strongerthanthis_
- Date posted
- 6y
Swirly girly Swirly girly
- Date posted
- 6y
100% , I always do better when I am fully engaged/ distracted . Driving in the car alone is one of the hardest places for me with ocd
AnndroowAnndroow
- Date posted
- 6y
Of course! Then you don’t give these thoughts time just because they are that unnecessary as they actually are. It’s important to give your brain chances to rest by doing these things you mention. However, the goal is to feel safe with yourself and not scared to be alone. I mean, you shouldn’t be worried about that. So what I’m trying to say is that it’s good if you can distinguish between distractions that might be a compulsion or just natural things you do that’ll take your focus from these unnecessary thoughts :)
SheShe
- Date posted
- 6y
Same here
IlovestarsIlovestars
- Date posted
- 6y
Same!
janajana
- Date posted
- 6y
Totally
Shana0007Shana0007
- Date posted
- 6y
Yep same!
ChattyChicChattyChic
- Date posted
- 6y
I am pretty sure my OCD went dormant for twenty years because I was just too busy for it. One day it decided to stop me in my tracks though. I guess it got sick of waiting around for me to make time for it. I am learning to take back the things I used to enjoy in my free time. For the last few months anytime to myself has been spent on my OCD for the most part. I have started listening to podcasts and audio books in the car.
ActiveBreadActiveBread
- Date posted
- 6y
That’s exactly how mine is, I’m usually very engaged in conversations and fairly happy go lucky when I’m with other people. The few people I have told about my OCD always found it hard to believe that I had it due to never seeing me stuck in my head or doing my compulsions
noraeinoraei
- Date posted
- 6y
I have experienced that too. Though at the worst times its difficult to get out and get active. Also i think that i have also had staying active and going out to bars as a compulsion, which i guess can be a risk. That one never dare to stop to feel at all.
AnndroowAnndroow
- Date posted
- 6y
I guess it’s hard sometimes to know what activity could be an eventual compulsion. Things that make you feel happy is good for you (except alcohol and other drugs). I think if you feel that you have to force yourself to not be alone because you feel scared to start thinking thoughts; that’s a compulsion. Or if you feel that you really have to distract yourself in a moment when you feel the thoughts are coming, then it’s a compulsion. These are just my theories, better if you figure that with a therapist :)
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- Date posted
- 22w
Can anyone else relate to this?
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- Date posted
- 19w
Question
I haven’t posted here in a while but I just wanted to ask a question. While having ocd is it normal to have days when you don’t feel like talking to anyone even if you wanted to? I have felt this for a while and I can’t figure out why do I feel like that. Usually I’m a very talkative person and even when I don’t feel like talking to anyone I always talk to my boyfriend but now even talking to him feels like a burden and I just don’t understand why. This situation has also made my intrusive thoughts even worse:( Idk what to do and what to feel like, I’m feeling kind of empty and emotionless. I was diagnosed with ocd some months ago so I’m kind of new to all this stuff and that’s why I’m asking. I don’t want to ask questions in a compulsive way and I try very hard to avoid it if that makes any sense. I would be very grateful if someone could answer me:)
ichdys
- Date posted
- 16w
This gets me more than I would like to admit
Hello everyone! I have grown up with OCD and gotten quite the handle on it. However, it still comes back every now and then and this is one of those times. For some reason, it has to get pretty bad for me to do something about and I am noticing an interesting trend. It gradually gets worse, I finally decide to resist it when it gets bad, it goes away to almost nothing and I let my guard down. My OCD is not nearly as powerful at this stage, but it releases just enough doubt for me to do the compulsion “just this one time”, and it gets bad again. Any recommendations?
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