- User type
- NOCD Alumni
- Date posted
- 3y
It is hard work for sure. But remind yourself that doing a compulsion will provide only temporary relief and it will return. That ocd trick.
i go through the same thing:( it sucks and i always feel if i don’t do it then something bad might happen but i just try to tell myself that no it wont happen its just my ocd its okay think positively. hope you find peace in your mind<3
Thank you! I will do my best
You have to be brave and curious, and take it one step at a time. The more you can not give in little by little, the more confidence you will have with bigger intrusive thoughts. But you have to take the “risk.”
Thank you for this. I’m going to apply this when the thoughts come up.
i don’t want to do my compulsions. I feel like if I don’t somebody will get hurt, sick or die. It’s a very scary thought to feel like if I don’t do my compulsions it will be my fault even though it isn’t & nor will it happen. I know it’s magical thinking & my thoughts are not true nor will they come true. it’s just im so tired of doing these compulsions. im so tired of feeling like I can stop something bad happening if I don’t step on this or touch this 4 times. it even got me believing that if I do something I want to do & love, something bad will happen. I just want to be able to live & feel like I use to. I hate ocd. how can I calm this down so I can be able to navigate in my own life?
Resisting compulsions feels so wrong and dangerous, I’m trying my best but the anxiety of doing so is immense. Especially because my brain is still not allowing myself to believe that my obsession is OCD, it wants me to believe it is a threat, so even calling my compulsions “compulsions” is making me anxious because that is me calling this whole thing OCD and not real if that makes sense?
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