Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢
It’s called the back door spike you basically start looking for the anxiety itself as you are still experiencing the thoughts just without it, when this happens I like to remind myself that accepting a thought doesn’t mean you like it it means you can continue doing what YOU want to do and the thought is just seen as background noise, a thought is that a thought, actions are different and what you value ocd will always try to hold against you with doubt but that’s not who you are it’s just the nature of ocd.
@Anonymous💌 Hi, thanks so much for your response I really appreciate it♥️Its so hard I feel like im going crazy☹️
@Anonymous💌 +100% ❤️
@LizM99 I know I feel the same when this happens, you got this🩷
@Anonymous💌 Thankyou, we can beat this♥️
@LizM99 please remember you are not your OCD. The anxiety and worry stems from the OCD. With OCD we fear the unknown. So when we feel better we often are waiting for the other shoe to drop. But the unknown isn’t all bad. There is a lot of joy that happens in the unknown space ❤️ Try to stay in the present. If something does happen in the future you can deal with it then. No sense worrying about it now. You’ve got this!
@SF18 Hi, thankyou for your response it makes me feel better knowing im not alone. Its so weird it feels like when im having positive thoughts my brain turns them into negatives to try and get me to feed into the obsession more if that makes sense?♥️
@LizM99 It’s OCD’s pattern, but you can let those those be there while you move forward with whatever is your current focus outside those thoughts. It takes time to learn and adapt. Give yourself some compassion and love for the hard work you are doing!
@SF18 Thankyou for your advice🙂
You’ve both got this ! In fact we’ve all got this! We all found a space for support and sharing and connection ❤️
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Lately my OCD has been very horrible, it’s been more convincing than ever to the point where I’m genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, I’ll hear my intrusive thoughts go “oooh, I like that, I’d do that.” and I just don’t freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and I’m just lying now, i can’t tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since I’m getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and I’m worried about that being true because I don’t understand nor know It’s like I am resisting to like this stuff now, it’s even tougher now than it was before
Does anyone else ever feel like they don’t feel “bad enough” to have OCD, or that they don’t feel “the right way” for it? Or like they’re just saying they have OCD as an excuse? Because i was so much better for like 3 weeks now and now im on my period and i started doubting again. So because of that im scared that i was feeling to good and that my fear is actually true.
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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