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Yes it comes and goes 24/7 lol
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Like rational thinking for a split second
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Yes! I get little moments that feel like a breath of fresh air, even if only for a second or a few minutes. You will get more of this time as you continue to sit through compulsions
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Yeah that will happen. I’ve been dealing with OCD since December with multiple sexual themes and then there are random small moments for split seconds where I’m like “wait…why am I even thinking this I’m so obviously not this or that” and then that moment of clarity fades away.
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- OCD Conqueror
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Yes it is like the clouds have parted and a choir is singing! Ha. And then OCD comes back. But those moments of clarity encourage me to keep going with therapy and ERP because I’m reminded of what it feels like to be free from OCD doubt and it feels so good!
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- OCD Conqueror
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Yeah, and then I'm like "crap I must not have OCD"
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Yep. And often it’s when you don’t expect it or you’ve gone through ling periods without feeling avoidance or other compulsions. Then you see an image or hear something that distracts you.
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Yup, it's so fleeting but it happens!
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Anytime I find myself rationally thinking I remember everything I could be worrying about. Talking to you guys really is helping though and I’m so excited to start getting therapy.
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- 19w
I want to beat OCD because I have seen and felt the benefits of clearing my brain from unnecessary, pointless, thoughts. OCD is like 0 calorie food. It’s pointless. No nutrition or benefits come from my obsessions or compulsions. I don’t care to have answers to everything anymore. I catch myself just trying to stress myself out so that I have some worry to feed on. But like I said, it’s a 0 calorie food. I get nothing from it but wasted time and energy. My brain feels more spacious when I’m not consumed by OCD. I’m present. My personality has room to be herself without making space for bullshit. I tell myself now that worry is poison. I think Willie Nelson was the person I got that quote from? Anyways, that imagery of worries being poison for the mind has been transformative for me. I’m evolving. 💖 Thanks NOCD community.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how OCD changes the way we see ourselves, but I recently realized that I am not my thoughts. Just because a thought pops up doesn’t mean it’s true or that it defines me. I’ve started learning how to see OCD for what it is—just a disorder trying to trick me—and I’ve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
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- 15w
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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