anonymous7379292
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- 22w
does anyone do this
does anyone read something about someone else’s issue and be scared it will start becoming an issue for them too?
issphra 🫶🏻issphra 🫶🏻
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- 22w
Yes, and I have caught thoughts. It’s a meta OCD fear, which is actually pretty common! I used to be super scared of them, but now it’s more like, whatever. I almost see it as one less thing to worry about once I eventually overcome it, if that makes sense? I used to keep the trigger warning filter on all the time because I wasn’t ready for triggering posts at all. They’d just set me back with how high my anxiety was and how much I was already struggling with my OCD. Now, I don’t even notice it’s on. It’s like a night and day difference. You’ll get past this :)
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- Therapist
- Date posted
- 22w
I can't say with certainty, but I do know that triggers are everywhere. We can't avoid them and if we try, we end up suffering. It's not worth the suffering! It could become an issue if you allow it to become an issue. It could also just move right on through. Stay strong and use the tools of disengagement. You do not have to be a prisoner to the fears that OCD puts in your head.
anonymous7379292anonymous737...
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- 22w
@Carrie Wells thank you! It still feels wrong to me tho because i love my bf so much and i never had an issue with it before until i read that someone else had the issue i just feel so wrong:(
mental Warrior mental Warrior
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- 22w
Hi, as a therapist may I ask What's something you've learned about the human brain that you'd say we should try to remember as people battling OCD?
JesuslovesyouuJesuslovesyouu
- Date posted
- 22w
yes. i’ve had to take a break from apps like this before. it’s helpful to have community but sometimes it can be overwhelming. just remember that you can’t predict what will happen to you. don’t get caught up in it, ocd is different for everyone.
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- Therapist
- Date posted
- 22w
This is so common! A great way to practice ERP. Allow for uncertainty of "catching thoughts" and resist pushing thoughts away. Allow it to be there. Have you caught my thoughts yet?
anonymous7379292anonymous737...
- Date posted
- 22w
@Alessandra Rizzotti but the issue is that i just feel so wrong:(
maznomazno
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 22w
this and then i feel guilty for feeling like it'll become an issue for me because it makes me feel like i'm faking it
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- Therapist
- Date posted
- 22w
Hi! This is so common! Continue to practice acceptance of uncertainty. Maybe it'll become an issue, maybe it won't. You don't need to solve that right now. You got this!
mental Warrior mental Warrior
- Date posted
- 22w
Hi, as a therapist may I ask What's something you've learned about the human brain that you'd say we should try to remember as people bettling OCD?
misererimisereri
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- 22w
Yes many times
Emm@Emm@
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- 22w
Yes but I just try to push it away
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