- 6y
Yeah it’s awful. I just gave in now to a 20-30 minute google session :( It’s so hard to just ignore a new physical “symptom” that you’ve never felt before.
InfiniteLoopInfiniteLoop
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- 6y
A part of me wants to block google on my phone so I *can’t* do it, but then I’m not really learning anything by forcing it, I guess... ?
orangeyorangey
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- 6y
@InfiniteLoop Something my therapist recommended is to do “data collection” on your compulsions (googling). Meaning to write down in a spreadsheet whenever you give in to a compulsion, what triggered it, for how long you do the rituals, and what rituals you do. For me, doing this diligently and then actually being able to see that I was spending 3 hours a night googling things and that lo and behold the next day I STILL felt just as awful kinda helped to put things into perspective a bit after doing the data collection for 4-5 days.
InfiniteLoopInfiniteLoop
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- 6y
@orangey That’s a great idea! I think I’ll try that
orangeyorangey
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- 6y
@InfiniteLoop Awesome, let us know how it goes.
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