Can anyone talk? Please?

Dude I’m sorry you know what this is like. I’m super scared and upset and I’m just hating myself for having this condition.

@RaeStruggles Don’t hate yourself you never would have asked for this condition you are a good person no matter wat ocd says!

Do you ever look back on something that happened during the day and question it? Like it didn’t seem like a big deal when it happened but later look back and think the opposite? I’m currently experiencing that and I’m so so scared.

@RaeStruggles that’s happened to me a couple of times, but it’s generally best to let the obsessions flow through, but avoid the ruminations. no matter how scary they seem, you don’t actually achieve anything by ruminating and end up in a deeper pool of doubt.

@s I hate this feeling of doubt. I feel like I put myself in danger even though I didn’t think I did when it happened. I’m really really scared right now. What do you do to distract yourself?

@RaeStruggles i acknowledge that the thought is still going to be there, but that i’d still like to function, so i tend to do mindfulness or productive activities

Hey how’s it going?

@RaeStruggles Well and you?

@BlancoAfricanus Had better days friend. Struggling with intrusive thoughts.

I find it helps if I tell someone

@katelyn8893 Hey friend! I had intrusive thoughts this evening about something that happened earlier today. I disregarded it then but hours later I’m freaking out 😭

Hey friend.

I’m struggling with an OCD thought. I disregarded it earlier and now hours later I’m super upset about it.

@RaeStruggles write down the thought. rip it up on a piece of paper. flush it. it’s gone.

I’m so sorry 😞 I suffer from dermatillamania. It’s the fears that trigger my OCD which are related to harm and contamination. There’s nothing I can do about it now expect deal with the side effects of getting so upset.