Help pls

So i’ve been planning to apply for a job that i’ve always wanted to experienced and i’ve been looking at videos regarding that job. I was scrolling on tiktok when i stumbled upon someone on live talking about the job. i had a very bad intrusive thought and my anxious mind told me that in order to be safe, i need to find that exact live and fix the thought. i’ve been scrolling for the past hour and have not been able to find the account. my brain is not linking the job to the intrusive thought. why is this happening 💔

Username: AnonymousPosterAnonymousPoster

Date posted: 11w ago

Stop scrolling and go outside. Honest advice. I've scrolled out of OCD got to find it anxiety, don't do it. Also, a trick I used in OCD recovery and still use, is I tell myself that if xy or z still bothers me in two hours I'll consider doing the compulsion to fix it. When the two hours rolls around, I'd either forget why I was anxious, or it wouldn't seem important anymore, or it would still bother me. If it still bothered me, I'd push it off another two hours. This gently trained my brain that not everything is an emergency.

Username: Justin TroutJustin Trout

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 11w ago

What you're describing is very typical for someone with OCD. It's not uncommon for OCD to latch onto things that are important or meaningful to you, like the job you're excited about, and then link them to intrusive thoughts. Your mind is creating a false connection between the thought and the job, making you feel like you need to "fix" it in order to feel safe or to prevent something bad from happening. This is part of the compulsive cycle of OCD. The intrusive thought came up, and now your brain is telling you that you need to find that specific live stream to neutralize or correct the thought. But the more you engage in that compulsion (in this case, scrolling to find the live stream), the stronger the anxiety and the false connection between the thought and the job will become. The reality is that the thought has no power over your future or your job—it's just an uncomfortable, unwanted thought that doesn’t reflect reality. The goal with OCD treatment, especially through Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), is to learn how to sit with these intrusive thoughts without acting on the compulsions to fix or neutralize them. In this case, resisting the urge to continue searching for that live stream, and accepting that the thought is just a thought, will help break the cycle.

Username: JenniferNSepp

Date posted: 1y ago

Could use advice

Hello, I've used this app before but sometimes avoid to not remind myself that I do have ocd. So acouple of months ago there was an upsetting video that circuled around the internet and I deleted my tiktok and instagram to avoid it. I've been using ig only on other people's phones because it just feels safer. Safe to safe just the description of this particular video left me traumatized and my ocd "flares up" when I have PMS. For me, I'm scared of being on ig because I get scared I'm gonna see or hear about that video or even worse, look up the particular things to "make sure" its deleted off of the internet. I know I would never put myself to witness something so awful, but the idea of me even thinking about it is enough to scare me and makes the simplicity of enjoying ig kinda nerve-wracking and I wonder if anyone on this app understands this feeling and knows ways to use social media in a peaceful way. I would really appreciate advice and thank you a lot to anyone who took the time to read this! Thank you 😊

Username: jayqrc

Date posted: 40w ago

my brain 🤦‍♀️

So I was outside with my mom buying fruits and i was enjoying it and no really bad thoughts were in my mind.Then we went to pay and i just looked up and there was a doll (one that appears in a horror movie,i don’t want to write the name because of anxiety😭)and when i first saw it i just thought it was cool and that’s it.then after a minute my mind said that its going to kill me or my family, or harm me going to poison my food (another type of intrusive thoughts i struggle with) and it just kept repeating itself even when i was thinking my own thoughts it interrupted and i couldn’t stop thinking about it.I told myself it literally makes no sense and to stop being scared about it but it just made it worse and i just started being really mean to myself for being scared of these thoughts i’m still anxious about it 😭🤦‍♀️

Username: ughhhh

Date posted: 34w ago

I hate when ocd does this

I hate that ocd not only latches onto people/things you love. But I hate how easily triggered it can make you and compare yourself to actual scary/bad people. TikTok has been such a big trigger of mine because I keep seeing crime cases, people harming people/younger ppl, and my most recent trigger someone potentially harming their pet. When I see all these things my brain tries to make connections to my past actions/things I said/ etc to try to find connections to how I’m also bad like them and I should just end it all before I truly end up evil. It scares me I don’t want to be an evil person or bad or worse things. I’m not like those people but my brain says other wise. How do I combat this? I can’t stop thinking about my latest trigger because I feel like it’s an old theme resurfacing and I’m so scared-please advice? Explanations? Why does this disorder exist?

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