I feel like I’m not doing something right or doing enough brush strokes, and when my hand rubs along the paper or it moves while I’m drawing I get such bad anxiety and think about said instance for hours and give up, it’s really sad to me because drawing used to be so therapudic for me and now it stresses me out.
Some times I feel like that when I write
Not drawing, but I have rebuilt my kitchen cabinets about 10x in last 2 years. Never completely finish before I decide "not right" and need to start over.
The patient needs a rope (practical steps) during the snowstorm (the moment of the obsessive thought) ❄️🧠 This method is a practical plan for confronting obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), summarized in four steps: 1. Re-labeling 🏷️ · Instantly acknowledge that the thought is an obsession and not reality. · This slows down your response and strips it of its meaning. 2. Separation Between You and the Obsession 🚧 · The obsession gains its power when you believe it is a part of you. · By naming it and separating it from your self, you "disown" it in front of your mind. 3. Redirecting Through Action (The Most Important) ⚡➡️🌱 · Here, action is required: Stop the compulsive behavior and redirect all your focus and energy to another activity (Complete the proper task you were doing, which was interrupted by the obsessive thought). · This is the "test of success" and is like building a muscle through repetition. 4. Reinforcement and Reflection 🧘♂️ · After the attack subsides, review all the previous steps and tell yourself: "It was a silly obsession, I identified it, and thank God I completed my work and wasn't halted by this obsessive thought." · Repeat these steps to erase the old obsessive neural pathways and build new ones. In summary: Treatment is the repetition of these steps (especially redirecting through action). And finally, reliance on (God of Islam religion) is the cornerstone of healing 🤲.
I’ve experienced something similar! Especially when I was in school and was given an assignment for art class or something similar. I also feel this way about writing, like if I don’t shape my letters exactly or draw my punctuation then the paper won’t “feel right.”
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