hannie
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Ridethewave Ridethewave
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Litterally the only thing you can do is sit through it all. I've found that responding with "of course (so and so thought) is true, why wouldn't it be??" and just take the thought to a whole other level. Its helped me get through the thoughts today so far :)
hanniehannie
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thank you so much for responding! I will take your advice and just sit with it! I appreciate you so much for replying ?
Ridethewave Ridethewave
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You're welcome :) no matter how intense the feelings get, just sit with it without analyzing and it'll pass. Goodluck!
hanniehannie
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Thank you☺️
John 28John 28
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Well I wouldn’t say 90% maybe 70 . But it’s getting better . Please don’t expect for it all to get better in one day . It’s a process but it gets better trust me . one day we are gonna look back at this and it will all be joke lol
Ridethewave Ridethewave
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That's how I look at it too. I know my future self is laughing already at this nonsense ??
John 28John 28
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@NocturnalGyal Ya lol
John 28John 28
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just sit through them and don’t fight them . Just think that with time it will all go away . don’t fight the thoughts . I’m at the stage where I don’t really care about the thoughts anymore . Obviously I’m not perfect , some intrusive thoughts effect me but Ita getting better . I can feel that one day this won’t effect me at all and I’ll get back to how I was before . Some days u just gotta take the OCD. Please don’t fight it , if u try to make the thoughts go away u will fail . It’s proven .
Ridethewave Ridethewave
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Did you find that as you let the thoughts pass through, it gradually got worse but then got better with time?
John 28John 28
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@NocturnalGyal yes, but only for a little bit . believe me it was hard, OCD is an addiction especially with thoughts, but eventually things get better . I’m not fully recovered but I’m getting there . I’m trying to get back to what I was 3 months before I had this .
John 28John 28
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@Gianfranco And I’m definitely passed half way . this crap won’t rule my life
John 28John 28
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@Gianfranco Trust me I had really bad HOCD . Like it was terrible. I stopped fighting the thoughts and then boom there all gone . And if they come back I don’t care anynore
Ridethewave Ridethewave
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@Gianfranco I tried the whole "I don't care anymore" approach and then thoughts got so much worse after like a couple of hours... So I eventually gave in to rumination again ?Is this what happened to you?
John 28John 28
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@NocturnalGyal It’s all a process . The first few days suck . the first week and a bit sucks . It’s so hard trust me . And I understand . I had really bad HOCD, but it’s all gone now . like 90% gone . And it wasn’t a decision to make the thoughts go away I was just so tired of them so I accepted them . it was all a shock to me . trust me it gets better
John 28John 28
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@NocturnalGyal Another thing that helps me a lot with ocd in genera is thinking about if I will have it in 5 10 15 20 years . Just think about it your entire life u didn’t have this garbage and then one day u get it . we will eventually get back to normal with help . and u won’t have it for that long don’t worry
Ridethewave Ridethewave
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@Gianfranco Wow thank you! Yeah it's just very complicated for me because I have a boyfriend and just saying "I don't care" helps for a couple of hours but then my OCD attacks my relationship afterwards ? but I guess that's all the process! I'll have to accept uncertainty in both my HOCD and ROCD. I'm happy that you're 90% cured though :) must have been really tough but it paid off well!
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