Wow its so damn hard to stop avoiding. And not to ruminate. I literally feel like I’m agreeing with the thoughts and like I’m gonna act on them, since I can’t prove myself otherwise. It is really hard because I feel something telling me to act on my thoughts and I can not fight back. It’s crazy and scary af.

Harm OCD

Username: c.catc.cat

Date posted: 3y ago

I know what you mean. I feel like the erp process and all the unconditional self acceptance is just leading me to agree with the thoughts and trying to think that what I fear the most is okay to happen. But I’ve learned that this process is just to show ourselves that thoughts are just thoughts, that they don’t mean the thoughts will bring action in the future. I know, harder to process, get through and truly understand. I’m still struggling with it myself

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 3y ago

Thank you:( yes exactly, it is so hard. But I believe we can do this, it is just our brain doing everything to get our attention, but we must not fall for it! Much love :)

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 3y ago

The best thing you can do is to accept the thoughts as just thoughts and try to agree with them even if your heart tells you otherwise. It’s a long process with many ups and downs. Once you feel like your thoughts are ridiculous and the next minute they really get to you and you feel like they are you. Try to keep yourself busy and practice self love. It’s really scary and it feels real sometimes.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 3y ago

Thank you so much, yes it is really crazy and scary, but thank you for the advice I’ll try my best, wish u the best <3

Username: elizabethcrowder3gmailelizabethcro...

Date posted: 3y ago

All I could do was cry about your post😥

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 3y ago

I’m sorry, didn’t mean to make you cry 😭

Username: km113456

Date posted: 3y ago

I’m trying really hard to not listen to my thoughts but they’re starting to feel so real like it’s stopped saying what ifs and started saying statements like “you’re not happy, you don’t like your partner, you need to leave them” and it’s giving me anxiety and scaring me it’s not my OCD anymore, any strategies to help with this cause I’m trying really hard to not engage or try understand them but it’s making it feel more real

Relationship OCD

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 3y ago

Right now I feel like I am going to act on my thoughts, or like I’m capable of acting on them, or like if I liked my thoughts. But I don’t want to! Then why does it feel like I did or like I wanted them?? It’s really f*cked up bc it is confusing me and my intentions. And now I can’t no longer know the answer to that!! It’s really frustrating and distressing, sometimes I can be sure about the answer but sometimes I just can not and it’s the worst. I legit feel like I’m going to act on them, why do I feel like that?!! I feel like I’m turning into a psychopath!!😫

Username: Calove

Date posted: 1y ago

Anyone else

Anyone else feel like your mind is so trained to react and be scared of thoughts that a thought doesn’t even have to fully form for you to be scared or already know you need to do a compulsion? And then your brain makes something up. Idk how to explain it but I feel like sometimes I’m going insane and it’s freaking me out because my thoughts aren’t full thoughts and they are often so hard to even explain that I’m afraid no one will understand them

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