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- SHIFTER
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- user1838user1838
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Go test?
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- SHIFTERSHIFTER
- Date posted
- 4y ago
It would be every night then lol
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- ocdillustratedocdillustrated
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Getting tested frequently sounds like a compulsion. Facing bthe fear would be accepting the possibility that you are sick without trying to find out
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- SHIFTERSHIFTER
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Sounds good but my brain will later build habbits and life style depanding on that, and it will become a fact, am sorry I don't mean to confuse you , but I feel am stuck somehow spically times am down I feel that isuee
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- ocdillustratedocdillustrated
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@SHIFTER You get to choose the habits you build. Habits are patterns of behaviors. If a habit is going to negatively impact your well-being, don't practice it
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- SHIFTERSHIFTER
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@NOCD Advocate - Katie Sorry for many questions can you plz when u get time give me small live example on behaviour pattern and how to choose between em
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- ocdillustratedocdillustrated
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@SHIFTER That's a great question. No need to apologize. One fear I have is that my teeth are loose or cracking. Running my tongue over them again and again was a habit that reinforced the fear. To reduce the importance of the fear in my mind, I needed to stop checking. I mad a habit of accepting statements instead. When I had the thought "oh no, my teeth are loose" I'd respond with "yep, maybe" and then continue eating my meal
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- SHIFTERSHIFTER
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Yes yes finally someone like me, I tottaly get you , do you know when I tottaly lose control to do such a thing and reassure my self when for example if I had 6 hours of sleep two days in the raw I would lose control to assure my self so altho now I know it's bad but I ask some one else for assurance like a family member who know what am going thro but am trying to stop that now and also trying to get to bed early and get my 7:30 min of sleep
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- ocdillustratedocdillustrated
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Some sleep hygiene strategies might help
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- SHIFTERSHIFTER
- Date posted
- 4y ago
For sleep am taking a pill for over a year now and I really want to stop it, however am waiting for a time with least isuess and free time to do that, who knows with what's going on in the world looks like pharmaces are running out of my med soon so it might be God way to tell me stop it, so basically I will follow what you tough me I will reassure my self, can I get 3 reassurance from outsiders per week as I live alone like fully alone no social life so sometimes I use this reassurance not only for obsession matters but also to sure about our decisions , steps , that I want to take sometimes, genrally I can't plan in my head I rather be speaking to someone when I plan somthing important sort of brain storming but the other party will be either listener or even sometimes participate does that count as part of the obsession or it's another isuee ? Those might be two subjects again apologies, you can just reply whenever u get time no hurry cuz I have extended the conversation.
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- Evelyn4416
- Date posted
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