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Rather than “ignore” try “acknowledge and move on.” Say “oh hello thought” and then just allow it to pass on its own. It’s okay to be aware of it. And trying to not be aware of it is just a form of engagement.
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I feel like if I starting doing that it would become another form of a compulsion as I would try to think to do that action
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@Ethan1michel It’s the best way to allow thoughts to pass. I’d look up some mindfulness meditations about watching your thoughts and practice along.
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^^^ label the thought as ocd, acknowledge it, and try to accept it as being there. When I feel myself spiraling, I keep myself busy. Not ignoring the thought, but noticing other things (ex: listening to a conversation, listing colors around me, doing an activity, etc)
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- 24w
I’ve been stuck in this cycle for the last month or two and am not sure how to get out of it. Basically, I will work on ignoring the thoughts and not responding or engaging plus limiting/completely eliminating compulsions. After a week or two of constant work, the amount of intrusive thoughts in a day goes down. The anxiety each thought causes also goes down with some, but not all, thoughts passing without notice like they would for a normal person. The thoughts that do stick cause anxiety and make me want to ruminate or do other compulsions but I make sure to limit them. After a bit, I’m in a pretty good head space. This is usually when it goes down hill. I’ll start to question if I even have ocd because some of the thoughts (once again not all) pass without notice. The difficulty resisting compulsions goes down and so does the anxiety, only increasing the questioning. I spend a while questioning if I’ve ever had ocd in the first place and then something sets me off or the questioning itself becomes a trigger and I get stuck back into the same ocd cycle with constant rumination, anxiety, and other compulsions. This lasts for a week or two before I know I need to stop and try and work hard to get back to ignoring the thoughts. And the cycle just restarts over and over again. Does anyone have any tips to stop this from happening? It’s really harming my recovery as every few weeks I dive back into the same negative place I was.
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I can't focus on anything but my thoughts. I'm so inside my head, and my mom always tells me to focus on my body and my surroundings, but I can't, or maybe I just don't know how. I try to, but it doesn't help. The thoughts are still there :(
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When you get an intrusive thought and intentionally try to ignore it and act as if it doesn't exist, you only validate it's existence. This is a common issue when learning how to deal with them
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