Tips for stopping ruminating?? I’m my head all day every day. Also has ocd convinced you, you are this person?? I can’t look at triggers for fear of being this person, pocd ??

Ugh yeah it sucks so much. For me its a different theme but it causes me to feel really sad and depressed and just wanna lie in bed and cry. What helps me sometimes is to remind myself that I've felt like this before and that it always passes. I just try to acknowledge that the fear/thoughts are there but try not to enter a in a "discussion" with them. Like I say, "OK I'm afraid right now that this thing might happen. I've had this before, this will pass too." and then try to go on with my day as I would usually. I hope you feel better soon ❤️

Same theme as me? ?

I’m scared to even look at children, because I think I m a p or feel like one

Yep, it’s been two years on the same thing. All day everyday!

How do you cope? Is it pocd

There’s a huge difference between thought and action - the idea of something is not the thing itself. Try to remember that your thoughts do not define you - acknowledge and let go, or at least try to. You’ll get thru this!

It’s been four and a half years of me having pocd. Avoidance is a big one for me, avoid kids when I can, avoid touching (not me to them but children are children and they put their hands everywhere so I’m always like ooh back up hands to ourselves)(for example this boy at my friends daycare is so used to me now that he thought it’d be okay to come up and hug my leg, never hugged me before, I’ve never hugged him, or any other kid in the daycare because hands to ourselves) When it’s nighttime and the thoughts are the worst because it’s like you’re already not around kids but the thoughts keep coming, I watch movies/shows with no kids, read books with no kids, tell my thoughts to fuck off constantly. The acknowledging the thoughts is tough cause I just want to avoid it altogether.

I might’ve just given you advice to avoid but my point is that avoidance is a compulsion and you should be aware of it and when you do it and why do that it helps you with your ERP POCD is the worst, I’m sorry you have it too :(