Charmander5
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- 1y
Tips on intrusive images?
Legit all ^ How to get rid of them or ignore them
BlueberrycowsBlueberrycows
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- 1y
Honestly your best option is to just roll with the images treat them like if you were to think what am I going to get at the store today don’t give them a second thought just let them go and come as they please because the more you try to suppress them or reduce/get rid of them … the stronger and faster they will come back … I wish you all the luck … remember nothing last forever
Charmander5Charmander5
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- 1y
@Blueberrycows What if I’m in the middle of doing something I love and an intrusive image comes in? I just ignore it and continue what I’m doing? It’s like OCD sends them especially when I’m doing something I love because it knows I’ll stop what I’m doing because I don’t want to do those things with those images in my head…
BlueberrycowsBlueberrycows
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- 1y
@Charmander5 Yea you just accept that thought and keep doing what you love … don’t give it any attention
Charmander5Charmander5
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- 1y
@Blueberrycows I’ll try, thank you
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
With intrusive thoughts you kind of have learn to not do any compulsions and treat them like how I imagine people without OCD have intrusive thoughts. By have the thoughts and not caring and just moving on.  it’s hard work to get to that point, but you can do it.  Sorry that the images with your ocd can be truly terrible. Stay strong and work on treating your ocd
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