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- lmaocdđđ„°
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Accepting the thought is there is NOT the same as agreeing with it. But if you did agree that doesn't make the thought true. For example, someone says "Grass is pink" If I agree, does that change the fact that grass is green? No it doesn't not. My agreement does not change the facts in any way. The same is true with your thoughts. OCD thoughts are NEVER true. Just because they feel true, doesn't mean they are.
Thatâs actually the best tactic to beat OCD, eventually the thoughts go away after you show your brain you donât need to fear them
but they arenât just not bothering me but i am actually unconconciously accepting them as true without thinking about it
@lmaocdđđ„° Think of it it more as accepting uncertainty, you donât need to think itâs definitely true. Just think to yourself âmaybe, maybe notâ and donât let the thoughts cause you anxiety. Itâs when the thoughts cause anxiety that our brains ruminate and obsess. When they donât cause anxiety, we are able to move on and live life
@Anon1294 Hey i have posted something too would really help if you had some words for me too!!!
@Anon1294 but if u accept the thoughts as true not as a tactic, but just involuntarily, they are ego dystonic and then that means itâs real
@lmaocdđđ„° Youâre not accepting it as real, youâre accepting the uncertainty
@Anon1294 no i am like i get thoughts and iâll think to myself âyes i like thatâ or âi agreeâ and i wonât even realize i thought that until later
@lmaocdđđ„° Thatâs an intrusive thought within an intrusive thought
@Anon1294 i feel like iâm the only one who gets those
Will the doubt go away also???
@lmaocdđđ„° No youâre not at all!! I get that too, thatâs why OCD is so hard to overcome
@jfount11117 it goes away eventually probably
@jfount11117 Yes once you retrain your brain to understand that you donât have to fear it, you feel less doubt
Hey thatâs a really good idea! I keep struggling with false memory so I keep walking into every situation thinking whatâs the worst thing I could do and then my brain convinces me Iâve done it
there is also a concept called diffusion - it's important to recognize that thoughts do not equal your character or who YOU are. they are not necessarily true. you cannot necessarily say it's NOT who you are - that's the uncertainty piece. but diffusion means the ability to be able to separate from your thoughts and know that just because you have a thought it does not necessarily mean that that is indicative in any way of what you want or think or believe
Do you think that me saying to myself, âthese are ocd thoughts, they arenât true at allâ a compulsion??? It makes me feel better like more relaxed but I am worried that maybe it is just a compulsion...But it canât be I donât think, bc it is the absolute truth. That is what ocd is. Intrusive thoughts that arenât real or true about yourself. Thoughts??
When people tell me to accept it, do they mean accept the thought or accept that you have these thoughts. Because I have Suicidal OCD and I get these thoughts and just canât accept that I could do something like that
Today I donât care about my ocd Iâm on the upward spiral and genuinely just have been ignoring my thoughts like I could care less. This hasnât happened in a long time. Feels weird but also good. Iâm even writing this having intrusive thoughts and just letting them pass. anyone every have these days and then bam the next day itâs hard to ignore the thoughts ? i get these days every now and then and itâs a great feeling, but also feels weird bc Iâm used to my brain analyzing every thought or action I do.
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