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Are you meeting with anyone for therapy to focus on these intrusive thoughts and feelings? OCD will make you believe and feel like you are doing something that goes against what is important to you and that is how it becomes so bothersome. There are ways that can help you fight back against these thoughts and manage the anxiety that comes with them. You can try talking back to the thoughts by reminding yourself that the thoughts you are having are just thoughts and may not have any meaning to them. You aren't alone in your struggles.
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@Cynthia Kiesling No I don’t go to therapy but I feel I need to since it’s been ruining my mood and makes me depressed do u think there’s another thing that would let it go away?
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@Anonymous - Medication is another tool that could help as well. But medication and therapy together is the approach that seems to help the most.
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@Cynthia Kiesling I’m sorry for asking too many questions but can I treat it without meds?
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@Anonymous - No need to apologize! Yes, medication isn't necessary.
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@Anonymous idk if this helps much but i have felt similarly to you and medication + therapy is very helpful and i have had a good experience with it
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@schlotta Do u still experience this or not?
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@schlotta Also do u mind me asking u some questions?
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@Anonymous - so i used to experience similar things to you where something would plant a thought seed and i wouldn't be able to ignore it and i would ruminate over and over again, but after I started taking zoloft the ruminations died down a ton and I was able to function normally. genuinely life saving medicine considering i wouldve gone insane without it lol
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@Anonymous - sure go for it (also NOCD actually is super helpful so i would highly recommend starting to see a provider)
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@schlotta I genuinely feel like I’m going insane and the urges of mental checking has been triggering me even seeing the guy irl is triggering me like one time it stopped for months then it came back even worse even when i feel better i keep checking if the thoughts will come back and they do
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@schlotta How can I ?
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@Cynthia Kiesling Tysm for helping🤍
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