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hi, i don't struggle with this however i have been very depressed before due to my intrusive thoughts and anxiety (not exactly the same thing but i can give you some tips). this could mean that you're developing suicidal ocd or that you're stuck in a depressive rut due to your ocd. i recommend talking to a therapist or psychiatrist. what helps me when i'm feeling depressed is to take some time for myself (while letting the thoughts flow). if you notice that it's affecting your everyday life then see about meeting with someone! best of luck<3
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Thank you :)
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Working with an ocd specialist is your best bet for a swift recovery. I’m always going to push that option first and foremost. But if accessing treatment with an ocd specialist isn’t viable right now, there are other options. Try a workbook: the Mindfulness Workbook for OCD is a good one. https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mindfulness-workbook-for-ocd-jon-hershfield/1113893446 There are also online CBT courses for ocd like: CBT School and OCD and Anxiety Online https://www.cbtschool.com/ https://www.ocdandanxietyonline.com/ It’s okay to be depressed. And it’s okay to be struggling with this obsession right now. You’re not alone and this is very common for people suffering with ocd. With proper treatment, it can/will get better.
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Thanks for those links and your support. I appreciate it
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I actually developed this while doing ERP for something else. It’s aweful. I’ve been doing much better with it though. A therapist is your best option. I spent time with mine writing things “like this will happen” and just really let myself sit with the uncomfortable thoughts. It was very hard but eventually they lost almost all their power
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I have this exactly. From all of this I also developed existential ocd which made it even harder. Try to sit with these thoughts, it’s hard. Also taking about them and saying the word out loud. You are not alone!
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so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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Hello, I’m in undergrad and recently was diagnosed with OCD. Its a very new diagnosis and it’s both been stressful and relieving to receive it. Looking back at my past I’ve been able to explain a lot of behavioral issues that I thought were simply attributed to me being “crazy”. It’s comforting to know it’s something that others struggle with and that there are set coping mechanisms and treatments for it. There are a number of thing of which I obsessively think about, and it’s been getting really hard to deal with all of them. The most troubling are my thoughts toward suicide. I can’t stop thinking about it. There’s not really any intent, it’s just like my brain has tuned into a frequency that plays in the background at all times. Usually though this leads to more dangerous behaviors, and so I always try to do any preventative work to keep myself safe. As for the asking for advice portion of this post, what do you all do to combat unending loops of thought? Because I’m so new to my diagnosis, my therapist and I haven’t found good strategies for me yet, outside of just labeling those thoughts as OCD in an attempt to delegitimize them.
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