Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6w

Last night was good

So last night I woke up and I felt the slightest bit of anxiety, but no palpitations instead of my first thought running outside to sit down. I just laid in bed and let the anxiety be and told myself that my heart is OK and I’m doing good and there’s nothing wrong and then I went back to sleep and even though I woke up in the middle of the night, I went back to sleep and that’s a huge win😊

karmad

Date posted: 5w

Begin to see it as Thought or soemthing arises Chemical release Emotional response When we start seeing the body response as seperate and in fact it’s often misfiring because of a trained pattern we have in us, we can seperate the two

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@karmad Wow I never thought of it like this before I appreciate it!!

JustAJesusLover

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

WOOOO!!! I’m a bit late to this party, but the party never stops when we are beating OCD! OCD is our piñata, and we keep getting the rewards each time we beat it. Let’s break this piñata apart!!!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@JustAJesusLover Heckkk yeahhhh!!!! Thank you!!!!

glitterfairy

Date posted: 5w

so proud of you stranger!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@glitterfairy Thank you stranger!!! Hehe

Jay Dub

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

Proud of you! This is a huge win.

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@Jay Dub Thank you so much I truly appreciate you!!

Iamacamel2!

Date posted: 6w

Definitely a HUGE win!!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6w

@Iamacamel2! Right!! Thank you!

JeffTheGiraffe

Date posted: 6w

is your compulsion normally running to see if your heart is working normal? or is it being completely stationary, I’m confused

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6w

@JeffTheGiraffe Based on what my therapist has said that I should be using rpms during nightime and holding my breath acknowledging my palpitations plus another exposure he told me to do WHEN I’m ready is running and teaching the brain that this is completely normal and not dangerous. For starters I just need to start off with the easy ones such as acknowledging my palpitations without having to use of a blood pressure machine in the room for at least five minutes cause I struggle with checking my blood pressure and making sure that I’m not having a cardiac event. These are some of the things I can work on and work my way up to the hardest ones which for me is exercising, but exercising does help reduce anxiety. I used to do it before without having the need of noticing my fast heart rate forever since I had a tachycardia episode it was very scary for me and I never really noticed my heart rate like that until I started having panic attacks so it’s basically slow steps for me

JeffTheGiraffe

Date posted: 6w

@Jailyn.h1 WAY TO GO WOOO 🤑🤑🤑 yeah that makes sense now. keep up the momentum and things will be routine 👍

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6w

@JeffTheGiraffe Thank you so much!!! ☺️☺️☺️ I truly believe the same for you

JeffTheGiraffe

Date posted: 6w

@Jailyn.h1 i replicated the same exposure today (the one i did the other day) When I did it I felt meg afterwards, as last time it felt so great because I felt like I was putting my health first aside from what my OCD wanted. Like I proved to myself I could do this thing, and I was excited, and now replicating it that initial shock of like “hey, i did this” is not as strong, and I actually felt a little regretful but I noticed that I’m not really spiraling. And I guess that in itself is a win that I should probably relay to my therapist tomorrow 😎 but yeah baby steps

JeffTheGiraffe

Date posted: 6w

@JeffTheGiraffe actually now that I actually formulated this into words, I kind of do feel like Batman once again 😭

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6w

@JeffTheGiraffe Your doing amazing!!! That is awesome I love that!

BrettThomas92

Date posted: 6w

@Jailyn.h1 So relatable!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6w

@BrettThomas92 Yeah😊

PoleekPelican

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

This is amazing! Great work!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@PoleekPelican Thank you so much!!

Kelfanni

Date posted: 5w

Amen!!!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@Kelfanni Yes!🫶🏽

Thornhill

Date posted: 5w

Woooo!!!!

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@Thornhill Yyyeeeeaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!

Anonymous

Date posted: 5w

That's amazing

Jailyn.h1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w

@Anonymous Thank you!

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