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- apaskert
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- Carl CornettCarl Cornett
- Date posted
- 4y ago
This is a great opportunity to be mindful of how OCD works. You find a tool that mitigates your negative feelings or your anxiety, and then notice how OCD moves the goalposts. Now you’re anxious that you’re not anxious enough! Call its bluff. Do what you’re doing now. “Oh yeah, great. Definitely more likely to be a murderer because I’m joking about it.” As OCD morphs, use the same tools. Let the fear stay and work on letting it be. You’re doing great!
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- We Will PrevailWe Will Prevail
- Date posted
- 4y ago
OCD latches onto our worst fears. Makes you feel like a horrible person over something you’d never do. Continue being sarcastic with it because you’re not giving it that same power and OCD doesn’t know what to do. It’s used to being in control but you’re challenging it which is good! You’re not a bad person, think of it as just being sick of the irrationality that comes with ocd. You’re standing up to it and that is so strong of you! You’re not a bad person, you just have to accept whatever thoughts come in and do not interact with them anymore. They’re there but they’re not powerful.
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- luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y ago
This has been happening to me today that my therapist made me chabge my perspective. Im trying not to listen to that voice.
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- Survivor ❤️ Survivor ❤️
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- 4y ago
Honestly I have wanted to make jokes about my intrusive thoughts with people but Iam scared they will be like wtf ..
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- Sarah🕊
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’m so confused right now. I feel really calm about my intrusive thoughts and I feel calm overall. I can still get moments of feeling uneasy but overall I’m calmer. Yesterday was really difficult. Does that mean I don’t have OCD? I just don’t get this. Even today I was scared with the thought of what If I’m lying about my intrusive thoughts and my experience with OCD and I’m really just a crazy person.....and then later today when I felt calmer I was like omg what if I really don’t have OCD and I really I’m just making it up. I feel so calm right now. I’m kind of guessing maybe because I talked to my mom about my some intrusive thoughts have and have had in the past and I was worried about telling her but she understood and so I feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. Is it possible to suddenly feel ok?
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- EFF_OCD
- Date posted
- 2y ago
How to cope with becoming desensitized
Ironically. Becoming desensitized to my intrusive thoughts sometimes frightens me. The security of knowing I had such intense anxiety when I had violent/bad/scary intrusive thoughts comforted me because it made me realize I didn’t want them and found them bad. If I’m not reacting to them, I’ve convinced myself that I think it’s okay and maybe deep down I am a bad person? Does anyone else relate to this? My anxiety has felt better lately toward my intrusive thoughts as I am trying to give them no value (that and probably my lexapro lol) but is what I’m feeling normal at all or can anyone relate?
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- Calove
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Today I don’t care about my ocd I’m on the upward spiral and genuinely just have been ignoring my thoughts like I could care less. This hasn’t happened in a long time. Feels weird but also good. I’m even writing this having intrusive thoughts and just letting them pass. anyone every have these days and then bam the next day it’s hard to ignore the thoughts ? i get these days every now and then and it’s a great feeling, but also feels weird bc I’m used to my brain analyzing every thought or action I do.
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