- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
Say "maybe i wanted it, maybe i didn't, who knows, i CAN'T find out" and then you have to sit there and tolerate the anxiety - take deep breaths, walk around, put on some calming songs, try as hard as you can not to analyze.
But it feels like I did or even still do :( I'm so anxious. I think I'm just messwd up 😔
@Anonymous It doesn't matter what it feels like. The only thing that matters is that you DON'T REACT TO IT. No matter hoe serious it feels, please, you have to say "maybe yes, maybe no" and try to focus on something else. Trust me, I'm probably a lot more messed up than you. You deserve love. You can't blame yourself for what you can't control and it's not your fault you're going through this.
@XXXXXXX Thank you! It just feels like i am a bad person and lately it has been feeling like i actually WANT to become a bad person and I think it might be true! I can't tell but I am shaking. Trying to say may be, maybe not and enjoy my day but it is hard
@Anonymous You probably wont enjoy your day, but mark my words, this maybe yes maybe no thing REALLY WILL HELP YOU in the long run. You feel the worst right now, soon you'll start to feel better. I promise, just keep telling yourself that and do not do any compulsions, dont analyze shit, dont try and find out anything. Whether youre a bad person or not is currently irrelevant, whats relevant is how hard you can keep yourself from doing compulsions. That is ALL that matters and that should be your top priority.
@XXXXXXX Okay, Thank you! I was going to go and lay in bed and think about it but instead I'm going to do a little black Friday shopping lol! Thanks for the help! I am going to try to live with uncertainty today :)
@Anonymous Do your best. I believe in you.
@XXXXXXX Thank you! I believe in you too! We can do this :)
@Anonymous I am struggling alot with this lately it's awful It makes me feel like my life is over and I'm a bad person and it makes me feel like I want it.
@Kimberley* Exactly! I will try to say I dont but ir feel a like i do! My counselor gave me some ACT worksheets but when it tells me to write my values it feels like my mind is telling me my values are bad values and I just say "I dont know!!" Which in the long run makes me feel worse like its true ans it makes me more confused! How do I tell what my true values are when I feel like they are different
@Anonymous I am so with you on this one I really am I totally feel everything you feel. you have to try think of what your values where before you suffered badly, that's what I try to do but still its hard. can I ask how long you've suffered? and if you've struggled with obsessionally checking your emotions in the past? xxx
@Kimberley* I have suffered off and on for at least a few years. And I have struggled checking emotions in the past but I guess they obsession feels different
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