- Username
- Zanii
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yes OCD will do that. It sure happened to me. When I was getting better I one area onto the next theme. That’s why we need to be on top of our ERP and ultimately be okay with uncertainty. OCD has a lot of themes. When it realizes that the original theme is no longer as affective as it on e was (which was to make you worried, scared, doubt etc) it will go into another theme to reel you back in. It doesn’t want to give up the power. It hates losing. It wants to dominate you. That’s why OVD needs to be wiped out like you would if there’s rumor in your body. You don’t want the doctor to only take a portion, you want to get rid of it fully. Just keep realizing it’s your OCD. Once you recognize it is OCD, no matter the theme, then you know how to get better.
Yes it’s very possible. When you’re recovering from a theme, OCD can try to do a lot of things to get you back into obsessing. It’s what your brain is so used to. Now that you are learning that contamination isn’t something to be so afraid of, it wants you to be afraid of something else. Since we’ve let OCD be in control for so long, when we start fighting it and are winning, it attacks in different ways. It can try to hit you with the same theme again, or hit you with other themes. Your mind is just used to questioning things. Congratulations on the progress and keep recovering ?
Yes!!! Totally. I said on another post that It feels like I’m playing “whack a mole” with themes. When I feel like I’ve made progress on one, my anxiety finds another place in my brain to call home.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. Each comment has been very helpful. ?
What do you all do when you have a handful of tricky weeks? I’ve been feeling pretty good, but the last few weeks I have noticed my SOOCD and Pure OCD sneaking in and have ruminated a whole lot more. Just some background: -happily married to my husband with kids. -All types of OCD in my past, but SOOCD has been the theme now for awhile. -definitely having trouble considering the fluidity of the idea of sexuality in general. Also triggered by later in life coming out stories. -my SOOCD has been manageable but lately it’s just been in the background—like a mosquito—just there enough to notice and I’m definitely attaching meaning to the thoughts. Which turns into a cycle of rumination. Argh! - Returning to my ERP exercises. Is this what most people do? Feeling a bit stuck. Not looking for any reassurance just support—sometimes knowing I’m not the only one is a bit of the push I need. It’s just nice to know we all have each other’s backs! 😊❤️
I’ve been doing really well the past few months. I’ve been consistent with ERP therapy and other exercises to help manage my OCD. However, something triggered my OCD to come back in full force last week and while I know that the journey to recovery isn’t linear, and I know that this is something I will always have to work on, it’s been very disheartening and it feels like all the progress I’ve made has been for nothing. It’s exhausting and I’m struggling with intrusive thoughts that I will never get better again. Anyone else relate?
is everyone with ocd just destined to worry about every theme? because i didn’t think i could worry about something else but here we are. and what’s even worse is i’m not even diagnosed. anyways, i’ve been struggling with suicidal ocd as of late. i’m having very contradictory thoughts where i just feel sick thinking about having to live the rest of my life with all of this anxiety or just living in general, but then when i think about self harm in any way, i start worrying and finding reassurance that i would never do that. i’ve reassured myself twice today which is usually not common for me, but once that reassuring feeling goes away, i’m back to square one. is this a common experience with people who struggle with suicidal ocd? i don’t understand how it came about because i’ve never worried about anything self-harm related. i’m thinking it was triggered by a movie i watched.
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