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To stop analyzing, you have to stop yourself whenever you notice you are doing it. The analyzing is probably a compulsion so when you stop doing it, your anxiety may spike which could cause your OCD to create more worries and thoughts, but stick with it! When you are worried about stuff from the past within your OCD theme, it’s almost always OCD tricking you. Just tell yourself, I don’t know and I don’t care because here i am right now in this moment and nothing is happening except some random OCD thoughts. If it feels really urgent and hard to stop, try saying I’ll analyze this thought later at like 7 pm for one hour. When 7 comes around and you start analyzing, you may not even fill the whole hour and it will show you that you can wait, this is not urgent, and that it ultimately doesn’t truly matter.
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Yes! It basically retrains your brain to react to the thoughts differently, showing it that there is no real fear so there’s no reason to keep thinking up the thoughts. It will be hard at first, so you could try waiting for as long as you feel you can and then bumping up the time you wait after each trigger. You’ll see your anxiety really does go down on its own! It’s ERP and I read once that ERP is a simple concept, but hard to do. It definitely gets easier though.
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PS, I know it’s ridiculous only when I get moments of clarity
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It sounds hard but definitely worth while. Is it normal for OCD to tell you that you don’t even have OCD? Like sometimes I’ll get the thought “it’s all a lie” and that’ll make me more anxious
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So just try to sit with the anxiety without carrying out the compulsions basically?
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Yes I get that all the time. I’ve been told it’s ocd by a therapist yet I doubt whether it is.
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- 14w
I need too know that I'm not insane, really. I am 16 and for the past two weeks, this has been completely ruining my health and happiness. I only recently came out as a lesbian like 3 months ago after a lot of confusion about my attraction since I used to think I liked men. At first, I felt so sure that I liked women, but lately, I've been having these unwanted thoughts about the possibility of liking men. I never used to feel this way, but now, every time I look at a man, my brain obsessively fixates on it. It forces me to imagine kissing him, loving him, things I don’t want, and then tries to convince me that I do. It’s painful. The thought of this fills me with fear and anxiety, leading to panic attacks and breakdowns. I don’t want these thoughts. I hate them with every fiber of my being, but I’m terrified that one day I’ll act on them and somehow like it. I used to think I liked men, but back then, I was in a very unhealthy space in a time of escapism and something deeply parasocial. I’ve only ever liked the attention and validation a man could give me, but these experiences are somehow treated as further proof that I’m "bisexual." I’ve never been in a real relationship with anyone, which makes my brain constantly challenge me—telling me, “You don’t even know what love feels like.” It won’t shut up. It keeps obsessively trying to make me prove that I’m a lesbian, testing my reactions and questioning my certainty. Is this normal?
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I struggle with HOCD or SOOCD. I’m a married young woman to an amazing husband. I’ve had this since I was 16 but it only came in flair ups. However this round started in October, and it’s been really rough and I would just break down all the time. I went up on my medication and I actually noticed a difference! My thoughts were still very present but I wasn’t really paying attention to them or giving them power. HOWEVER right when I thought I was getting better, my brain started feeling and saying to myself that I just know I am bi but you want to make excuses for it like “oh it’s normal to find someone hot since we as a society have an interpretation of what that looks like” or “I see the girl as myself and that’s what ‘turns’ me on” or “well I mean that girl looks kind of like a man” and it’s it’s making me spiral. I won’t ever come out as Bi as deep in my soul I don’t feel I am. I have always wanted to be with men sexually and romantically and that has not changed but my brain is making me believe I am and I just don’t want to admit it. Please help me, what has helped you?
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- 7w
I can't look at 18+ videos, comics, etc. I am straight, but SO-OCD tries to make me think I am not And the thoughts turns to feelings, and makes me scared, uncomfortable, sad, because I know this is not me. And when I try to imagine myself being with the woman on adult videos, and comics, my OCD gives gronal response not at the girl, and it fills me with fear, and anxiety, I always loved, and was attracted to women but I can't and it caused me to be depressed, and I keep ruminating I keep trying to focus on her, but it's so bad that I avoid those all the time now. I am wondering has anyone gone through something like this, or currently is, and wondering how you have done to combat this!
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