OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

Urge to say a word in a different ways

I have words that I want to say in a lot of different ways to see how I sound what?? It’s usually names but I feel the urge to say a specific name in a lot of different ways and sounds so I know how I sound and feel. Is this even ocd? Like it weird I’m not saying this with the same sound but I’m saying the word until I felt all the sounds I can say so how know how I sound or something. Like it’s super weird and it’s a word that relate to my Pocd (like name) that I want to say on a lot of different ways to check how I sound and I have the urge to do it. But I really don’t want to so I’m saying my name in a lot of different ways so I know how I sound

POCD

hanysm@gmail...

Date posted: 43w

Don't say it, and don't give in to compulsions.

OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

@hanysm@gmail.com I’m trying but what if the urge will never go away

hanysm@gmail...

Date posted: 43w

@OrMsB Eventually, it will fade away. Compulsions are like feeding hungry seagulls at the beach. Once you give food to one, more will flock to you, expecting the same. The best approach is to avoid feeding them or revealing that you have what they desire.

OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

@hanysm@gmail.com Yes I know thank you, I fallen for this compulsion couple of times and I don’t want to do it again. I just wanted to check how I feel by making some specific sound with a word (name) and the not knowing is giving me anxiety but also to do it I will feel bad. I’m just super anxious that I don’t know. It’s all the time the anxiety and all the time I give up for a different compulsion and then the urge stay so because of that I’m afraid I care all the time and have the urge all the time. Like I feel like I have to check I have thoughts like “if I never check I will never know and the never know and how will I live my life without know” I don’t know what to do about the thought cause because of this time most of the time I’m falling for compulsions

hanysm@gmail...

Date posted: 43w

@OrMsB Why testing, doing so is a reaction to a thought, which means you telling those birds there could be food.

OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

@hanysm@gmail.com But what if I will always think about it, I feel like all the time I have to know. I don’t want to know but I have the urge to. I don’t want this thought to be inside my head all my life . And yea your right giving in to compulsions it’s not good

hanysm@gmail...

Date posted: 43w

@OrMsB Reread what you wrote. Here is your rule. What if = OCD in action

OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

@hanysm@gmail.com Yes, I will try resist them

120

Date posted: 43w

A couple of ways I’ve done exposures for things like this are: A. Don’t say it, as suggested above, and wait for the urge to go away B. Give yourself a dedicated time each day (set a 10, 15 minute timer) and repeat the one word even after the urge goes away to the point that it loses its significance to ocd Those are ERP exposure that have worked for me with similar things in the past, you could find online articles that explain them more in depth and the reasoning behind them, or a professional counselor could also give a better explanation if you want one

OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

@120 Is it possible that the urge is soo big? And the second thing you say, you mean to say the word? Cause my anxiety it about say the word in a weird way (now I got a thought if I can say that in a sexual way to see how I sound and feel gross I know sorry for being specific ) so you mean to say it once in normal way once? And also what if the urge is so big and never goes away or what if it will go away but come back

120

Date posted: 43w

@OrMsB The best way to approach it depends a lot on your specific ocd. A professional counselor would be the only one who can tell you for sure the best way to approach it. What I was referring to is a type of exposure where you would say the word repeatedly in the way that you’re worried about, hundreds of times, over the course of a specific ten or fifteen minute time period on a daily basis. That kind of exposure doesn’t work in every case and if the ocd is severe it may be too intense of an exposure for you right now. If you’re able to avoid saying the word compulsively that’s also a good strategy

OrMsB

Date posted: 43w

@120 Yea right now I’m trying not to say the word, so I can do erp about it. Thank you so much 🙏

Anonymousssssss

Date posted: 24w

Help

I deal pretty heavily with this. The last couple days, I’ve had what I think are urges. Something pops into my head intrusively and then what stems from that is me WANTING to just indulge in it even though it’s gross. I get worried bc I used to struggle w thoughts about my dad for a long time until eventually I just purposely thought of him while self pleasuring and got off to it. While that’s something I did, it is NOT me. It all stemmed from my mental health declining a couple years back, I was never this way before. So I get worried that it almost happened or might happen with my pocd cuz I could never live with myself if it did.

Ky Phuong

Date posted: 22w

Feeling to check or do about something

I think I have OCD since last year but I just realized that I’ve got OCD this year even I haven’t been to any mental clinics or hospitals to test if I have OCD or not. I realized i have OCD this year when i watched movies or videos but i feel like to watch them again and again to check some specific sentences in that movie. Like if that video has subtitles and there are always have some phrases or sentences that make me read, look at every single words of that thing. Even sometimes i check that thing just want to know at the end of that sentence has a dot or comma, kind of like that, i know it’s hard to describe about these situations for me even i know checking these things doesn’t help me anything in my life but the more i watch, read and focus at any details in anything i look so when i remember about something that i watched or red, if i cannot remember exactly all the words of that sentence in the movies, videos, post i feel like to check just know what it is again. Most of my compulsions are related to anything i look, watch or read in my phone. Even sometimes i feel like to check if that is just an account name of anyone, comments on social medias. And before i had so many bad problems with doing things to just “feel right” after i watched those movies and videos. There were some rules that came in my mind so when i watched them again - i had to click this, touch this, replay this over and over again in the video or even look at video duration at the end. There are so many things that i did before that i couldn’t describe enough but i just want to say i used to want to complete many missions in my mind to just feel right or feel completed. If i don’t complete that stupid mission (i called it stupid because i kept me stuck with my life), I’m gonna do it again and again whenever i free until i finish it. At the moments, i don’t have any stupid missions to do about those things i watched but still have some thoughts about them and want to check to know what they are. Can anyone help me with my problem about OCD? My English can not be really good as I’m not a native English speaker. Thanks.

Young adults with OCD

Pezling

Date posted: 20w

Numbers And Words 🥴

Hey so my OCD makes me hate specific numbers and words, like I can’t say some words in case that specific word comes true and something bad happens. I then go and keep saying to myself everything is amazing,everything is amazing and it just tires me out.

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