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meegs53meegs53
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@moi123 Thank you for your response it means a lot ❤️I’ve been trying really hard to practice letting thoughts go instead of ruminating on them, but it’s tough
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Very true, once the fear is gone it’s less powerful
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My heart is with you, Meegs! I’ve been in this spiral before and it’s a horrible place to be. Knowing that your brother is handsome or attractive doesn’t mean you’re personally attracted to your brother. Maybe because everyone talked about his looks your whole life, that created a beauty standard in your head of what super handsome is. So that could be a reason that intrusive thought popped up and phrased it like that? I have beautiful siblings too and have also had crushing moments of confusion and despair. You’re not alone. I think this post is maybe reassurance-seeking, so I hope I’m not anti-helping by commenting. Try to de-power the ocd and do a “fake it til you make it” technique of acting like the ocd thoughts are preposterous and you couldn’t care less. OCD haaaaates that
meegs53meegs53
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@but_what_if_tho?? OMG you cannot know how much this helps right now… thank you for your response. I have avoiding posting before for fear of reassurance seeking, but I think (hope?) there is a difference between reassurance that I am ok and reassurance that I’m not the only one… that’s really what I’m looking for right now. I just feel so alone because if I share the thought with my now husband I think it might hurt him…? And I share everything with him usually 💔 Also, I know I’m not supposed to get in the Habit of confessing which is SO HARD for me. It makes it feel like I’m hiding something from the person I share everything with and I think that might be the hardest part… thank you so much for the thoughts and advice I really REALLY appreciate it right now ❤️🙏
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meegs53meegs53
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@moi123 I TOTALLY get what you mean! And thank you for sharing your story because I have had those EXACT same thoughts about this situation. I hope you can take some comfort in knowing you are also not alone ❤️
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