I’m confused when people say accept your thoughts why would I accept the thoughts that are making me feel disgust and filth what if I start accepting them and then the thoughts actually become true?
It’s not accepting them to be true but it’s accepting that they are there and not putting so much energy into stopping them which only makes them more powerful. Don’t give them power you brain is trying to convince you that they will become true to keep you trapped in the cycle
It’s because thoughts aren’t real, we can’t even control what we think. It’s really just understanding that no person can control what comes through their own minds. Everyone is a victim to sudden thought. The only difference between us and them as that we have a disposition to believe our thoughts are true, we sadly automatically take them seriously while other people just naturally don’t let their thoughts define them. In reality it’s all apart of a normal process of thinking. All you gotta do is understand that you are not your thoughts , and all though you have them, does not mean they are in your control at all, they literally do not define you or anyone around you. At all
You’re accepting their presence and the fact that you cannot control feelings, thoughts, images, and urges—what you CAN control are your actions. Accepting their presence and then going about your day tells your brain that everything is okay and to not set off alarm bells. The more you feed OCD, the more you’re telling your brain it is dangerous. The brain is the powerhouse of human beings, but we are conscious animals—we have the ability to detach from our minds due to having a consciousness and see what’s going on, then decide how to react. And for OCD treatment, you DO NOT react.
The goal is not to accept them, but to dismiss them, tolerate them, or let them float by. When we realize we are not defined by all of our thoughts, we are defined by our response to intrusive thoughts, our actions, our character traits, etc... then we can tolerate a wicked thought without it changing us at all. ERP helps with this. For what it's worth, I also adopt a spiritual view as a Christian. In Christianity, we can experience spiritual warfare, and entities can tempt us with all kinds of thoughts. Luckily Christ has all authority over such entities and we can turn to Scripture or pray (non-compulsively) or just give our worries to God. It's a relief to know that some (I wouldn't necessarily say all) intrusive thoughts are not from us at all. God bless.
@JB1020 Same as me thank you but I’m Muslim like saying it’s whispers from the shaytan (devil) and can see it as a test and to be honest I have it helped me become a lot closer to god and I feel a lot better thank god may God guide us all to the right path🙏🏽❤️
@LaHawlaWlaQuwitaIllaBilah - Your love for God is beautiful. I pray He leads you to the truth that Jesus Christ is God and was crucified for us. But even though we have different faiths, we can still support one another in our mental health and spiritual warfare. All the best to you.
Is this ocd? I Have a thought or think something f harmful that I’ve gotten intrusive thoughts about - and get a feeling like I want/like it or it would give me relief??? Please tell me that will eventually go away and I’ll get my real feelings back??? Or have I just turned into those things? Sometimes things that make me upset it even feels like I’ll do them just so I can be upset about them.
This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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