- Date posted
- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
me too.
- Date posted
- 3y
Can you explain how this is a compulsion? I do this too and never realized it was one!
- Date posted
- 3y
I do this too as a compulsion. And also, in therapy I’ve done the exact same thing (like literally googling the same thing) as an exposure. I know it is confusing, but it was all about my attitude going in and emotional regulation during the process. I know compulsions are supposed to be things that relieve our stress (temporarily) but many of my compulsions make things immediately worse and I still do them. (??)
- Date posted
- 3y
I have exactly the same pattern. It’s like a compulsion to google things that I know will make me upset and feel horrible about myself. It’s so hard to stop.
- Date posted
- 3y
Did this today. It’s sucks
- Date posted
- 3y
How is this self sabotaging if I may ask? Sounds like you’re doing exposures,
- Date posted
- 3y
And the key should be to do that exposure and practice response prevention while doing it.
Related posts
- Date posted
- 24w
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
- Date posted
- 20w
Does anyone else struggle with this? I get a sense of dread and then I feel like the need to find the answer. For me it’s about like sexual reproduction or like some other taboo topic. Especially anything reproductive related to children or pets. I feel so awful after researching. I don’t know if the compulsion is to research or to ruminate about my intentions after researching. I have a hard time understanding why this happens I’m assuming it a question of morality? Like “what does this say about me if I wondered this and looked into it?” Does anyone relate to this?
- "Pure" OCD
- OCD newbies
- Mid-life adults with OCD
- Harm OCD
- Students with OCD
- BIPOC with OCD
- POCD
- Young adults with OCD
- Older adults with OCD
- Date posted
- 20w
When I talk about how terrible I used to be to my girlfriend it makes me feel like I’m gonna do it again which I don’t wanna do and it scares me and then I get intrusive thoughts and feelings about it doing it but I don’t want to, weird I know.
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond