- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 22w ago
Guilt
Does anyone know how to deal with guilt for something you did as a kid that you feel is disgusting and worry that it could have hurt someone you loved.
- Username
- davinkingdavinking
- Date posted
- 22w ago
Yeah I feel that way, it's taken so much from me for over a year now. I can't forgive myself, I feel like what I did was pretty bad. But I constantly remind myself I was a kid and should just forget it but my mind doesn't let me do that. Idk how to just forget it and move on, I'm constantly paranoid about it
- Username
- Pluriel Pluriel
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Arguing with your mind by saying you've been a kid back in the time is compulsive. This is why thoughts keep coming back. Thank your thoughts for reminding you and invite them to stay longer and practice that. I know it sounds weird in the beginning but it's practice.
- Username
- davinkingdavinking
- Date posted
- 18w ago
@Pluriel Does that work? The last thing I want is for them to stay longer
- Username
- TyconiaTyconia
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 22w ago
It's a process. I've dealing with guilt and other mental fallout from stupid things I did as a kid and that's really all I can say. When it comes up to bother me I just remember that I can't figure out what happened back then and I can't keep bringing those events into the present. I focus on my ERP and sit with the anxiety as I go about my day until it passes. And I just trust the process. I can't hope to have a certain outcome. That's the hardest part. I guess just remember that your current self doesn't owe that guilt anything
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