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- Date posted
- 3y
AnxiousaddieAnxiousaddie
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Following this thread. Really struggling with this today
Sonoma16Sonoma16
- Date posted
- 3y
One of my hardest things is struggling with ruminating over the past. They are constantly popping into my head.
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- Date posted
- 3y
Following up! What ended up helping me was listening to music I know well - much harder to dwell on negative thoughts when the little voice in my head wants to sing along
Maybe,MaybeNotMaybe,MaybeNot
- Date posted
- 3y
I tell myself to stop because ruminating about it didn’t work before. Then I just notice the thoughts come in an don’t engage with them.
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moon0270
- Date posted
- 20w
Mental compulsions/ rumination
So hard to not engage the thoughts because even though it's from the "past" (i don't even know if im remembering things correctly and it kills me) and i can't change it, I just NEED to prove it to myself that it didn't happen this way. If you'd asked me questions maybe a few months ago, I would have been able to lucidly explain things. Now I just feel like I'm in a constant swarm of thoughts, not knowing if anything is real. If my brain is to be trusted. Wish I could just get hypnosis to forget
Patrick McGrath
- User type
- Therapist
- Date posted
- 17w
Advice on instrusive thoughts that won't stop?
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!!!
RavenRose77
- Date posted
- 7w
Ruminating Help
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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