cementkitty
- Date posted
- 6y
mummersmummers
- Date posted
- 6y
Ruminating, debating inside my head, checking my pulse, seeking reassurance from loved ones, searching the web for reassurance, avoiding situations.
VillonrVillonr
- Date posted
- 6y
Skin picking, checking for things i may have forgotten, checking my skin for something crawling on it, checking my phone (just checking in general), and ruminating
jaffacakesjaffacakes
- Date posted
- 6y
I avoid certain places I don't feel are clean, I clean things over and over that feel contaminated, I actually don't wash my hands too much, but when I do I wash them longer than I would need to, I get stuck in thoughts, I tend to blank out a lot and I check things a lot
cIumsycIumsy
- Date posted
- 6y
skin picking, hand washing, erasing and rewriting, do almost everything in 3s, seeking reassurance from friends/family, I take like 15 minutes to put on deodorant bc I put it on then wipe the edges then put more etc etc
cIumsycIumsy
- Date posted
- 6y
there’s a lot of random things that I will repeat until they feel ‘right’ but its not consistent
marcymarcy
- Date posted
- 6y
reading about mental iliness , debating inside my head , creating imagens , sometimes washing my hands 10 times , symetria , counting , ordening
ellabethhellabethh
- Date posted
- 6y
Making sure my head touches my chest ? Like what
AshleyOliAshleyOli
- Date posted
- 6y
Obsessing over my health, searching the Internet for symptoms and cures, seeking reassurance.
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Anonymous
- Date posted
- 22w
Irrational Fears
Usually my compulsions are always motivated by fear. I feel like a child when I have compulsions. Like for example, my brain convinces me that someone is in my house and I need to open every cabinet and all the shower curtains, and do tons of other crazy things like march instead of walking so that if someone where to shoot at my legs they'd have less of a chance of hitting me. How do I stop it? I am just going about my day and I can see in my head, myself getting attacked or something and so my only option to calm myself down is to do a bunch of random actions that will keep me "safe". Does anyone else experience this? Or convince themselves that they are under Milo Murphys law? That anything bad that can happen to them will, so they need to never do anything that could result in anything bad, and avoid everything? And how do you convince yourself you're not in danger?
Anonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16w
Knee Jerk compulsing
I noticed I’m starting to fall into a trap of a bunch of little compulsions- some of which are these little knee jerk behaviors that my brain is catching as I do them. For example, a short stand up at my desk (like sitting up and moving slightly to see above my cubicle) to check my surroundings. I’m struggling to catch it before hand- anyone got any ideas to help combat that? I really want to get past sitting with this and stop that little compulsion but because it’s become a habit, I’m just not noticing it until I’ve already done it. #Help
Anonymouus
- Date posted
- 15w
How to avoid mental compulsions
My biggest is ruminating, i talk and talk and over share with myself and others Like what are some exposures?
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