- Date posted
- 39w ago
Tips on intrusive images?
Legit all ^ How to get rid of them or ignore them
Legit all ^ How to get rid of them or ignore them
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
@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…
@Charmander5 Yea you just accept that thought and keep doing what you love … don’t give it any attention
@Blueberrycows I’ll try, thank you
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
My intrusive images were an absolute nightmare back in April. I honestly don’t even know how it got better, I had written a letter to God begging for help. Well recently idk if it’s because I’ve been stressed a lot again and ruminating on a lot of pocd related things from the past the make me worry, but the images have started again and even though they are repulsive and awful, I feel like I’m not reacting how I should. I think I just got to where I would just try to like blink it away and ignore it, but I feel so bad if I’m not feeling absolute shame and guilt. I feel like I feel too normal and sometimes I forget that if anyone knew besides people on here, I can’t imagine what people would think, but I also know it’s not who I am so I feel like I don’t worry as much as I should. Also, I can’t stop worrying about fanfiction I read when I was like 16 and 17. It really bothers me because I keep wondering did I imagine this one character my age? Why did I read this? Did I even know what aging up was then, and even if I did it’s wrong and gross anyway but if I didn’t age this character up then that’s awful. And i just can’t let go but I think it’s triggering me to have the images so idk what to do.
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Hi everyone, I wanted to reach out to see if anyone else has experienced something similar with OCD and intrusive thoughts. I’ve been struggling during moments of intimacy because intrusive thoughts, particularly ones related to POCD, feel so ‘sticky’—like they’re all I can picture. Even though I really want the thoughts to go away, they persist, and I’ve been trying not to avoid intimacy because of them. However, that makes me feel like I’m somehow ‘enjoying’ the thoughts or images, which I really dislike. It’s like my brain is playing this awful trick, and it’s leaving me feeling confused and gross. I guess I’m supposed to not let the thoughts bother me and continue as if nothing’s wrong, but I’m scared that by doing so, I’m almost training myself to get off to them or something. This fear makes it so hard to trust myself in those moments, and it’s been overwhelming. If anyone else has been through this, how do you handle it?
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