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I had to really stop and listen to what was in my head. It seems like the thoughts come involuntarily but that’s only because you’re so used to them. I now imagine a script where my OCD is talking and every second line is a blank because I’m not responding. I’m not arguing back. I find when they have no one to chat to, the thoughts tend to give up eventually. Keep trying to tune in to the detail of what’s in your head.
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I know it sounds crazy but stop trying to stop them. Stop worrying about worrying. Stop being fearful of the thoughts, and embrace them. It starts by becoming aware to those thoughts, I mean really aware. To feel when they trigger, and it’s tiresome! but if you can train your conscious self to recognize the compulsions your unconscious brain will begin to auto correct. Meditate when you have attacks, learn the compulsions, write them down so you know them. It might feel like theres endless fears or compulsions but when u really break it down, it’s just OCD with a different mask. Every. Time. It is always OCD, always, remind urself always
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And if you want, and can, laugh at the thoughts! Agree with your OCD! It knows all your “secrets” that u were never aware to ? agree with it, and watch how that fear can’t change, hurt, or affect you! OCD is just a disorder of impulsive thoughts, just thoughts, nothing more. All lies, all the time!
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Thanks for the advice! I really want to try and work through this with ERP but it’s just seems like I’m getting nowhere
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- 23w
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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- 20w
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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How do I stop letting my intrusive thoughts control me? Ive been having them for almost a year, once I graduated, become more isolated and lost more friends they've become worse. I feel like when I had friends and was still going to school they weren't as bad probably because I was living more so I didn't take them as seriously. But now that Im home all day and alone they've gotten worse and it feels like they're starting to control my life. Theres times where Im on social media and eventually I forget about them but then when I realize I forgot about them they come back. Sometimes the thought just lingers it doesn't even just pop in my head and go away. I can't tell anyone in my family because they'd judge me for the thoughts and they don't really believe in mental illnesses. I also sometimes think of what other people may think of me if they knew the thoughts I had and it makes it worse. How do I stop letting these thoughts control/trigger me and stop reacting or feeling some type of way about them.
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