ButterflyStar
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ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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I'm going to have a socially distanced picnic with friends
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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That's awesome! Enjoy!
Fear Strikes OutFear Strikes...
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I will be working in the yard much of the day while occasionally reflecting on my many blessings while listening to music or an audiobook on my headphones.
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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That's lovely. Enjoy being outside and things that make you, you!
Fear Strikes OutFear Strikes...
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@ButterflyStar Thanks, ButterflyStar! It's 84° and sunny in my part of the States today.
Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
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Gonna make sure I get my homework done, fold my laundry, and do my ERP practices plus another mindfulness session through the headspace app since I forgot to yesterday. For fun, I recently bought the Witcher 3 for Switch (I played it on Xbox before) so my plan is to 100% complete the game including side missions, armor, collecting everything, so I’d like to sit down and start working on that today :) I’ve been having a hard week, especially with how to handle negative emotions, so I just want to breathe, live my life (even tho I’ve been frustrated over why I have OCD in the first place) and just take it easy on myself.
Fear Strikes OutFear Strikes...
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Good plan!
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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Oh wow this was really nice to read Evelyn! Thank you so much for sharing. I also find it very very very distressing to deal with negative emotions. Do you have any tips or ERP for that? I'm trying to be a bit more compassionate to myself. Even if it's only thought a day, it's more than a day without it. Enjoy your Saturday ?
Positive ManifestationsPositive Man...
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Ohh I didn't know it was released on the switch. Gonna have to pick it up!
Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
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@ButterflyStar I’m still trying to figure that out myself ? today what I’ve been trying is to let them pass over me as waves, not react to them as much as I can, and let them subside. So I’ll get an intrusive thought pop up and the feelings/urges that come along with it, not do any compulsions (self-reassurance, checking, other mental compulsions) or question myself (which causes me to spiral down the rabbit hole) but let it pass over me as a wave, wait it out, then it starts to subside and I can continue. I think it’s been working so far, but it takes determination and patience!
Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
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@Positive Manifestations Yes!! It’s so nice to be able to play anywhere, so today I’ve chosen my patio while I watch the rain ? Plus it has cross-save between switch and PC so if you have both you can continue on whichever!
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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@Evelyn4416 Oh wow this is just so so similar to me. I find this really helpful so thank you SO much for responding. Going to try practise this today! Thank you ❤️
h1guaynh1guayn
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Just keep doing your ERP. You will get THERE, I PROMISE.
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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Thank you so much ❤️❤️
FuckOCDFuckOCD
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Good for you for powering through. That’s what I’m gonna do today too. Yeah, I have OCD, yeah it sucks, and yeah I feel like the worst type of person alive. But I’m (also) gonna have a socially distanced picnic with friends and I’m gonna be kind and I’m gonna do all of this to fight this monster ✊
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
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That is so awesome. Have a wonderful time with your friends!! And remember, OCD is a liar!
FuckOCDFuckOCD
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@ButterflyStar Just saw this, thank you so much!
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