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- 4y
- Date posted
- 4y
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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- 4y
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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- 4y
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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- 4y
Education about ocd is key to managing our ocd.
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- Date posted
- 25w
What's a piece of advice you give when someone has constantly intrusive thoughts and ruminations that won't stop? Interested to see what you tell others.....more on this when I see some replies!!!
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- 24w
I need advice for intrusive thoughts. I used to feel like I could handle them. They werenāt nearly as bad as the things that related to my actual life. But now, Iām suffering. I havenāt had a sexual experience in over a year that didnāt involve constant intrusive thoughts. Most are somehow related to kids and I keep chasing off the thoughts but itās so bad. I know youāre supposed to ignore them but I donāt know how I can just ignore that and continue what Iām doing. But theyāre coming on stronger. I had one earlier I could not get rid of just as things finished so the thought came on strongly just before my orgasm hit and now I feel absolutely disgusting. I hated the thought and I know itās not me and it was not enjoyable but it still feels like I was getting off to it. I feel sick. Iām so fucking tired of these thoughts. Theyāre in my every day life too and itās all the time. I just want it to stop but ignoring it feels so wrong. What should I do?
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- 23w
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
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