Crazy.Cat.Lady
- Date posted
- 6y
Cat_attack Cat_attack
- Date posted
- 6y
Don’t stop using the app but try to perhaps turn the Compulsion into something else such as replying to the ones you read And only reading 5 a day.
Crazy.Cat.LadyCrazy.Cat.Lady
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you. I’m also concerned because as I read others, I notice that I do the same thing. It reminds me on what I need to work on because they’re not as severe as my checking and contamination fears so it doesn’t occur to me that they are problems. For example, I knew I always reread things. But I had to be reminded by another person’s post about it. Do you have those feelings when you read others? It really sucks because there are so many themes. :(
leigh121leigh121
- Date posted
- 6y
I can definitely understand, sometimes I get the same way with things where Ill be enjoying it until OCD gets its claws into it and ruins my fun. I would try to set boundaries? Like I’m only going to read the first few posts that come up
Crazy.Cat.LadyCrazy.Cat.Lady
- Date posted
- 6y
Right?? I already have my compulsion to write all my dreams for my dream journal that I started out of fun. I thought about reading first few posts too but then I start to feel guilty. I don’t know when to stop. It’s like one more, only one more. But here’s another thing, I scroll down to where I last commented and work my way up to the most recent. So if someone posts something new, do I read that too? I’m like overthinking and stressing over something that’s so silly. You know the “all or nothing” it’s “black and white”. I feel that if I don’t read and try to respond then I shouldn’t read at all. Like I should’ve never started. Sigh.
leigh121leigh121
- Date posted
- 6y
I completely understand! This is OCD at its finest, trying to take something that is suppose to be enjoyable and turning it into an anxiety causing event. I have such trouble with the grey areas too, I hate having doubt and want everything to be black or white as well. That’s when things become ritualized for me, when I try to remove doubt and make things black or white. I have to sometimes physical and/or mentally remove myself from situations like that or it can down spiral. I hope you can find something that works for you!
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- Date posted
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