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A compulsion is anything you do to relieve anxiety. For example, I get severe anxiety about thinking I have to tell my husband absolutely everything, even non-important things, and that I'm sinning if I don't. My compulsion is then to confess literally everything to him, even when it's harmful to both of us and does neither of us any good, but I experience temporary relief from anxiety after telling him (before my next obsession that I feel I need to confess). Rumination is pretty much just obsessing over a thought. Like, "oh, I had an intrusive and/or sexual thought about so-and-so" and then not being able to stop thinking about it, it consumes you, and often leads to a compulsive behavior to stop the thoughts. Hope this helps!
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wow thanks for taking the time to reply. But for rumination, I feel like it’s not my fault because there thoughts I can’t help or stop. What do you do when your feeling like this? I hope that makes sense
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@mm3 I firmly believe rumination isn't your fault. It's the obsessive part of OCD, and none of us are at fault for our disorder! We can learn to control it and such, but no, it's not your fault :)
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@mm3 I have a few exercises I'm supposed to work through given to me by my counselor.
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@BigAl15 yeah I’ve been getting better at not letting a thought brother me so much and then I just forget about it
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OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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