lh2000
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- 3y
ps0126ps0126
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
My therapist suggested that I try counting the bottles in the shower, noticing the colors, counting the shower curtain hooks, or imagining a stop sign to remind myself that I’m getting too much in my head. I had to do it often but it helped me a lot and now it feels easier to shower.
loveisanopendoorloveisanopen...
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- 3y
We break the, “you have OCD, so you should love showering” stereotype
lh2000lh2000
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- 3y
Literally 😂
Maybe,MaybeNotMaybe,MaybeNot
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- 3y
It sounds like you are ruminating- that’s a compulsion and you need to stop yourself
lh2000lh2000
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- 3y
I’m really trying. I think about my obsessive thoughts all day everyday, when I get in the shower it makes them even worse.
Maybe,MaybeNotMaybe,MaybeNot
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- 3y
@lh2000 Look up defining rumination by Michael Greenburg
loveisanopendoorloveisanopen...
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- 3y
Yes!
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