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- ButterflyStar
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- 3y ago
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- asdfghjasdfghj
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I was just thinking about you. What if you look at going to your phone as just another compulsion? Ive been thinking about this lately, I dont know that using your phone IS a compulsion, but it acts the same way, to reduce anxiety. And it feels like I just cant stop. And ive been thinking about what it would feel like to responsprevent using it, and truly I think my life would be better. So whether or not it is a compulsion I think I would be better off treating it as one. So try go without the phone 2 minutes, 3, 5, 10 minutes, 1 hour. When I have more energy Ill do this... things have been rough lately Im just surviving these last weeks. But hey, I was thinking we should become friends and visit each other in each others countries, and have barbeques and laugh at OCD together. 😅
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- ButterflyStarButterflyStar
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yay!! Its so great to hear from you! About 2 months ago I put a status up saying 'has anyone seen my friend asfghj?? Plz tell her I'm looking for her" Lol! And then I supposed you had deleted the app and I thought you were probably recovered and didn't need this old life 😂me and my imagination.. Thank you sooo much for your comment. As always, you help me so much! Yes that's pretty much how I feel, that it may just a compulsion to try elievate the distress I'm expreriencing But I feel like instead of coping with it in a healthier way, I try to shut the door on the situation and distract myself. This is temporarily fine, but long term, nothing has changed in helping me cope with discomfort.. And i want to get better at sitting with discomfort, to sit with uncertainties. Thank you so much for the helpful idea of 2min,5min,10min!! I'm going to try that. For this week, until next Thursday,when I am anxious to sit it out for 2 mins without looking at my phone! 😊📱 I'm sorry to hear these weeks have been awful... You've got thru each day! Each day when you thought you couldn't ❤️❤️. How is therapy going? Can't wait for our bbq, 😁😁 we can eat and sit out outside and enjoy a sunset of pink skies!
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- asdfghjasdfghj
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@ButterflyStar Haha, aww, thats so cute. Never knew you had looked for me🙃 and woah, not recovered at all. And its been a worse period lately. The public health system in my country is very good in some ways, but it others not so much. So even if I have come in contact with OCDspecialist and theyve given me the diagnosis, the actual treatment is far ahead. And the last days Ive been thinking that I cant wait any longer. I need to get better, I dont wanna lose anymore of my life. So even if ERP is better with professionals Im gonna start doing more on my own because I cant miss out on more of my life! I just dont want any more days where I feel like im stuck in a loop 18 hours a day. 😔 The distraction isnt that part of the avoidance compulsion? These last weeks thats been so hard, Ive been so many hours on my phone and it truly is in the way of vitality and a happy life. Which makes me think its compulsive. I mean cant every type of distraction be compulsive if youre doing it to avoid anxiety/life? Maybe sitting with the uncertainty AND doing whatever. Not as a distraction but a LIVING. Do you have therapy with an OCD specialist?
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- cloudwalkercloudwalker
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I've heard meditation and learning mindfulness is effective with that. There are many book on learning how to be more mindful and staying in the moment.
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- JustmesadlyJustmesadly
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- 3y ago
I only go on my phone if I’m in public. Otherwise I read or do a hobby or watch a show or listen to music or go out
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- adaptocdadaptocd
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- 3y ago
Using my phone to alleviate discomfort became a compulsion for me. I’ve found mindfulness techniques helped immediate relief. I use the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise. Identify five things you see, four things you hear, three things you feel, two things you smell, and visualize your #1 place of comfort. Mindfulness has to be practiced to achieve the full effect. It’s helped calm a panic attack for me too. My old therapist also taught me a breathing technique that’s helped me. Deep breathing used to never work for me until I tried this method. You inhale counting to 4 and exhale counting to 8, as you’re doing it you feel where your feet are and affirm you’re grounded. Paying attention to how anxiety manifests in your body can help disenegage you from the thoughts causing the discomfort to begin with. I also like to set alarms throughout the day to help remind me to do basic tasks like eating lunch or taking a shower. Being on a schedule helps you feel structured and gives you a task to focus on instead of your anxiety. I’m sorry you’re experiencing discomfort right now, I hope this could be of some help.
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- ButterflyStarButterflyStar
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Thank you so much!! 💜
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- hopingtogetb...
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- PinkLotus
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What am I supposed to do while I sit with the discomfort
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- LifeGoesOn
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Sitting with a thought, feeling incredibly uncomfortable. The physical effects of not giving into a compulsion are not often spoken about. Nausea, headaches, weakness, rapid heart beat, cold shakes (all a result from anxiety I assume). Any recommendations to aid this? I’m really trying not to give in 😕
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