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I know it can be hard to cope with the shame and frustration that comes with OCD, but you are not your thoughts, even if your thoughts seem terrible to you. It seems a lot of us are having hard nights tonight. Please try to treat yourself with kindness—even if you don’t beleive you deserve it. I saw Katie the advocate suggest to someone once that they should act as if they loved themselves, even if they don’t, and see what happens. Because the way we change thoughts and emotions is to change actions. Hope this helps some. ❤️
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What happened?
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There is a technique from CBT known as thought restructuring which helps you to know when you're having such thinking traps without your conscious presence. Here's the link: https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-guide/cognitive-restructuring You're not alone, OCD isn't your fault. Dont blame yourself for the actions that happened due to OCD. It's an OCD cycle in your brain to see yourself wrong and doubtful but you know you have this disorder and how you really wanna work for yourself despite the circumstances OCD bringing into your life. ?
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- 4y ago
I feel the same right now
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- 23w ago
I’ve said and done so many hurtful things growing up, especially in elementary and middle school. I was very passive aggressive and mean for a majority of my life, and I’ve hurt peoples feelings. I’m no longer like that now, but every single thing I’ve ever done wrong replays in my head constantly, from the moment I wake up to the second I go to sleep. I know I deserve to feel the chronic guilt and shame, so I feel even more guilty pitying myself. It’s eating me alive, I’m so scared. I know people must hate me, and they have every right to. feel like I don’t deserve to have moments of happiness because I’ve taken that ability away from someone before. I’m not diagnosed, but this has been going on for years and I’m scared to talk to anyone about it because I fear they would look at me differently knowing I’ve hurt someone’s feelings. I feel like a monster. It’s ruining my life and I don’t know what to do.
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- 22w ago
Does anyone else experience this lingering fear and anxiety because they think they’re capable of hurting someone? It’s killing me. I feel like I’m such a danger. I feel like I’m a predator. I feel like this awful person and I can’t shake it. I want to carry on with my day but I can’t. I don’t feel like I deserve it. I feel like I’ve done awful things. I can’t stop crying.
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- 19w ago
I don't even know if I should put this here, but I have the greatest girlfriend in the whole world, and I love her very much, but my thoughts keep saying I'm going to hurt her, so I can hurt God and idk what to do, I feel so disgusted and idk what to do, and the worst part is why does some part of me just not even care idk what to do anymore, it's almost like I'm turning into this horrible person and idk what to do, I'm really not sure what to do. I have really been able to be happy I just feel like I don't deserve it and I want to care about people and God and I want to be a good person, but a part of me shuts off my caring nature and idk what to do, I'm really freaking out because it's like IDC and idk what to do I just feel so nasty and scared because why don't I feel like I care. Why does it feel like it's something I wanna do idk, what to do I'm really freaking worried. Also I don't want OCD but a part of me says I need it or I like these thoughts and idk what to do, as im writing this i just feel like laughing and idk what to do, i really judt want jesus to hug me and say everything will be alright, i am such a monster....
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