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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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- 5y ago
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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- 5y ago
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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- 5y ago
Do you think if I do what you say then it will finally go away over time
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- 5y ago
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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- 20w ago
When an intrusive thought comes I can’t just say “that’s not true” and just move on. I always feel like I have to disprove the thought and be able to say it with confidence but the problem is that the ocd doesn’t allow me to feel and say it with confidence so I get stuck for hours or even days. How can I stop feeling like I need to do this?
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- 19w ago
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
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