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take a few deep breaths before reading the rest of my paragraph. u got this! you are not your thoughts. just cause you think something, does not make it any more likely to happen. & just cause you think it does not mean that it's real. your thoughts are just that, thoughts. they mean nothing about you. i know it may seem like it can't get better right now, but it can. it really can. so many people have gotten better so it's entirely possible! although i'm not diagnosed with ocd, what helped me the most with my intrusive thoughts (i have bad anxiety around them) was imagining them as clouds passing by, and everything else in your brain is the blue sky. when we pay extra attention to the clouds then we start to notice those clouds more, and the blue sky may seem to go away. the blue sky is always there though. when we pay less attention to the clouds (intrusive thoughts) then they go by without a need to go deep into why we're thinking these things or what they mean about us (they mean nothing about us btw). if you just let your thoughts go by and sit with the anxiety/uncertainty that they give you, then there will be less and less intrusive thoughts that come. and then when you do get an intrusive thought because everyone gets them, you won't feel the need to pay extra attention to it
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Thank you for this again I really needed it ❤️
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@OCD suck my d*ck ❤️❤️
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Of course you’re gonna get used to them, they’re intrusive and they cause you so many problems. It is OCD, you want to know why? You’re asking about it. The “am I, is this, what if” questions are all of your doubts and fears from OCD coming through. Of course it will be scary, and ERP can make your thoughts way more intense because you can’t run away from them like you’re so used to doing. Accepting them and allowing them there voluntarily creates its own aspect of thoughts and doubt from your OCD. Do not ruminate on them, which is what it seems like you’re doing. You’re trying to solve or answer a question, rumination. Don’t engage when it gets scary. You have to get used to being scared
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thank you. i am scared but not anxious, if this makes sense. the fact that i’m not anxious makes me scared even more. i’m trying not to ruminate, but it’s hard sometimes.
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@sumi123 a lot of times uncertainty gets mistaken for fear/danger. you're probably feeling very uncertain about these thoughts which makes you feel like you're in "danger" or should be scared of these thoughts, which leads to rumination
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@sumi123 Back door spike
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Why is it actually so hard to not do compulsions ive literally not done it for a few hours but then I kept having more and more intrusive thoughts feelings sensations all that stuff that just make it so real where you start feeling like do I like this and why are the thoughts so specific and you can’t stop ur mind from doing what it’s doing, so I gave into compulsions I’m mad at myself I was doing so well but I’m just so scared of what these thoughts/sensations mean about me because when it actually feels like real like yeah that feeling feels like the truth about how I feel about this thought or this thought must be something I actually like,HOW ON EARTH AM I NOT GONNA WANAN DO A COMPULSION AND THEN WHEN I START I CANT STOP MY MIND IS RACING TRYAN DO ALL THE COMPULSIONS. Then my brain slows down and I’m like hey but u still haven’t figured out this part of the thought that could be real,by this time I don’t even really remember. I’m trying my best I really really am what am I doing wrong I need help Also my therapist has been away she’s back this week
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I joined a worship fellowship group with friends at my community college it’s not a extracurricular thing but it’s someone just putting a thing together. but i can’t tell if this is my ocd. but i’m having thoughts of “what if i’m not believing God anymore?” or “what if this isn’t my ocd” or “what if i’m lying to myself and i don’t trust God and this is real” “what if this is real and i don’t wanna be close to God anymore” it’s like triggering because i’m a new christian and still learning about a lot of stuff since i just joined a group because i’m trying to get into more of Gods word. but i get scared of opening because i sin and i tend to be so hard on myself or if i see others like be christian and cuss and i’m like all suprised but idk i think im afraid of opening up in this type of stuff around christian’s that know a lot as i’m still learning… and sometimes i think my ocd will be like “ugh we have to talk about God all the time” and i’m like no no i want to… i’ve had ocd for a year now and my therapist has been in the hospital and i need to sit with it but it’s so hard bc i’m trying to figure if it’s real or not or if i’m lying to myself but i have a current second therapist rn and she’s teaching me about how rumination works and how to stop it. because i struggle with it ugh. i’m so scared this is real. i believe in God i do i just hate these thoughts why does it feel real
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