- Date posted
- 27w
Reassurance seeking
If I stop seeking reassurance will the thoughts become less?
If I stop seeking reassurance will the thoughts become less?
Yes! The more you look the more you’re feeding your OCD. It’s important to get use to identifying what is your OCD thoughts. It gets tricky.
Yes 100%!
Yes, it takes time but they will slow down
@Annoying_OCD I can’t find it
@Annoying_OCD It all sounds like ocd to me. You wouldn’t be worried about it if it wasn’t.
@Annoying_OCD I would think so
@Annoying_OCD Take some deep breaths. It’s all ocd.
@Annoying_OCD I’d say yes, but ocd isn’t going to let it go.
@Annoying_OCD You can’t. You have to stop this reassurance seeking. Do you see how it’s never satisfied? It’s never good enough? Stop it
@Annoying_OCD OCD made me think I love the devil and I’m a Christian … I think it can make you think just about anything
@Annoying_OCD We’ve already told you the answer 3 times
@Annoying_OCD Yes we all said yes
I’ve heard it’s not good to seek reassurance or give it because it lowers your tolerance to uncertainty. But how do I avoid seeking reassurance when my thoughts and doubts are so bad, I genuinely just don’t know anymore if I’m a bad person or if it’s just OCD? I know I’m supposed to sit with the uncertainty, but how can I do that when the uncertainty has me unable to trust my own brain? Especially when the OCD is real event and POCD? How can I not seek reassurance when I feel so alone and so abnormal and just don’t wanna feel that way anymore? In turn, I see so many people on here struggling so bad and my heart breaks for them. How can I give advice to towers without giving them reassurance and hurting them in the long run?
I see a lot of posts and comments here along the lines of... "the thoughts/urges aren't you -- they're just OCD." Though this is often true and comforting, isn't this just a form of reassurance? The way to beat OCD is by accepting that the distressing thoughts MAY be true/real, a.k.a. "from you" or "not just OCD." By brushing distressing things off as "just OCD," you excuse the thoughts and therefore feel reassured. Obviously it is good to be aware of what OCD does to you and know when you're experiencing a spiral, but crediting all distressing thoughts to OCD is a way of finding certainty about them. What do you guys think of this? Am I right or wrong? This is just the way I think about it, but I see the "this is just OCD" thing so much on here and I often wonder if that is a form of reassurance.
My ocd them has gotten worse and I’m trying my hardest to not look for reassurance. Why does my mind play these tricks on me that I’m saying my thoughts out loud????? I’m trying my hardest to ignore it but it’s making me depressed. When I’m ignoring it my brain will go to “everybody will talk about you” “you said something bad” “you said it out loud and when you’ll live a terrible life”. I don’t know what to do anymore
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