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- Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
- Username
- DiegoDiego
- Date posted
- 4y ago
have you tried mindfulness? It has helped me a lot like seing thoughts like clouds passing (It's a great way to do response prevention).
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- Makki23Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
No I haven't really. Thank you!
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- catmomcatmom
- Date posted
- 4y ago
You are applying meaning to your thoughts instead of just letting them exist in your mind as simply what they are: a thought. Just because you think something does not mean it will happen or you want it to happen. If that was the way it worked then I could think “I’m going to win the lottery today” and boom, I’d be $1,000 dollars richer, but that’s not the way the world works. Thoughts are not equivalent nor representative of reality.
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- Makki23Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Thank you, also even if you debate the thoughts?
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- catmomcatmom
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Makki23 OCD is debating thoughts! We know it’s irrational, but we can’t help but doubt ourselves & our own minds. That’s why they call it a doubting disorder! It’s totally normal to do that with ocd & it still doesn’t say anything about yourself other than that you are strong enough to fight ocd everyday!! :)
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- Makki23Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@catmom Thank you :)
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- Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y ago
You’re not supposed to debate your thoughts that’s the thing, I’ve tried many times and all it’s done was dug me deeper and deep into a hole. You deserve your loved ones and they deserve you ? but in order to move past this you have to let the thoughts pass through without debating or questions or anything, which is hard but takes practice! I say all this but I still struggle with leaving the thoughts and feelings alone because it feels so real. Like the other user said though, practicing mindfulness is a great way to learn. I was doing it through the Headspace app
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- Makki23Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Thank you! Does any meditation on headspace work?
- Username
- Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Makki23 I was doing the basics 1 which has 10 sessions since they were free lol but it’s taught me a lot and I use those techniques while I do ERP!
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- Makki23Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Evelyn4416 I appreciate it, thank you so much
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- worryqueen
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- ishdh.2
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- Boosboots
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- Date posted
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sometimes when i hold a pet esp when its a baby or its something small I have intrusive images in my head to kill it or squeeze it break its bones. i am so scared that one day it might happens but i remind myself they are just thoughts and i know my body wouldn’t let me actually care it out. When i was little i remember seeing a worm and starring at it so intensely and just ripping it in half. A teacher saw me and told me to not play in the dirt anymore. I hate these thoughts i was holding a small baby kitten and i loved him! He was amazing and so adorable but he was so small i felt his ribcage so small so fragile and i wanted to squeeze it. Sometimes i think im really a serial killer deep down and if i dont get it under control im doomed to be like ted bundy or like dahmer
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