does anyone have any tips on how to deal with pocd? i’m currently stuck in the stage of really believing im a P. how do i get out of it? i want to go back to the times where i would get a thought and then just brush it off and live my life like a normal person. how can i deal with this and make myself feel better? advice would be greatly appreciated
No advice as I am Completely stuck too, take me back a month where I used to brush these thoughts away and now I’m literally crippled x
@help🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 well i hope it gets better for the both of us.
LOL that’s so real. I’m assuming you are looking for the same reassurance through this text thread then. I know it may sound impossible but you need to start compulsion delaying. Right when you feel the urge to pull up chat GPT, ask yourself if you can hold off even just one minute before you get your reassurance. Then increase the number. The supposed “magic number” is 15 minutes and usually the urge goes away on its own but start small!
@Anonymous i genuinely can’t though, everytime i don’t do a compulsion, the belief that im a P gets stronger, i need to reassure myself so that i know im not what my thoughts think i am. it makes me feel better even for a little bit and thats what i keep chasing because these thoughts are ruining my life. i feel like just accepting the thoughts and not doing compulsions = accepting im a P which i just can’t do😭. also i appreciate your reply
@marthaokai I totally understand. It feels very real, and can take you to some very dark places. Just remember that the reassurance is actually feeding the fear. It’s like a ball rolling down a hill. If you haven’t already, seek out counseling to help you practice this skill. And when I’m compulsion delaying and it’s hard I say “I can tolerate this discomfort”. I wish you nothing but happiness and health, you got this! Stay strong
@Anonymous thank you for this comment❤️❤️ i just wanted to add that i also do this thing where i get compulsions to do compulsions. for example ill be like “okay this water bottle is bad i can feel it in my hands that it’s bad i have to put it down and pick up a different water bottle” sometimes i fight it and im like whatever just drink the one you picked, as im walking away my brain will say “if you don’t pick another water bottle you clearly don’t have ocd as you’re fighting it, so you’re clearly a P and dont have pocd” then ill debate for a couple seconds wether to surrender or keep fighting and then my brain will say “do you want to be a P or not” (i obviously don’t) so then i have to do the compulsion to prove to myself i might have ocd = it’s likely im not a P. does this make sense?😭 i haven’t been diagnosed with ocd so i feel like i have to prove to myself i might have it to make myself feel better. im currently trying to speak to a professional though.
Depending on what your compulsions look like, when I was struggling with this I would repeate the phrase “I am a safe person” in high stress situations that I could not avoid. It gets better, I promise.
@Anonymous my main compulsion is using chat gpt to reassure myself
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