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The rumination is the compulsion and the way to break it is to do nothing with the thought. When it pops up, don’t engage with it. Look at something next to you or name 5 things you can see. Always redirecting the brain to see or do something else
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Yes. When u start to notice your mind drifting in the direction of ruminating the thought..:redirect yourself to do what you need to focus on like ..oh I’m going to ruminate, imma finish reading my book. Or there goes that thought again I’m going to watch a show.
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Your ocd is a tantruming child and giving It attention by engaging with it makes it stronger and scream louder
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Mine was based of something real too then OCD likes to twist it around and make it lie on me. In a weird way it’s trying to protect me. It’s exhausting. All I can do is refocus and redirect my thoughts. Like bumpers on a bowling lane. The ball is the throught and it wants to go all over to the next lane (aka rumination ) so all I can do is but those bumpers up and redirect myself back to whatever game I need to focus on.
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Oh my god mine sounds so similar. Honestly, even though this sucks so much, I’ve grown so much as a person. I developed a mediation habit, mindfulness, great exercise routine and all and I’m hella motivated. And i genuinely feel peaceful and happy at moments. I honestly feel in a few years I might look back and think this was like the best thing that happened to me, albeit incredibly draining and scary at the moment, because it’s shaped me into a more calibrated, peaceful and focused person.
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Yes they’re called intrusive images! I have them too
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They seem so damn real, it’s scary. And like the effect of ignoring a summons is also bad - like not that bad cuz it can be reversed. But then I’m like what if I get the other one instructing me I should vacate a default and forget about it? I’m basically just driving myself crazy thinking I’ve been summoned to court and forgetting about it, when I don’t recall anything.
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@abx850 I have intrusive images and obsessions regarding legal stuff as well. The best thing to do is to not ruminate. If you read dr Michael Greenberg’s website he talks about it. It’s really helpful.
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As in don’t give the thought credence, focus on the present moment, recognize that I’m ruminating and all and refocus on something important to me?
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This is great thank you so much! Are you someone that has recovered from these legal fears and all that - mine is based on a real legal event (I won handedly thankfully) from like 2 years ago I just keep getting stuck on and being unable to move on. Even though like everyone is like “chill bro, live life, move the hell on”, but I’m like what if the Karen tries to find something stupid to get back at me again.
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I totally get where you’re coming from. It’s something that changes you as a person since it was kinda traumatic. Maybe talking with a therapist who can do trauma work with that event and rumination could be helpful.
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@flore122 Honestly I did that and it’s worked out great actually. I’ve even gotten into so much mindfulness, mediation and yoga stuff and I’ve been wanting to get back on social media and do all my exposures. But every time I feel like I get a handle on this stuff, I can control compulsions, and I genuinely feel at peace, a new fear pops up. Before it was about getting sued, now I’m not scared of that. It’s not knowing when someone comes to my door that I’ve been sued, which is so scary bc then I’m afraid of forgetting and all. It definitely was traumatic but I feel I’m not scared as much anymore. I’m just scared of it coming back that’s all... and I’ve even accepted uncertainty in that anyone can be sued, etc etc. but now this thing ugh.
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@abx850 I get it. Totally trauma based. Have you ever looked into EMDR therapy?
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@flore122 Oh my god, I have not but it looks amazing and also hella expensive haha. Thanks for sharing! Have you tried it?
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@abx850 Yeah I did . Specifically for the legal event that happened. It helps reprocess the memory and put it to rest.
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Initially I read your post to tell you that you are not alone, which you aren’t. Many OCD sufferers can have intrusive images as a part of intrusive thoughts. But now I only think it’s fair to let you know you have triggered me. I am named Karen. It has been hard to have my name turned into a derisive term for hateful, bigoted, racist, willfully ignorant women. It is also very distracting from the serious issues for which the women in questionable events of such negativity and hatred are called “Karen”. As in, hearing my own name despite the perpetrator of hate not being named Karen, naturally distracts me from the important issues at large. I don’t want to report this post because all the actual Karens I know are caring and understanding. However, I do think it’s right to stand up for ourselves. If letting you know how triggering it can be can help another Karen from losing sleep, then it’s worth it, even if I do sound like “I want to speak to the manager.” (And that last part is my coping mechanism to try to make light of the situation to counteract the sadness and distress.)
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What is it called when with ur ocd lets say if ur ocd theme happens like when you watch videos and ur mind comes up with something or your hypeaaware, but you feel like u cant tell ur therapist cus the video is proof because no one else would’ve thought that, and you know its not true anyways you just had intrusive feeling, but i know compulsions wont do anything but ur finding it hard to sit with this really scary thing like ohm ur accepting being this bad thing or if you have reassurance at least you’d know for sure,how can u live without knowing for sure even tho uknoe its deffo just ur ocd idk if this makes sense and what you call it ?:) if anyone could help me out
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I made a really stupid mistake over two years ago. I brushed it off and have just assumed everything was fine since. I even forgot about it. Recently, I saw a reel on my phone that triggered anxiety and ruminating about said mistake. Everyday when I wake up and fall asleep, it’s all I think about. I begun opening up to loved ones about the story and they all reassured me that everything’s fine, and that it’s really “not a big deal”. I’m still very much on edge, paranoid, and aware that it could come back to bite me in the ass. It’s consumed my mind so much to the point where I don’t enjoy the things I used to, it’s difficult keeping up with daily tasks, it has stripped me of my motivation and my relationships with other people due to isolation. I’m physically sick from worrying about the future, coming up with every worst possible case scenario and mentally living in that persona instead of what’s happening right now in front of me in the present.
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This is a late night thought I get a lot not all the time but most nights sometimes I feel like my ocd would make me think that I have this thing trying to talk to me or getting me to do things that I do NOT want to do AT ALL. This is also why I try to stop being online or not talk or do anything at all. I'm trying to explain in the best way I can. The best way I can describe my ocd or mental health right now would be like Jeykll and hyde. Especially in the musical the most popular song confrontation cause like false memories or something like that. Having false memories of doing something especially online in my past that was so bad at least to me and I just have forgotten about it. Trying to remember feels like as if it was a different version of me or a complete different person cause I do be wanting to think of my past self as a completely different person cause I personally feel like I did or even said something so wrong or bad (even though I didn't do anything...) that I just want my old self to be a completely different person. My ocd has also gotten so bad that it made me have developed severe delusions of the government or government services like the police or FBI coming to get me. So sometimes I would think about turning myself into the station or mental hospital one because I also developed S**cidal ideation because it got so bad though I never wanted to acted on anything. I haven't really experienced ideation that bad until I first developed it but I just get scared of my mental health getting bad again.
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