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So I’m going to a new psychiatrist tomorrow and asking her to switch meds. I hear Zoloft is good? Anyone else have a good experience on Zoloft or any other med?
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So I’m going to a new psychiatrist tomorrow and asking her to switch meds. I hear Zoloft is good? Anyone else have a good experience on Zoloft or any other med?
Can I talk to someone about my hocd?? Please!!! I'm very anxious
Does anyone else get or experience headaches, like tension headaches, dizziness and a weird sensation in their eyes/back of eyes? I’m not sure if this is from anxiety or suppressing my intrusive thoughts, but I noticed this more since being diagnosed.
I don't know where to begin, all I know is that OCD is ruining my life. My mother is crying because I'm like this. I never want to cause anyone pain because my mind is broken. In the past month I can't shower normally or do anything bathroom related. That part of my home disgusts me for some reason and there is no thing I can do normally in there. Neither pee nor wash my hands nor brush my teeth. What the hell do I do? I am talking to a therapists but nothing. And I've changed quite a few of them.
Just waking up to more of this this fresh hell 😞
Hi all, I am stuck with a thought going round my head. My son had his Covid Jab today - he’s 16 and his mum asked why she wasn’t consulted..( we are separated and I have custody) I said because he’s 16 so he can make his own decision, that was that. But what it has done has triggered some thoughts about my daughter (which we also share) having her HPV jab a while ago to prevent cervical cancer and other woman things, it was a compulsory jab that every girl her age had except with a strong reason not to like religion for example and now I’m thinking,,,have I done something wrong, should I have told her mum about it, what if something happens to my daughter because of the injection and her mum didn’t know?? I am assured that I have done everything right as I am the legal guardian and it was compulsory anyway but it feels like I have done something wrong and I have a physical feeling inside my stomach, am I insane?
Hi All 🙋♀️ it’s nice to be here. Basically I’m at the point where I’ve given up on most of my standards. I’m in a constant state of emotional overwhelm to the point I’ve lost sight of how I’m feeling. I hold in everything to the point that my self harming behaviors are showing on the outside, and I’m emotionally disconnected. I need to find a way to connect with and process my emotions in a healthy way again.
Does anyone else with pocd feel like everyone else on this app who doesn’t have pocd is going to judge you?
Does anyone else hate being near kids in public? I hate it so much. I just try to avoid them as much as possible.
Is it ok to give yourself reassurance not in the sense of “don’t worry you’re not a p, it’s just your mind tricking you” but in the sense of “you’re gonna get better, you’re gonna be happy again soon”
Anytime I have a thought or an urge, it feels as if I actually like it in that moment. But then the second I'm out of it I feel like I hate it and constantly stress over it. I have POCD and HarmOCD.
The intrusive feelings are so difficult, I can accept some of the thoughts but when I get intrusive feelings with it or following or I don’t feel “a certain way” then it brings anxiety. For example, I get a constant feeling and thought that I only have a boyfriend to fit in and when I say i have one or “my boyfriend” I have feelings that come up like I don’t want one, I’m lying, I don’t like him, and would rather be with woman. Like it’s a I feel “wrong” feeling that I have never had before these thoughts. What is a good way to combat intrusive feelings instead of thoughts? Is it more so acceptance of them being there and not trying to push them away or feel something else??
What are some example of mental compulsions? Most of my OCD themes have mostly mental compulsions, like ruminating, rationalizing, trying to solve the thought/come up with an answer, think about my past, self assurance. It’s been hard for me to identify my mental compulsions since they’re mental and not physical. My other compulsions like assurance seeking and such involve physical action, so I can stop those one quick, but my mental ones are harder. Do you guys experience these kind of mental compulsions too?
When you start ruminating about how to stop ruminating.
