Miro

Date posted: 4y

I keep telling myself "stop thinking" "ignore the thoughts" "like you did it before you can do it again" "just do nothing and everything will happen naturally" etc. It's like I always feel inclined to tell or remind myself how to deal with my ocd and it's very annoying. These thoughts keep repeating in my head over and over again and they just won't stop. They're driving me crazy. Why can't I just stop thinking without constantly reminding myself to. Has anyone experienced this theme before in particular and can anyone give me any advice on how to deal with it?

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

Try to identify what is scary. The thoughts are there not because u are really thinking this.. but because when the thoughts are fearful., or u can’t solve them. The brain keeps working.

Miro

Date posted: 4y

Thanks for your advice

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

This is something I don’t do .. but I have had a lot of horrible stuff... I’ll give my 2 cents.. it seems like yr thinking about thinking. Yr being an overactive coach. .. thoughts sometimes want to be known. like people can do. But you don’t want to hurt it’s feeling. Acknowledge it and thank it for helping u and gently try to guide yr thoughts to another aspect. The brain relates to danger. So be easy on yrself .. try to appreciate how hard u are working to help yrself but u don’t need more attention or focus... this way. So see if this can help.

Miro

Date posted: 4y

Can you please elaborate more?

Overcomer

Date posted: 4y

Any advice is welcome

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

Miro, are you in therapy?

Miro

Date posted: 4y

Unfortunately not. But I don't really know how to do any type of therapy when my obsessions and compulsions are not clear not me. They are vague and I really know how to identify them or explain them. Have any advice on that?

Miro

Date posted: 4y

@Miro Don't know*

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

Sorry I didn’t see yr returned post. What would u like to know more about that comment.

Miro

Date posted: 4y

I just wanted you to further explain your comment because I really didn't understand it.

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

Maybe this is a better way...Your brain responds to your emotions .. so if something is freaking me out .. it will give me more of it- it thinks( yr brain).. that I am trying to solve something or I am danger because of my heightened state. My suggestion something I’ve done because of pure o.. is separate my thoughts from the working of my brain (I see a brain) as a mechanical thing reacting not to content but the stimulus of it. Like a intense emotion can set the brain into”give more thoughts “ so I know I have the power to deep breathe, add a new thought like something funny or silly. It may not seem like it works right away. But I think of it like dialing down my system, foot off the gas. It seems more biological than anything. So I try to stop feeding worrying about worry Hope this helps someone... bless you guys

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

There is therapy for vague feelings of fear- general anxiety disorder

Miro

Date posted: 4y

Can ocd lead to gad and what's the difference between them?

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

I don’t know..

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

But try to also find ways to be easy on yrself. Perfection has a role in this.

joshd

Date posted: 24w

Trying not to think of intrusive thoughts

I been dealing with OCD my entire life but recently I been finding it really difficult to find the slightest relief. I know it’s not good to do but I been trying not to think of the thoughts but of course they come back even stronger. Does anyone know what I could do in the meanwhile ? Thank you

Hi_1

Date posted: 21w

Advice?

I’ve been stuck in this cycle for the last month or two and am not sure how to get out of it. Basically, I will work on ignoring the thoughts and not responding or engaging plus limiting/completely eliminating compulsions. After a week or two of constant work, the amount of intrusive thoughts in a day goes down. The anxiety each thought causes also goes down with some, but not all, thoughts passing without notice like they would for a normal person. The thoughts that do stick cause anxiety and make me want to ruminate or do other compulsions but I make sure to limit them. After a bit, I’m in a pretty good head space. This is usually when it goes down hill. I’ll start to question if I even have ocd because some of the thoughts (once again not all) pass without notice. The difficulty resisting compulsions goes down and so does the anxiety, only increasing the questioning. I spend a while questioning if I’ve ever had ocd in the first place and then something sets me off or the questioning itself becomes a trigger and I get stuck back into the same ocd cycle with constant rumination, anxiety, and other compulsions. This lasts for a week or two before I know I need to stop and try and work hard to get back to ignoring the thoughts. And the cycle just restarts over and over again. Does anyone have any tips to stop this from happening? It’s really harming my recovery as every few weeks I dive back into the same negative place I was.

Ashley May G...

Date posted: 8w

I feel like I'm experiencing existential OCD

I CAN'T STOP THOUGHTS. I think about meaning of life, time, afterlife and other shit. I can't stop thinking. I cannot distract myself. When my thoughts are the worst I'm thinking about su*cide, and it scares me because I'm not suicidal and I don't want to die. But what if I do something with myself? Please I want any advice what to do, I can't afford therapy at the moment

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