Anonymous
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- 4y
Dani1980Dani1980
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- 4y
Unfortunately you’ll continue to do mental compulsions because trying to suppress these thoughts make them more aggressive and intrusive. Try to sit with the thoughts and try to not add value to the content. An average person has 60k+ a day... mostly subconsciously of course and everyone gets intrusive thoughts... we just want certainty and wonder why. If you haven’t already, look into getting with a therapist that specializes in treating OCD to learn how to practice ERP each day, you’ll learn that when these intrusive thoughts come you can continue to do what you want and it’ll just fade to the background
j420j420
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I don't get this. I don't understand or know how to apply thinking without adding value
j420j420
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Please some help
LetJesusTakeItLetJesusTakeIt
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- 4y
@j420 Me either
Dani1980Dani1980
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@j420 Ok so let’s just take one of the thoughts that are intrusive to you. When it pops up, just sit with the thought but don’t think or dissect it a part. Just say “I don’t know, maybe, will not today !” And stay in the present. Are you in therapy at all yet?
Dani1980Dani1980
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@j420 I want you to learn from a professional, I may not be explaining it correctly I’m sorry but I know that when a thought comes that I don’t necessarily agree with or want, I accept the uncertainty and let the sensation and feeling pass
j420j420
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@NOCD Advocate - Danielle Yes I'm seeing Thelma. I'm so frustrated with my brain. I'm 51 and had this most my life. I am frustrated with trying to figure out how to let an intrusive thought "just be there"and I also need to learn some self compassion
cmac1339cmac1339
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Yes because i have difficulty letting the thoughts flow. I want to fight so bad but i know the process to recovery is letting the thoughts happen and just fade over time
dwmandwman
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- 4y
I feel your struggle. Many years ago I used to try and 'block' intrusive thoughts or images in my mind by playing words or images in head. Eventually I would play the same things in my mind, then in same order, and more words/images added on. The intrusive thought would become more harder and anxiety raising to suppress out with my 'thought train' compulsion and I did not want it to appear while I was actually trying to do something. Now I just sit with it, time out until I'm calmed down.
Dani1980Dani1980
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I am sorry that you are struggling with this, I have definitely been there
j420j420
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- 4y
Danielle. So what's the difference between ERP and sitting with the thought.
Dani1980Dani1980
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@j420 You simply just don’t engage with the thoughts or give them value, it takes work. ERP is the practice of actually triggering these thoughts on purpose and allowing them to exist while not engaging with them.
j420j420
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@NOCD Advocate - Danielle Thanks Danielle you I think have made it clearer to me. So engaging is hyping up my belief that I will kill myself when all I need to do is agree that I might and not trying to believe it. My mind is already saying that right
j420j420
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@NOCD Advocate - Danielle I think I've had this all wrong because I have been giving the thoughts value. I thought that's what I was doing when I was sincerely trying to believe them.
Dani1980Dani1980
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@j420 Yes don’t engage at all, just state that you noticed the thoughts and continue to sit with the uncertainty
Dani1980Dani1980
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@NOCD Advocate - Danielle It’ll take some time, you are forming a new way of doing things
j420j420
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@NOCD Advocate - Danielle Thanks Danielle. I appreciate you responding to me
itwillbeokay💛 itwillbeokay💛
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 4y
yes
ECEC
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- 4y
Sometimes yes
hopehope
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- 4y
yes :( i can’t escape
kellprice90kellprice90
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- 4y
Yes
LetJesusTakeItLetJesusTakeIt
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- 4y
All day every day 24/7 almost
j420j420
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- 4y
I feel your pain
mirbrachmirbrach
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- 4y
I have the thoughts 24/7 and they never pass
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
I had the same thing. I learned to stop rumination engaging with the thought. My life is so much better. Erp and therapy works!
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