Gettingbetterallthetime
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- 5y
Anna:)Anna:)
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- 5y
It is hard to ocotnrol things and it does feel so real. Especially today, when I have thought that will not get out off my head I try too tell myself that I am okay and nothing will happen. And I try too focus on other things and try too work out or walk or even if the sun is shining to go outside too get some. I did today but I went too sleep on my hammock and got sunburn on both my arms hahahahaha.
Anna:)Anna:)
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- 5y
Little things help, it will not fully go away but it does help too try some small steps.
Gremlin of DrinksGremlin of D...
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- 5y
You shouldn’t try and convince yourself that it isn’t true. You are reinforcing your intrusive thoughts, feelings, or memories by participating and analyzing them. The compulsion in the situation is rumination/ worry which is mental and hard to train yourself to stop the bad habit. Recognize you have the thought and don’t participate in it at all. Don’t analyze, question, research, prove, etc. just focus your attention on the present moment (the best that you can) and you may have to do this repeatedly. Be gentle with your mind when you have to call it back to the present. It’s like training a little puppy :)
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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- 5y
Me too!! Commenting under so I can receive the help too. Thank you
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Ii spoke w my bf this weekend and he mentioned that he has thoughts just like me, but his don't bother him like me. I then felt a lot better and he tried dissecting one of his thoughts like I usually do and realized it felt more real for him after. That made me realize that none of my thoughts were ever true and I blew them up. However, yesterday I had a thought ab “wait wut if you liked that one guy? How dare you bc youre supposed to love your bf and not secretly like someone else” and treated it as I usually did bc I accidentally wanted to see if it was true but didn't rlly but I would check to see if it was there and now that thought feels so so so real now and I feel really bad how do Ik it's not real? I feel so bad and guilty bc lividly this makes 0 sense but it feels so prominent. It felt pretty real when it happened yesterday too. And now I feel awful bc how is it possible after my clarity the other day? Why does it feel so prominent 😞😞😞
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