Iโm going on vacation to Vegas in a month. But my OCD thoughts are getting worse & im freaking out that they will ruin my trip. How will i deal with this
Hi! I had a recent vacation that was planned for months and I had the same fear. I wanted to have fun so bad but terrified my OCD was going to ruin it. I ended up doing an exposure where I just wrote out that I was not going to have fun over and over again until I was like whatever who cares maybe I wonโt itโs just a couple days trip anyway. This helped me not put so much pressure on myself and I had the best time! Of course intrusive thoughts popped in here and there but I would just keep pushing with non engagement responses and also used some general CBT skills (breathing in to 4, holding for 2 and breathing out to 6). If you are working with a therapist see what they think and if this practice might help you too! Your life is more important than your thoughts!
I live in vegas it is easy to spend money here tbh but itโs fun especially during halloween and thereโs shows in arts district and fremont is fun too so ya just have fun donโt worry
@Noflowers808! thank you !
They are probably getting worse because you are worrying so much about OCD ruining your trip. Which is getting like a runaway train. If you donโt shut this down it could ruin your trip but I doubt it. Once there you will relax into it. Say to yourself โitโs not real and so itโs not going to ruin my trip. Itโs silly OCD thoughts. Get out of here thoughts Iโm busy.โ Get all the planning and packing done ahead. Then go about the rest of your life like the trip isnโt happening and try not to think about it till the day before. Youโre already planned and packed. Now go and have a great time. If you get overwhelmed youโre not required to do anything you donโt want to. Go to your room and chill till youโre ready for more.
@BeTrue2U i like this a lot ty so much !!!
Hi everyone. I'm feeling kinda scared because I have to wait a whole month to start ERP therapy, but I feel like I need to start doing exposures now because the longer I wait, the more anxiety I get. It just feels like the OCD monster is getting worse. One thing that helps me is asking one person about an obsession I have...asking a person that I trust, and then doing an exposure after I get the "ok" to do it. I feel like I do need 1 reassurance and then I can go ahead and do it. I know i'm not supposed to ask for reassurance at all, but i dont think you're supposed to do ERP on your own right? Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do while waiting for therapy? PS-the reason there is a wait is bc she's on vacation. After she's back we will meet regularly.
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
My last and almost life long theme/sub-theme largely subsided recently and my ocd felt like it wasnโt even an issue. Then I went on winter break from uni and being alone made my mind come up with a whole new topic to obsess over. TLDR on my fears, my advisor wouldnโt email me back for a while about signing up for classes so my mind started to worry โwhat if he doesnโt in time and you canโt enroll this semester and you lose this whole life you just built and all these new friendsโ So when that issue was resolved my mind found other scarier ways I could be uprooted from my current life and friends that Iโve grown so attached to. Then my mind remembered back when I was struggling with false memories and scrupulosity and I essentially made a post on a forum 2 and a half years ago saying I did something or was convinced I did something that I never actually did. Now Iโve been spiraling about someone finding it reporting me and I either get seen as a horrible person or arrested or something over something I never actually did but โadmittedโ to out of fear of going to hell. My mind wonโt let it go and keeps finding new reasons for it to be โvalidโ โlogicalโ or even inevitable. I feel like itโs just hanging over my head and I can never rest easy. Especially when I try to focus on my daily tasks or plan for the future I get this horrible flair up of โwhy plan for the future when this could come back in that future and you get uprooted from all of itโ my mind wonโt rest without certainty being uprooted wonโt happen but certainty doesnโt exist, at least not with ocd. This sucks and I miss being care free.
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