Ruslan
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Quite UnknownQuite Unknown
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Do you work to be prepared for that moment.
Quite UnknownQuite Unknown
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Unfortunately there is no active healthy way to reduce the anxiety. You have to stay in the situation and wait until anxiety goes down on its own. This is called habituation. By leaving the situation you could bring the anxiety down faster but this is counterproductive because that's what you've been doing all the time and the brain gets no chance to habituate.
Quite UnknownQuite Unknown
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In the exact moment you have those sudden thoughts, try to resist doing compulsions.
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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I think Quite Unknown is giving good advice. Focus on the response prevention.
RuslanRuslan
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I am trying but still I feel very anxious and feel its going to happen, let me give an example: I am in the shop and trying to buy something and when I am taking this product from the shelf I suddenly have a thought -don't buy this or you will die from cancer. Or aanother example don't wear this jeans ttoday or .. and it is making me so much stressed so i ccannot manage doing erp. Do you know any selfteraphy which would help because I don't have enough funds for a therapist in this hard times. Regards
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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Is the "or else" always about cancer?
RuslanRuslan
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- 5y
It's mostly about death and yeah in 70% ObSessions it's cancer or that devil will come in me or I die in accident... and it's starting from the moment I wake up and take 90% of my day,ii mean it's following me in almost all my actions I do when I am awake, I am just not Able to change anything, it looks so real...
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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You could do imaginal exposure for the most frequent "or else" scenarios
RuslanRuslan
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I wrote I tried but I don't have any fear so imagination won't help here
Quite UnknownQuite Unknown
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- 5y
You said you would be so stressed that you cannot do ERP. First of all we should sort out, what kind of response prevention you should do. Ocd can also mean avoidance. Next time ocd tells you to avoid wearing this jeans you should say to yourself okay I will take the risk and wear it anyway. If this is too much stress break it down into smaller steps for example wearing the jeans at least four half an hour.
Quite UnknownQuite Unknown
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Four=<for
RuslanRuslan
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What about the feeling that this is so real and looks like it's going to happen? Is there a way to reduce anxiety in such case?
Quite UnknownQuite Unknown
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- 5y
Unfortunately OCD always feels extremely real though it is not.
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