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- starry duck
- Date posted
- 4y ago
- Username
- jackgjackg
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Trigger warining: Something that has helped in my journey to recovery is sarcastically agreeing with the thought. Saying “Oh yeah, I’m definitely a pedophile” or “Oh yeah, I’m definitely a murderer” and then moving on with my day. It gives the thought less power because you are showing it that it does not matter. Thinking something does not make it true. Neither does saying something or writing it down. A good example is to tell yourself “YES, I will suddenly have an extra $1000 in my bank account today”. My guess is that no matter how much you tell yourself this, and repeat it 500 times, it will not be true. So why is it any different if you tell yourself “I am a pedophile.” Or “I am a murderer.”? The ONLY difference is that OCD is telling us to be afraid to say those things or think those things because that would make it true, and those of us that suffer with OCD have agreed with this faulty logic. We need to train our brain to show it that these thoughts are just thoughts, and say nothing about who we are! Speak to your therapist if you can! You can work through this!
- Username
- m0521m0521
- Date posted
- 4y ago
this means so much to me. thank you
- Username
- jackgjackg
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Keep pushing through and showing your brain that these thoughts have no real value and say nothing about you. They are just thoughts! OCD will make you doubt it is OCD, that’s part of the mechanism. Acknowledge the thought, accept it for being there, and allow it to come and go as it pleases. Work parallel to the thought. It sounds like you are not giving into it, and not ruminating which is great! Practice self compassion and mindfulness. You can work through this!
- Username
- m0521m0521
- Date posted
- 4y ago
i needed this. im at the point of giving in and accepting the truth lol i just wanna cry??
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- starry duckstarry duck
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@m0521 me too:/ i feel like this is rlly the end sometimes
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- lolplzhelp lolplzhelp
- Date posted
- 4y ago
IM THE EXACT SAME
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- starry duckstarry duck
- Date posted
- 4y ago
like i don't rlly obsess or ruminate but i can't get rid of the thoughts lol, it lingers there and i'm just so bored of ig
- Username
- starry duckstarry duck
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@stars it*^
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- m0521m0521
- Date posted
- 4y ago
me too im like so used to it now
- Username
- starry duckstarry duck
- Date posted
- 4y ago
do u still obsess and ruminate? cause i barley do it now, i'm too tired lol
- Username
- m0521m0521
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@stars lmfao im also exhausted. i dont ruminate as much anymore, i just get anxiety sometimes but the thoughts will come and im like oh sick here we go again
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- Ayelet.E
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Is it just me or does anyone else also doubt the fact that they have OCD even if they know for sure that they do have OCD and have been diagnosed various times??
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- feethebee
- Date posted
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my biggest fear is what if i don't actually have ocd and get exposed as a fraud. im afraid i might have been living a lie the whole time. i keep thinking that im not as ill as others here. i feel like i don't deserve attention, it's like im unconsciously invalidating myself all the time and j can't help but think that im an impostor in disguise. that im just doing this for attention. that i just want to be mentally ill to feel like i fit in somewhere. when i show a new ocd symptom im afraid that oh im probably just copying something that i saw off this app here because i want to feel like i truly do have ocd. i know i most likely have it but im so stuck in this loop of doubt. my ocd isn't as severe as it was in the beginning so that makes me feel even more invalid and i have developed impostor syndrome over the years.
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- Nour04
- Date posted
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i barely thought about it all day. barely did any compulsions. barely felt any anxiety and barely ruminated. i thought this was ocd??? shouldn't i be more worried??? i don't feel like this is ocd anymore :(
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