Yesterday I had a good day after I decided to not let any thought or feeling ruin my day. My intrusive thoughts and hyper awareness of consiousness/thinking was still there. But my day was more than okay. I even felt normal some moments of the day 🤓 Let’s do the same today. Lets live with the ocd instead of trying to escape it at all times.
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@yoooff This!! Having a flare up right now, in the gym. Used to be my favorite place to be. Lately the place where I seem to get lost in intrusive rumination. How are you?
@yoooff That sounds great. I think that that is the ultimate goal. Just live with the thoughts without getting all wrapped up in them. What do you do to rewire the brain? Do you have a Nocd therapist?
@yoooff That sounds like you’ve really done something good for yourself! Well done. You can be really proud of yourself! 💪🏼 How often and how long do you practice ERP each day? I just started yesterday with two 20-minute sessions where I deliberately bring up my hyperawareness about my thoughts and the rumination about myself. I also recorded a loop tape where I talk through the worst-case scenario, and I listen to it for 15 minutes. But I’m really doubting everything — whether I’m doing it right — which I guess is also an OCD thing! 😂
I totaly get what you mean with the reassuring. I do that alot. But I also feel like coming on this forum sometimes is for reassurance. Because it can feel very lonely sometimes. Especially with the subtype i seem to have. Thank you for telling your story! It is inspiring 🤗
Proud of you for acknowledging your feelings and being vulnerable with yourself 🙂
@My OCD Academia Thank you 🙏🏼
Yesterday was a very difficult day. And today I woke up as if I had never experienced OCD. I kept asking myself, do I really have it? How come I don't have a single ounce of anxiety in my body today? I don't even have the patience to think about anything else. Is it normal to have days when you just don't care? Because it's not on purpose. I wanted to think about what happened, but it's like I don't want to do it?
Hello all! Yesterday I had another event, and I recognized it immediately and was able to calm down a bit. Unfortunately it's still on my mind today, but I realize how absolutely silly it most likely is. Most people would shrug something like this off and move on; so I'm going to just move on. OCD really tries to grab and pull me away from experiencing life. Yes, unpleasant or gross things will happen, you will do those things, and there is no sense in hiding away in a locked room all day in fear of those things happening. If you do that, you miss life.
Any tips on how to deal with the rollercoaster of good and bad days with OCD? I had such a good day yesterday with tackling my compulsions and rumination. I tend to get up in the mornings and my OCD loves to start immediately. It becomes frustrating when you feel like you made progress, only to go right back to where you were. Any positive encouragement of how you’ve dealt with this would be appreciated!
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