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- JB21
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- 6y ago
I do. I stopped googling things a long time ago. It’s hard not to keep checking for me, especially for groinal responses. I have a kid so it’s a constant every day struggle. Just this morning I was dropping him off at school and he forgot to get his kiss from me before he closed the door so he wanted me to blow him a kiss but he said “blow me” instead ??♀️ cue the thoughts I’ve been managing with just medication and it’s still really tough. Pocd is hard. I wonder sometimes how ERT is going to go for me when literally nothing can convince me that the content of my thoughts are okay.
How long have you been struggling with pocd? Do you have kids?
Regarding googling and OCD, please check out this article when you get a chance: https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2016/11/it-s-stepping-storm-how-ocd-can-affect-your-online-life
Thanks for your reply yeah that does sound so difficult and I love kids but I don’t have any of my own although I do want to one day and this is making me feel like it’s going to get in the way for me in the future! That does sound really tough and even though we know deep down they’re untrue it’s just not enough to put our minds at ease! I’ve been struggling with it for four years now on and off, are you planning on seeing a therapist or are you currently?
I began struggling with my intrusive thoughts last March and after 5-6 months finally got to a place of more so peace and not thinking they mean something. But I work two jobs and have school and have to commute an hour for one of them and have felt pretty burnt out lately. I started to feel just tired and low mood which then made me I think get stuck on now a 3 week hamster wheel of checking, stuck on thoughts of what if it’s real this time? What if I can’t handle it, etc. my question I guess is any advice on how to bring myself to place of not listening to every podcast, looking up everything on google I possibly can, Instagram accounts, reassurance seeking, etc. Have trouble reminding myself of truth when in it
I believe I’ve been suffering from POCD since 2019. Every second of the day I keep telling myself that it’s just my intrusive thoughts and one day I’ll get better but my biggest fear is it isn’t POCD and I’m in denial about who I really am. Anyone know where and how I can get help because I’m really struggling. ❤️
I have SO-OCD and I’ve been doing really well and making progress but I’m tired of the repetitive thoughts some are truthful and some aren’t I have more that aren’t or a truth that is being twisted around. Anybody have any good ways to stop the repetitive thoughts?
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