Community discussion: Surprising compulsions

Rumination!

Seeking reassurance from ourselves

When I tell myself “it’s okay” in my head, or mentally go through reasons why I shouldn’t be stressed. I always thought that was good, not a compulsion!

Literally any and all mental compulsions! 😂 I was shook.

Rereading an email I’ve sent over and over

Yeah, rumination and mental compulsions as the other say + SLEEPING OFF INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS! 😯😵

Seeking reassurance that my partner still loves me lol. And replaying memories

Asking God for forgiveness on things that im not even sure are sin

Constantly checking my body!! Had no idea this was a repetitive body focused compulsion!! Lmaoo

Checking my emotions. Overthinking, trying to figure out intrusive thoughts, aka rumination… asking for forgiveness to God over everything.

Replaying situations over and over in my head.

I realized that telling every last detail about a thought is not necessary. And was probably a compulsion because every time I didn't do it I felt like I was lying

Buying double of items so I have one that’s untouched/in perfect condition and one that I can allow to get dirtied outside/used.

Ruminating. Thinking about the same situation over and over and wanting answers when it won’t change anything.

Ruminating, confession

Chatgpt being my go to …

Also confessing things to people around me and over explaining myself or else feeling like I was lying or doing something manipulative

rumination and other mental compulsions!

Mental compulsions. Religious scrupulosity.

Rumination and replaying conversations

Googling to see if something I did or doing is bad

Mental review was a huge shocker for me. I did CBT before starting ERP so I thought talking about my thoughts and fears and analyzing them was helpful.

Confessing! Feeling the extreme need to tell someone what I’m feeling and thinking, physically feeling sick until I do so

Googling, serching

Canceling bad thoughts with good thoughts and having what feels like “ping pong” conversations in my head

Taking frequent showers to feel like my body temperature was regulated

Body checking!!

I personally didn't know almost all of my compulsions were compulsions before I was diagnosed and started treatment... but these were some that surprised me: swallowing; re-reading/re-writing; indecisiveness; avoidance

Going out of my way to try to convince people I hardly know that it's okay for me to be LGBT. Its a compulsion i do to try to convince MYSELF that I'm "moral" and "good."

Mental compulsions

Rumination

Replaying conversations & intense researching

Justifying! It provided relief for the longest time and is the hardest for me to fight ❤️

When I realized all the little things (like doing things in specific order or like if I had to do a task I would usually do extra things because sometimes they needed to be done, but then I’d still do them all even if they weren’t necessary) I did but didn’t consider them compulsions because I just made them part of my life and changed things in my life to accommodate them… I’ve sort of adapted to doing my compulsions as efficiently as I can so I had kinda forgotten to try to stop them

googling for 5 hours

Distracting yourself.

Trying not to repeative myself

Health ocd after my fathers death makes me feel crazy 99% of the time

Repetive thoughts is like anxiety fuels it

Daydreaming usually about certain books movies or even my own ocs

Coping skills

rumination!

Remuneration/googling/ask for reassurance

Rumination and relationship/ fidelity reassurance.

Reddit lol

The voice I considered god when religious

Is this a compulsion : Doing research about what I feel and think over hours to see what it is? Wondering if it’s ocd or not? If it’s all my fault or a psicólogical thing ( the imaginations bc I know I shouldn’t think them)

knocking on wood… it’s so obvious, but i just didn’t realize because i’ve done it for as long as i remember it just seemed like something i do just like brushing my teeth.

Same words repetive words all day

Reassurance seeking for sure!

Asking my parents and friends if I look good

Picking fights for sake of reality testing.

I thought that constantly trying to plan for every single possible outcome in a situation (so I would not be surprised by a traumatic event again) was a healthy thing to do to protect and prepare myself. I did not realize this was not a healthy thing and was actually fueling my OCD.

Google and Reddit 🫠

Googling things online to support or disapprove what I’m thinking

Walking

Is having thoughts about a different life with another man (real or imaginary) tho happily married over and over again rumination? Running from God when feeling frustrated over my standing with him or how He feels about me in my situation (with the thoughts) , not knowing if what I say is true or not or if I’m sincere or not or if I even love Him … bc I kept thinking the thought and found it hard not to do it but at times also I chased them (normally triggered by soemthing tho) I think I use them as a way of emotional regulation …

Re-reading something I’ve written over and over again because I was terrified i’d accidentally lie or something

Having an opinion / bias

Rumination, reassurance

Biting fingernails

Confession

Self monitoring, very interesting what you can learn when it comes to physiology

Avoidance!

Saying sorry😅