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Intrusive thoughts can be lessened by having a corresponding healthy and balanced diet, do not consume sugar in excess, doing your favourite activities and focusing on it, and the final being the thoughts ignorance, you can find some topics about it on my profile
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I wish I knew š Okay, honestly Iām still trying to figure it out. Iām in a hole and canāt seem to find relief from them lately. I try to keep my mind busy with other things or I find things to do that bring me little moments of joy. Sometimes it doesnāt work, sometimes it does. I try so hard to not give into compulsions but I fail every time lately. Gaming has been an escape since it keeps my mind busy. I try taking good care of myself and overall health too. Take time for yourself. Let yourself feel, actually allowing yourself to feel instead of shoving it down. Sometimes I will sit there and actually tell myself itās okay to feel and be human. That helps me sometimes as well.. still learning every day š
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When we have ocd intrusive thoughts for some they minimize and others it goes away. But to decrease them throughout the day we should do ocd therapy techniques In combating compulsions, we have had success using the fifteen-minute rule: When you are overtaken by the urge to perform a compulsion, you try to wait fifteen minutes. But this is not just passive waiting. Itās a waiting period during which you actively keep telling yourself, āThese are not real thoughts. These are faulty messages from my brain.ā If, within fifteen minutes, the urge begins to fadeāand it frequently doesāyou begin to see that you have a sense of control over your OCD. You are no longer a passive victim.
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Education about ocd is key to managing our ocd.
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I been dealing with OCD my entire life but recently I been finding it really difficult to find the slightest relief. I know itās not good to do but I been trying not to think of the thoughts but of course they come back even stronger. Does anyone know what I could do in the meanwhile ? Thank you
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Having a bit of an interesting time lately, feeling like I am on a roller coaster because every day has been a bit different. Yesterday was a pretty good day, my anxiety was low and intrusive thoughts were easier to work past. What I noticed was although anxiety was low, I still felt overwhelmed by thoughts sporadically throughout the evening. This morning I had some intense feelings after waking up, but find myself almost in the same place again. Any tips or tricks that have worked for you on managing through thoughts with low anxiety?
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Hiii - hope everyone is having a good day! Has anyone found any type of medication or supplements helpful with thinking sooo deeply about everything and intrusive thoughts? Iām in therapy + doing erp but my brain in this relapse of ocd just thinks sooo deep into my brain and i canāt seem to not to do it pull myself out. Like Iām just paranoid. An example would be if i simply look at my arm Iāll think so deeply about it like whatās under my arm whatās it look like inside etc. but if anyone not in this cycle looks at their arm theyāll be like hmm ok cool my arm and move on w their day. Just looking to see if anyone has had a similar experience of what Iām feeling rn.
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