When I have my obsessive thought I try to turn my focus on something else. Even If I manage to distract my mind, I still have the obsessive thought in the background, feels like its stuck in my mind. Is someone else dealing with this? How do you manage to "unstuck" ? I try to think sometimes of a comedian doing funny sounds everytime the thought gets in my guts. But I dont know If its good the replace the thought

I'm very confused cause it's there all the time and I cannot be myself with the thought. I wake up every morning for over 10 days now and sometimes I'm just observing without doing anything. But its still there. I dont know how to disengage..its so hard

@Obsessivelyeverafter Yeah, it can be difficult, I'm sure. But I understand what you're going through; I was like this for a really long time. Every day and all day I would think about the thought. When I went to sleep at night, I'd be thinking about the thought; and when I woke up, I felt like it was the same day as before -- every day I woke up I felt that way, so it felt like one loooong day that lasted for weeks on end. It's hard and stressful. Are you seeing a therapist? That really helps, I think. If you can't see a therapist, I'd suggest looking into some books about OCD; you could ask for help finding a book as a post and someone might help you find one. I haven't read any books myself, though. And watching videos might be able to help, too.

@Obsessivelyeverafter i definitely agree. it’s super hard at first but it gets so much easier i swear

@Anonymous Hey, thank you so much for sharing ! I have a therapist we try to find ways and exercises for 3 months now, but I was diagnosed recently by a psychiatrist. My therapist suggested to keep the thoughts in a journal but I feel it's getting worse because everyday I find something different that I need to be answered by my partner. So I m trying to find a different approach...

@Obsessivelyeverafter Did you tell your therapist?

@Obsessivelyeverafter Maybe you could ask them for help with pai's suggestion. But I'm not sure if different therapists have different ways they like to and/or are trained in helping tackle OCD

@Obsessivelyeverafter Also, when you say partner, you are referring to the person your dating/married to, right? It seems that that is what everyone means when they say that, but I don't want to assume and be wrong! 😆

@Anonymous Hey! I didn't tell him yet I will What's a pai? Yes I mean my ba!

@Obsessivelyeverafter Boyfriend *** sorry

@Obsessivelyeverafter I meant pai as in the other user here. You say you find something every day that needs answered by your partner; do you ask your partner? If so, you could be performing a compulsion. If not, and if writing in the journal still doesn't seem to help, you should definitely tell your therapist that. You might even be ruminating on the thoughts, which is another compulsion; one that takes place entirely in the mind. Either way, you should tell your therapist all that's going on, and try to be descriptive so they really get a grasp at what's happening.

@Anonymous Yeah for a long time I was asking him and seeking for reassurance every 2-3 days. But i decided to stop that..its very hard. I should find a different way to cope with it with my therapist for sure..cause writing is not always helpful

@Obsessivelyeverafter Remember to try to tell the therapist what's going on as descriptive as possible, in your writing and in your mind and other actions. You might just want to change how you write, and/or try to stop compulsions you aren't aware of (in your mind or physical compulsions). But if you or your therapist decide that you need to find a different way to cope, then I hope that you find the right thing to do.