- Username
- sophie2020
- Date posted
- 4y ago
May I suggest the mindfulness workbook for ocd by Jon hershfield. It's excellent
Thanks!!
I definitely can relate do that! There's two things that can help you dealing with this kinds of thoughts. Imagine that your mind is a busy avenue where all sorts of cars are passing by. Cars of different shapes, models, colors. The avenue represents your mind, the cars, your thoughts. Imagine yourself sitting on the side walk just observing the cars passing by. Some of them you may like it and some you don't. The problem with OCD is that it is fueled by the anxiety and the anguish these thoughts produce. But once your start realizing that the thoughts can't do any harm to you or anyone and you just let them pass by, they lose control over you. In the beginning it might be very hard to ignore them, you may feel like you're an horrible person for letting these things be in your head, but trust me, they are not you.
I've never thought it that way. Thank you very much. It's really hard to ignore them because I feel like I will lose control. I feel like I mean them.
@sophie2020 I know what you're feeling. I've been dealing with this problem since I was a kid and when I became a teenager the whole thing got worse. Suicidal thoughts, pedophiliac, hurting the people I love, childrens, everything you can imagine. Sometimes I tought I were schizophrenic or had any type of psychosis. It's really hard and frustrating. The worst thing is that it makes you doubt yourself. But trust me you can have control over your mind again. It's going to be easy but if you persist and have discipline the victory will come!
@brenosilva It's not going to be**
@brenosilva Thank you very much. I'm sure I'll get better. It will not be easy, but hopefully I'll make it :)
The second thing is meditation. It helps your mind control the amount of thoughts it produces. Like I've said before, at the beginning it's very hard to continue but if you persist you gonna see the great benefit this practice gonna bring to your mind and you.
Yes I'm practicing meditation and I love it. I started practicing it a few days ago. I think is helping. Thank you for your advice :)
@sophie2020 I’m not sure if this is what you mean by your question BUT If I’m understanding right, this is very normal. When doing ERP, said-obsessions is being exposed to, and ocd doesn’t want to die, so it’ll throw you a bunch of loop holes and new/old obsessions your way that attach to that obsession you’re doing ERP for. For me, I had to then realize the new obsessions it was throwing at me during ERP, and then just make a mental note that I would have to make a script for those later on if they became new consistent obsessions. Then keep tackling them down the list. The more obsessions it throws your way during ERP, the more ocd is being threatened - which is a good thing! Keep going!!!!!!!! ?
Oh this really helps me!! Thank you. Do you think that writing my obsessions down would help? I heard that by doing that you put more importance to the thoughts and obsessions rather than making them weaker.
@sophie2020 I’m not sure about if it adds importance or not by writing it, but personally the only time I write down an obsession (and my core fear behind the obsession) is just when I’m writing out a script to then record for my loop tape. I hope this helps!
I find that writing scripts is fine. However of they fell into the wrong hands ?
I think there's no treatment for OCD it just soothes it
Oh I do think there is. Lots of people recovered from it.
@sophie2020 Some people not that is not means all
Disagree buddy. Erp is the gold standard for ocd. Many many people who do it consistently fully recover and lead normal happy lives.
@bright I know. But everyone's experience is different. We may recover we may not. You can be happy and have OCD.
@Cameron Even though I haven't done ERP yet, I agree with Cameron.
@bright I’m sorry but this is completely wrong. OCD is DEFF treatable. OCD doesnt have a *cure* but it is VERY treatable. It is said to be one of the most treatable conditions, actually. I have been studying ocd years upon years. ERP is the most effect treatment for ocd, and proven so. Some People who don’t beleive there is treatment for ocd may be because they never been to proper treatment with a specialist or have ever stuck with ERP long enough or done it properly. Treatment does NOT soothe ocd. nothing soothes OCD except compulsions. And soothing your ocd (compulsions) make your ocd worse . ERP is NOT soothing in the least bit, it is painful exposure to your obsessions until that obsession has gone away. I was a severe case. I got treatment, and I’m only one month in, and already a ton of obsessions that were so severe I wanted to die from, have subsided and most have gone away. Please don’t spread discouragement. Everyone should know the most effective ways of treatment are out there.
@Ocdaim Thank you for the info. You are really helping!! :)
@Ocdaim You are talking about erp ..incase of pure OCD erp is not effective frankly. in which OCD don't come in type that specialist can exposure it before patient. ..for medication most of it are helpful for anxiety not for thoughts coming from nowhere. ..I think it's better to be silent for seek of people here
@bright I have pure-o and ERP is for all types of OCD, including pure-o. For Pure-o you listen to ERP scripts on loop tape. You shouldn’t be spreading false information on here.
@bright And For the sake of people here (aka all ocd sufferers) proper information that has been studied and proven should never be silenced here. If you think ERP isn’t for all types of ocd, than you should try to read and research a bit more on pure-o exposures and try and see a specialist on here so they can explain to you what Exposure Response Prevention really is and how it’s used.
How could i do erp if i have lot of new intrusive thoughts daily..
So I’m starting therapy this week but I’ve been trying to use ERP myself, my main compulsion is rumination which I wasn’t even aware was a compulsion. I’m trying to do ERP but when I focus on observing the thought it goes, I dunno if I’m focusing too much on actually how to follow ERP or is this normal? I feel like I might be subconsciously blocking thoughts because I know how bad it is when I go down the rabbit hole, but then I also worry that the anxiety goes too quickly and that I’m finding it too easy to ignore the thought?
i think doing erp is making my obsessive thoughts worse. i feel like im ruminating more and triggering myself in my sessions. is this something other people have experienced?? does this mean erp isnt for me?? someone please help me )-:
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