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Oh my gosh, I’ve been there! It’s like my executive function goes into overdrive. I’ve dealt with it by playing solitaire or doing crosswords, sometimes that helps settle my brain by giving it low-stakes problems to solve. Turning on upbeat music can help me focus on the lyrics and drown out the internal dialogue so I can get the freaking dishes done without overanalyzing how to best optimize the way I stack them to dry. I also write stories, and that can be a great way to channel this tendency—solve that plot hole! Best of luck!
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Thank you! I will try those ideas for sure!
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Yes I am the same! I’m not sure how to work through it tho. I try and meditate but then the thoughts just come stronger and stronger till I feel like I’m going to explode. And then I go into hyper drive trying to solve this new problem I have which is how to get rid of all these thoughts keeping me from being able to just chill out. Like THAT becomes the new problem...but then of course I know the point of meditation is not to get rid of the thoughts it’s to embrace them and just observe them. But then my thoughts are on how I need to make sure I do this. Ugh it’s just the worst I’m caught in a loop.
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Me too! It's so strange I feel like saying come on brain I've got this you can turn off now..
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Might be worth googling tapping for anxiety, my psychiatrist had me doing it for a while when my mind wouldn’t settle down enough for regular meditation.
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This happens to me too. Ill have random non ocd thoughts, and my OCD will be like, "oh, is this important? Lets analyze it just in case."
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I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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- 21w
I’m curious how many other people experience this! I’ve been diagnosed with severe OCD for 20 years now, about 10 years ago my little OCD brain came up with a series of words. It is saying everyone in my families name and then something negative, and then something positive. Since my brain attached to this series of words, it hasn’t stopped repeating in my mind. Like I said, it’s been 10 years, and this “phrase” is constantly repeating over and over in my head. When it’s finished, it just restarts again. My brain is constantly exhausted since it’s always talking. It’s kinda hard to word this so idk if it’ll make sense to you but let me know if this is something that you might experience as well!
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