AJDCTX12
- Date posted
- 4y
AJDCTX12AJDCTX12
- Date posted
- 4y
I never thought into this as deeply as yall are, I was just listening to The Marfa Tapes album and felt nostalgic and was in the feels
[Deleted][Deleted]
- Date posted
- 4y
Comment deleted by user
AJDCTX12AJDCTX12
- Date posted
- 4y
I realize now that googling all day and doing compulsions as a safety behavior, has just lead to me feeling chronically unsafe cus im never fully present
SashaSasha
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
Well I think there is an interesting thing here. Nobody suffering with ocd actually cares as much about certaintity, as they care about “feeling certain”. For example- I don’t have compulsive desire to feel certain that the planet won’t explode Tomororw. Because I “feel certain” it won’t. But I have no certainty of it. So ultimately certain or uncertain doesn’t matter- you just desire the feeling of it.
SashaSasha
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
They don’t think about certantity much, because they “feel certain” about things that are logical to them and they feel “uncertain” about things that logically scare them. It’s ultimately the feeling that holds the ocd suffering person captive. If our brain chemistry gave us a feeling that we were safe, we wouldn’t need compulsions. But since we don’t feel that, we give in to compulsions. That’s why exposure therapy is ideal, because it trains us to get comfortable in the discomfort of uncertainty. And then as a result, our brain begins to associate a feeling of certainty the more we expose ourselves to the disturbance.
AJDCTX12AJDCTX12
- Date posted
- 4y
Yall are thinking into this post so deeply im literally just like eating some potato chips and watching youtube
Related posts
anonymousgg
- Date posted
- 24w
Confused about "accepting" thoughts for ERP
I've been told a lot that in order to get better, we need to tolerate uncertainty, which yea I get that and I'm trying every day more and more to reach that point!! But I've also been told that we need to tolerate uncertainty AND "our worst fears becoming true". Like how does that work, especially with POCD, OCD about a///ault, SA and all of that? Like that is really difficult for me and I don't really understand how I'm supposed to just shrug stuff like that off
- Relationship OCD
- NOCD Therapy Alumni
- Mid-life adults with OCD
- Older adults with OCD
- "Pure" OCD
- POCD
- Real Events OCD
- Young adults with OCD
It’s Going t...
- Date posted
- 20w
Question about uncertainty
I’ve been getting stuck in my understanding of OCD lately. When I have intrusive thoughts, although I have OCD, I’m not supposed to label them as part of my condition? Instead I just say maybe/maybe not? It feels like it takes the wind out of my sails a bit in recovery? Like having cancer, but when I go to chemo, I’m supposed to say “maybe I have cancer, maybe I don’t.” Would anyone be able to speak to this and increase my insight and understanding? Thank you!
Lemon1995
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 19w
Uncertainty
Why does ocd make you feel uncertain about everything. Even the things you knew were 100% certain before. Its so bizarre. All the subtypes like Rocd, Pocd, Hocd you should be 100% certain about these things but ocd makes you feel like you dont know. I sit here know saying in my head I DONT KNOW. its so hard and confusing. I just want to know who I am. Am I a good person like I thought I was and have been my whole life or am I someone else. I just dont know. Its awful
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond