- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
So the response prevention for this would be to “lean in” to the thoughts that are coming up and to practice moving on instead of ruminating. For example, you could lean in by saying to yourself “yeah, I might have been naive in the past” and then carry on with whatever you planned to do. If it’s extremely hard to move on, you can do an activity like reciting the alphabet backwards or reading a passage from a favorite book. These move-on activities shouldn’t be done with the intention to make the thoughts go away, but rather just to distract you from ruminating. As an exposure, you could write out a detailed script of what happened including what you fear MIGHT have happened. Practice agreeing with it and moving on from it without ruminating. Good luck!
I've been doing well the past month in cutting down on compulsions and have been feeling better however, last night I had a set back that carried on into today. I had gotten very poor sleep (4ish hours) and then something triggered my memory. I think with the sudden anxiety spike and lack of sleep I didn't have the strength to ignore my compulsions. Last night and today I've realised I've gone back into rumination and mentally reviewing the event excessively again and comparing my situation to other people's, but most of the times that I start going down these rabbit holes I don't even realise I'm doing it? Also been fixating a bit on the fear that I've ruined my progress and that I will fall back into the deep end of it all again, that I have done so much work getting myself out of, although trying my best to not be too discouraged. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with rumination more specifically?
Real event, legal ocd, and false memory ocd around events that happened years ago but never bothered me till a month ago and now my life is being destroyed because I feel sooooooooooo guilty
my real event is so bad today. has anyone got any support. i’m in therapy, ive been on meds, but yet i can’t stop feeling guilty for what i did when i was 11-13. the fact that i cannot remember exactly what age or exactly what happened, how many times or anything, im 20 now, and it makes it worse im trying not to ruminate but im constantly trying to figure everything out. i get these intrusive thoughts that tell me if i was 13 then it’s worse, or that i don’t deserve a good life. but i can’t remember and the guilt consumes me. i remember what i did. just nothing else about it and it honestly is eating me alive.
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