Tony Davies
- Date posted
- 18w
Help!
My ocd is hard today- it’s been two weeks focusing on the same ocd thoughts and countless checking repetitively. Any suggestions?
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 18w
I struggle with this as well. I check something once and then force myself to live with the uncertainty.
Tony DaviesTony Davies
- Date posted
- 18w
@Anonymous But ocd says “but check again you may have missed something.”
Mrcino 1408Mrcino 1408
- Date posted
- 18w
@Tony Davies Actually your ocd doesn t tell you that Ocd WORRIES that you may have missed something And worry is just a worry You have to change your Understanding of Ocd When it comes to you know this: right now everything happens because you think that ocd is a Fact bringer No its actually Worry bringer. Test this for yourself you will see eventually that it is the truth.
Tony DaviesTony Davies
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- 17w
@Mrcino 1408 Good point, it puts you in a false reality and false story and everything feels so real
Mrcino 1408Mrcino 1408
- Date posted
- 17w
@Tony Davies Exactly!
Tony DaviesTony Davies
- Date posted
- 17w
@Mrcino 1408 The checking also makes the ocd story worse
Mrcino 1408Mrcino 1408
- Date posted
- 17w
@Tony Davies You need and we all need Knowledge On this problem With corrext knowledge your logic brain will always know how ocd operates Without that it will always find holes to keep you in Read the book
Tony DaviesTony Davies
- Date posted
- 17w
@Mrcino 1408 OCD makes it something it’s not or wasn’t It twists
RosesrredRosesrred
- Date posted
- 18w
I used to struggle with repetitive checking A LOT, and I still do sometimes I told my therapist I can't just go cold turkey and not check things so she told me what I could do is put time in between the checking so instead of checking things immediately or every few minutes put some longer time in between like I used to have to check immediately to every five minutes so I started checking every 10 minutes and then the next week every 20 minutes and that helped me slowly built some distress tolerance so I could eventually stop checking altogether hope this helps. I promise it gets better the discomfort is worth it in the end. :)
Tony DaviesTony Davies
- Date posted
- 18w
@Rosesrred That’s interesting, never heard of it. It’s something how once you check, ocd spikes and has you re check and you go into a loop
RosesrredRosesrred
- Date posted
- 18w
@Tony Davies Exactly. But even little changes, if it feels impossible at first to just not check has helped. I've even found that putting some space between it that sometimes I forget about it once my "timer" is up and don't even need to check it anymore.
RosesrredRosesrred
- Date posted
- 18w
@Rosesrred It's all about building distress tolerance
the_ocd_girliethe_ocd_girlie
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 18w
@Rosesrred This also worked for me! Setting a timer did wonders and you can build up and grow that muscle of resistance!
anon 1124anon 1124
- Date posted
- 17w
My therapist gave me this example: When you turn off something, and have other things on your mind, you tend to forget if you turned it off and ruminate to no end. She said to really concentrate on unplugging something, clear your mind of all thoughts, and actively concentrate on turning it off. It has helped me tremendously. Take care!
Mrcino 1408Mrcino 1408
- Date posted
- 17w
Yes but you need to learn Why does it come from, and from where, from what beliefs, from what emotions
Tony DaviesTony Davies
- Date posted
- 17w
Exactly- any reading material you can suggest
Tony DaviesTony Davies
- Date posted
- 17w
It’s hard tbh
Mrcino 1408Mrcino 1408
- Date posted
- 17w
Its Super hard, but you need to know, that this is a process brother, just know this. It is extremely curable Only it takes time for your brain to indoctrinates that Work on yourself. Use papir and pen Wriite down not just context of your thoughts but The feelings the give you and Beliefs that the give you and rituals that you need to perform Write down Everything I reccommend only Break free from ocd book You will see how it s stoping you brother from living your life Enough is Enough! You need to beat this problem You have to! You suffered enough! I know your pain every second every minute every day always Loops and stuck in place You have my support This is going to be a journey for you Journey of new old you
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