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yes! this is a compulsion. Stop. :)
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I used to ruminate for days at a time to figure out and to get to bottom of it. It doesnt work because your OCD will give you another puzzle to solve. And in the vicious corcle around and around you go. There is no end to it. What ever answer you give its never satisfied it’s always asking for proof.
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Having thoughts quick is called Mental Diarrhea and you believe in it gives you feelings. The moment you’re fighting something that’s not real you lose.
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Rumination is a compulsion. The more you do, the stronger and more numerous your intrusive thoughts will become. You are only making your OCD more powerful. You can convince yourself that you have found proof your thoughts are true (another compulsion) just because the intrusive thoughts feel true doesn't mean they are. OCD thoughts are not logical. You can't reason or argue with them. All of these are compulsions. Yes, they give you temporary relief from your anxiety. Butbthey make things in the long run. If you truly want to change your life, find a therapist who understands OCD and specializes in ERP. ErP will help you relieve your anxiety in the long term. But its your choice. You can either take steps to experience real change or you you can spend the rest of your life on the hamster wheel of constantly giving into your compulsions. Recovery will take hard work and time. No one but you can decide where you go from here.
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I appreciate what you are saying, I know deep down it’s a choice to keep worrying and ruminating - it just feels like you logically work it out or have found proof somehow with your thoughts. But this will never end it will keep brining up the thoughts until I stop all the compulsions
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@Arranf23 I wish I was brave 😂
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R tree Hank you guys, when you think you’ve found proof it’s difficult
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There is no proof to find because it doesn’t exist. How can you find something that doesn’t exist.?
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@DADO I agree, but you convince yourself that you logically have worked it out or have found some sort of proof, because the thoughts are so quick and the feelings are so strong
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Thank you, its hard trying to not do the compulsions when you convince yourself of the fears
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I have really started to take control of my compulsions and im starting to string together better days! Still not great days or even good, but they are better!!! I have controlled my outward compulsions (googling, research, reassurance, checking) the past couple of days and felt the positive impact of that. But unfortunately, I am realizing that the rumination is still constant. My sexuality and relationship are the only two things constantly on my brain, and if they aren’t I freak out and wonder why im not thinking about them! Anyone have any advice on how to deal with the rumination. Sometimes I don’t even notice im doing it, but it’s taking up 90% of my day. Once I start to tackle this I think I may make some real big progress! Hope everyone is fighting today! ❤️
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I ruminated too much this morning and got distressing mental images (and confirmation) which sent me spiraling again. How do I stop thinking about this and how do I get back to myself? I feel destroyed.
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I don't really know if these will count as ocd 'proof' and I'm almost trying to prove to myself that I have ocd at this point. I really don't know. And these don't even mention my current themes (pocd, soocd) and rocd but its kind of stopping idk. So here's what I wrote do you think it's worth mentioning or it even counts as ocd idk? -Blinking in a certain way, breathing in a certain manner till it feels right, making sure that im breathing right, holding my breath for a bit again and again, made sounds that disturbed others (my mom) because of that. -Focusing too much on my eyesight and what i see to make sure I don't have symptoms of an Illness in the eye, checking my body reactions a lot and getting scared. Checking my pulse regularly for a heart attack. Fear of dying, researching random illnesses of symptoms I have -When i was a child I pictured my family dying a lot and got intrusive thoughts about their heads being cut off, especially in Eid El adha (where we basically sacrifice cows and sheep) I couldn't handle being there because I was scared that the guy killing the cow will accidentally cut my mom's head instead and I'd picture it so graphically. random intrusive thoughts about me doing harm to others but they didn't make me anxious just disturbed, fear that someone will get in the house and kill my whole family since I was a child that I have a slight fear of doorbells. Can be sensitive to gorey images but not always a persistent fear unless I'm focused on it. In the streets I get stressed out by cars around me because I get thoughts that someone will shoot me and kill me from the car. Fear of dying in general as a kid I saw a video that talked about if you see fish in your dream it means you'll die soon and I wasn't able to sleep for a long time without literally collapsing out of tiredness because I was scared of sleeping and dying in my sleep. -Irrational fears when I hear really loud sounds, as a kid I'd hear sounds of parties or so and it stresses me out because I got intrusive thoughts about someone playing party songs but killing everyone in the enjoyment of the killing. Doorbell sounds stress me out and I keep hearing the doorbell ringing in my ears a lot that I check the door randomly sometimes. -When I play games I have to do things a certain way and I can click on a button multiple times in a different pattern until it feels right, repeating prayers constantly until they feel right. Same with the breathing from before idk if these count -I question morals a lot, I'm not sure If it's in an ocd manner but I am really scared of being a bad person with bad morals, I get scared I'm racist and sometimes I see someone from a different race and I get racist thoughts like racial slurs or so get in my head, I question morals in general a lot and the idea of them and why they exist. And that makes me scared that I'm just a terrible person and I don't want to be. I can fixate on "trying to do what's right" too much that I end up messing up more -Immense guilt on things from a long time ago that I already dealt with. -what I'd say my worst compulsions are (pure o I think) : Checking constantly, feelings or thoughts or reactions. Sneaky reassurance seeking from friends and confessing my thoughts. Excessive ruminating trying to find an answer, can take so long out of my life that I can't eat or drink. Researching my thoughts and asking people. Repeating prayers in my head constantly even though I'm not religious anymore but I get so disturbed by my thoughts.
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