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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.
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Thatâs actually the best tactic to beat OCD, eventually the thoughts go away after you show your brain you donât need to fear them
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but they arenât just not bothering me but i am actually unconconciously accepting them as true without thinking about it
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@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
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@Anon1294 Hey i have posted something too would really help if you had some words for me too!!!
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@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
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@lmaocdđđ„° Youâre not accepting it as real, youâre accepting the uncertainty
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@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
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@lmaocdđđ„° Thatâs an intrusive thought within an intrusive thought
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@Anon1294 i feel like iâm the only one who gets those
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Will the doubt go away also???
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@lmaocdđđ„° No youâre not at all!! I get that too, thatâs why OCD is so hard to overcome
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@jfount11117 it goes away eventually probably
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@jfount11117 Yes once you retrain your brain to understand that you donât have to fear it, you feel less doubt
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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
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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
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- 17w ago
Lately my OCD has been very horrible, itâs been more convincing than ever to the point where Iâm genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, Iâll hear my intrusive thoughts go âoooh, I like that, Iâd do that.â and I just donât freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and Iâm just lying now, i canât tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since Iâm getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and Iâm worried about that being true because I donât understand nor know Itâs like I am resisting to like this stuff now, itâs even tougher now than it was before
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- 11w ago
I donât know how to deal with the thoughts that come and barely gone. Usually, the brain often remembers and forgets things. People with OCD however struggle with trying to forget the intrusive thoughts because of the imbalance trying to convey what is real and if the thoughts in your head will come true. Just for the past few days, I was having fun and suddenly hit with a wave of obsessive thoughts and making me stuck with nowhere to go.
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Iâve been thinking a lot about how OCD changes the way we see ourselves, but I recently realized that I am not my thoughts. Just because a thought pops up doesnât mean itâs true or that it defines me. Iâve started learning how to see OCD for what it isâjust a disorder trying to trick meâand Iâve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
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