I been dealing with OCD my entire life but recently I been finding it really difficult to find the slightest relief. I know it’s not good to do but I been trying not to think of the thoughts but of course they come back even stronger. Does anyone know what I could do in the meanwhile ? Thank you
try to let them exist, and everything they carry with them, but without going back to analyzing and questioning yourself, and adding details to "be sure" and do something else along the way while they are there, notice them, tell yourself "ok you are here" and return the focus to what you are doing!
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@Annoying_OCD classic ocd! Tricks you fall for! It's great that you continued, that's great, and you should always do that! Whatever the OCD says, they say that they would scare you and get you stuck in the cycle! Don't listen to him, relax and enjoy if you had a good time. Certainly my advice to you is a therapist and meds., and ERP! Don't worry! you are fine!
@Annoying_OCD yes, yes! I know everything, you are not alone in this! it's great that you didn't stop, and OCD always plays its game..don't fall for it! He managed to scare you and ruin your day!
@Annoying_OCD oh yeah! These horrors happen to me too! Because we are constantly in fear, our brain associates everything with those things, and what? because we thought too much, tested, went into analysis and now it controls automatically... that's all! Breathe and slowly ERP to work..
@Annoying_OCD yes...it's all so familiar to me..
@Annoying_OCD it gives me the feeling that I want it, so that I can enjoy it, but I try not to do compulsions because it draws me into it even more... I'm simply learning to let it all go..
@Annoying_OCD yes…calm down, ocd has many faces, and it constantly wants to keep you in a cycle...i imagine faces that make sexual grimaces..horrible one...and i have reactions to it..but i really think they are all faces of ocd, fighting for survival..
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I play video games or play golf in my head. Visualize doing something even if you can’t do it physically. It helps.
I highly recommend you seek therapy with a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy. ERP therapy will give you the tools not to fight the intrusive thoughts, and that it's not the content that matters, it's how we react to the thoughts that's important. NOCD can hook you up with a qualified therapist.
@Annoying_OCD I've been there. What helped me is being mindful that OCD attaches itself to what/who we cherish and what/who we fear. I practice my ERP tools. I try to stay in uncertainty and stay in the present. With this theme, I learned to think, "I accept the uncertainty that I could be one, but I'm not doing it now, I'm not plotting to and I have a choice." I also learned to say to myself, "It's just a thought." OCD wants you to ruminate all day, trying to find absolute certainty that you're not one. By staying in uncertainty, and by staying in the present, you take away OCD's MOJO and the episode will begin to diminish. Remember that it's not the thought that matters, it's how we react to it that's important. Are you in therapy with a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy? It makes all the difference. NOCD can hook you up with a good one. It's what I did. Hope this helps.
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