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First, you need to clarify which thought is the obsession (hint: it causes distress), and which thoughts are the compulsions (attempts to relieve distress). Once you've done that you can start practicing acceptance and agreeing with the obsession. This will have a lot of "yes, maybe" and "it's possible" or "I won't ever know for sure". Agreeing with the obsession short circuits it. You ARE going to feel anxious. That's ok. It's a sign your brain is changing. Them go back to doing whatever valued based activity you were doing before the obsession occurred
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The truth with rumination is, that even if you ruminate and ‘solve’ it, the OCD is still there behind so you’ll only ruminate about the next thing that comes along. I know it’s difficult but sometimes I feel it helps to tell yourself that you will have solved it in the next few days/week or longer sometimes anyway. So just taking the risk, almost telling yourself not to ruminate because for now you are going to take the risk that it is ocd and you need to recover at some point. Hope this helped!
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I am wondering too, if you find out let me know
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Also it can help to do this thing called worry time/ or for us we could call it rumination time. It is a compulsion but being able to set yourself a time when to worry sometimes gives you that little more control over it. Then when you do set yourself those 5 mins of ‘worry time’, you may even realise you don’t need to worry too much. Then when the 5 mins are up say it’s time to do something else now.
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Do you think if I do what you say then it will finally go away over time
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Cause I know the point of it is to reduce anxiety to the point where it doesn’t bother you but what does recovery look like
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What's a piece of advice you give when someone has constantly intrusive thoughts and ruminations that won't stop? Interested to see what you tell others.....more on this when I see some replies!!!
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I have really started to take control of my compulsions and im starting to string together better days! Still not great days or even good, but they are better!!! I have controlled my outward compulsions (googling, research, reassurance, checking) the past couple of days and felt the positive impact of that. But unfortunately, I am realizing that the rumination is still constant. My sexuality and relationship are the only two things constantly on my brain, and if they aren’t I freak out and wonder why im not thinking about them! Anyone have any advice on how to deal with the rumination. Sometimes I don’t even notice im doing it, but it’s taking up 90% of my day. Once I start to tackle this I think I may make some real big progress! Hope everyone is fighting today! ❤️
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I ruminated too much this morning and got distressing mental images (and confirmation) which sent me spiraling again. How do I stop thinking about this and how do I get back to myself? I feel destroyed.
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