Dealing with uncertainty

I handle uncertainty by accepting it. I know there can't always be a perfect decision for anything and sometimes not knowing what will happen leads to some really fun and interesting things.

Letting go of the concept of absolutes and welcome the uncertainty. Uncertainty is chance, opportunity, something unknown and new and exactly what we need to get better, to undo the framework of the mental construct we call certainty and it's biproduct ocd.

Acceptance is a key factor in handling uncertainty for me. Uncertainty applies to everyone, whether you have OCD or not.

Being still in the discomfort. Not looking for a way out of it, just allowing discomfort to sail on through. I’m basically in agreement with every post before this one, lol! So awesome!

Using surfing analogies. I realized that every time I hit the waves I could technically get bitten by a shark and loose a leg but I just accept the risk with the sport and embrace being in the moment! I’m doing the same thing with OCD and it WORKS!

I am learning how to practice giving myself trust and grace in times of uncertainty. It can feel actually impossible, but the more I let go of my impulse to control and make room for space to allow trust, the kinder uncertainty becomes.

I’ve done better at handling uncertainty ever since I realized it’s really the only option. Everything in life is uncertain so I can either accept it and keep going, or I can let the uncertainty bother me to the point of panic. But either way, uncertainty is still there. Uncertainty is certain. How will you react to it?

Acceptance. “Oh well” and “I’ll handle it if it happens” and “alright if it’s gonna happen let’s get it over with”

I think something to the effect of “I am choosing to accept this uncertainty because the alternative is not something I value. Is dwelling on uncertainty really worth my happiness? I choose to tolerate this uncertainty because it means I’m actually living my life.”

I try to remind myself that as humans, we tend to worry, and we try to fight uncertainty by seeking the absolute. It’s understandable. So I try not to judge myself when I do this. But I also remind myself that life is fun when we allow ambiguity in our hearts, and it’s a way to become more fearless (and even excited) when pondering the future!

Just sitting with it and moving on

Just sitting with the discomfort. That’s the best way. Some days I struggle more than others but that is always the best way for me even if I don’t believe it in the moment.

Best thing that has helped me is accepting uncertainty, but a lot of people don’t know what that means. To actively accept means feeling the discomfort and letting it be there, but not doing anything to remove it. Focusing on the discomfort of uncertainty actually fuels it. So instead, notice it, flow with the feeling, then revert back to the present task at hand.

RPMs. “I don’t need to know right now.” I keep saying it. “It’s ok to not know. It’s really ok to be uncertain sometimes.” I also remember my therapist saying “I sit in uncertainty all the time.” That was really powerful for me

A Chinese finger trap (also known as a Chinese finger puzzle, Chinese thumb cuff, Chinese handcuffs, and similar variants) is a gag toy used to play a practical joke on unsuspecting children and adults. The finger trap is a simple puzzle that traps the victim's fingers (often the index fingers) in both ends of a small cylinder woven from bamboo. The initial reaction of the victim is often to pull their fingers outward, but this only tightens the trap. The way to escape the trap is to push the ends toward the middle, which enlarges the openings and frees the fingers. The more we try to get out of the trap (our thoughts), the more stick we get…. On the other hand, by relaxing (accepting thoughts, triggers, etc.), we can be freed.

I just suck it up, to be honest.

Remind myself that living in the here and now is enough and try to stay present. I like to use “maybe, maybe not” on future uncertain thoughts and let them pass.

With a non engagement response!!!!

I was told to engage in a values based activity. I tend to go out into nature and take long walks, either by myself, or with my dog. Even though those thoughts are with me at times when I’m out walking, I’m not going to let OCD prevent me from enjoying something I do in my free time.

Heartfelt hope🎈

Ahh never mind and move on

There was a recent article from the NOCD blog that had a great strategy, switch the words you use to be present tense. If you put past and future tense words on a blacklist, it forces you to live and be cognizant in the present. "Stay in the present tense When you feel anxious about something, you are, in essence, living in the future. When you suffer from depression, it is often because you are revisiting the past. Therefore we must realize and recognize when we are doing either of these things and turn our attention to the here and now" https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/5-strategies-for-accepting-uncertainty

I tell myself the universe is in charge, not me.

I handle uncertainty by accepting that some things will always be beyond my control. Each day, we live with uncertainty—never promised another heartbeat or guaranteed safe journeys to and from our destinations. Though uncertainty is a constant, I choose to face it openly, knowing that growth happens when I confront the unknown rather than avoid it.

That compulsions have never and will never actually prevent something bad from happening. Also recognising that they only make handling uncertainty MUCH more difficult.

Accept the uncertainty and trust in myself. Keep moving forward.

A close relationship with God and my family and friends

Sometimes i can accept, sometimes its hard. Taking it moment by moment

Just accept I don’t know the answer and thats part of live. I don’t like not knowing the answers to life but sometimes you just have to wait and see what will happen or not. Sadly you can not control your whole life some part are just going happen or not by fate or chance that how it is.

I handle it by realising that whether or not I want to accept it, it is reality. We cannot be certain about anything.

Problem solve

Total vulnerability to events.

I don’t even try answering any question that my minds asks me bc I know that the question is likely the OCD. I just go and move and act as if I wasn’t anxious, which put me in situations where I get anxious, I fail, I learn, I grow. Repeat. Of course, therapy and medication are present throughout.

Not very well 😕

Taking life day by day

Knowing that ocd can't help me get certainty, so I have no choice

When I can do it, I think that everything in the world is changing, everything is so complex that a one unique true is something actually impossible. And sometimes that it's beautiful in its own way.

When I’m anxiously anticipating the thoughts, I try to be mindful about the distinction between excitement of an event and the anxiety about what might happen. If I decide it’s excitement for the event, then I allow myself to feel joy of the experience. I can and deserve to feel joy and not be bogged down with the what ifs.

I need help with this I'm not too familiar on how to do anything for this disease if you call it that I do it bugs everybody in my family

How do you get through this with the physical symptoms ?

I worry

i don’t