Hello everybody. Hope you are doing ok. I have a question. I'm so scared to share my obsessions with my therapist. Im afraid she make them worse. One time i had an obsession and i decided not to do the compulsion. I said it to my therapist and i was expecting she encourage me to not do the compulsion. But instead she said why don't you just ask? And she ruined all of my efforts. Recently i told her my obsession and she gave me reassurness that it won't happen. The same thing my previous therapist always did. So when i read about ocd in NOCD it said getting reassurness is not good. Do you think i should change my therapist? I'm so confused. My previous therapist who always gave me reassurance didn't help me at all. Before that i went to another therapist who claimed to be an ocd expert and promised me he will cure me in 10 sessions but he didn't help me at all and it was really expensive. I don't know what to do. I wish i lived in America so i could use NOCD therapist. I'm scared. I feel alone in the path of curimg my ocd. Do you think i can overcome it with self help books and medicine? Because i don't think my therapist can understand my situation in OCD.
Does anyone do any inner child work to heal their core fears? Would love insight.
Just got a really cute outfit, and this is the first time I’m actually happy to get ready and feel pretty. It’s the little steps that make a huge difference. I will not let my OCD ruin my day today, I am in control. 💛
Ocd or quirk? I have a nocd therapist and have been diagnosed. But this is prob my ocd mind speaking. How do I know when a quirk needs to be treated as ocd? Like I hate dirty dish water but still do the dishes and also like my husband will ask for me to scratch his back especially when she's super sweaty and it grosses me out lol but those two things don't interfere with my life. Just curious
Quirks or ocd? I have a few actual ocd themes but I also have quirks that don't interfere with my life but could be ocd, how do I know when I need to treat that as ocd? And not just "ugh I don't like touching dirty water from dishes but I'll do the dishes still"
I woke up today and just felt like everything is so difficult and the exposures aren’t working yet for my particular thoughts and I just wish I never had to deal with OCD in the first place. I just wish it would go away and I could go back to living my life the way I did before all this
I’m so scared to go in public. How do I bring myself to go in public? It’s so hard for me to leave the house.
hi friends, i am posting to see if anyone can see this? am i softblocked? i have posted twice in the last few weeks and no one has responded 😞 i am really struggling and haven't found a new therapist yet
I don’t even know how I feel today. God I just want this all to go away.
I feel some of my compulsions are so resistant to ERP no matter how many times I practice.
My main goal of trying to recover from OCD was so that I could start a family (my ocd fears just caused so much panic around having kids) Now that I feel like I’ve got my anxiety more under control, now I’m afraid to take the dive because I have high blood pressure. Sometimes I feel like I can’t ever catch a break.
So today I was shopping with my grandma and we went to a crystal store. There was a table with different kinds of crystals and the cashier told me to buy the crystal that I thought felt right. My eyes landed on the Tree Agathe, a stone that gives you a feeling of warmth and safety. But I accosiated the green of the stone with my mom and was scared to buy it (I have incest OCD). I decided to ignore the compulsion to not buy it and I bought the crystal. And it really gives me a safe feeling but I'm still scared. Like the OCD voice says things like: 'The warmth you feel isn't normal love it means that u are in love with your mom.' and stuff like that and it scares me. I really loved this crystal but the second I wanted to buy it those thoughts started appearing. Is it normal that the love I feel for my mom feels like warmth in my chest? Or does that mean I'm in love? Someone help please!
So I need advice I constantly have ruminations of cheating on my partner. We barely have been having problems anymore yet a friend of mine (who I was never into) we recently crossed paths over his mom dying of stage four lung cancer, and I knew his mom liked me very very much, way more than my current boyfriends mom could ever. His mother always had problems with me for reasons unknown. I recently dreamt of sleeping with my friend after crying about his mom possibly dying after finding out. I’m wondering if this is me trying to escape pain of my boyfriends mom and sister not loving me that much. I was always looking for love from an older adult since my moms a druggie and my dads a recovering abusive alcoholic. I’m not looking for reassurance. I’m not even sure this is OCD. I’m kinda of just looking for help. My boyfriends a wonderful guy But he comes from a shitty family like mine, very mean spirited
going for a long drive today to pack up my old apartment. feeling emotional to close a chapter but happy that it’s a lovely day 💞
Hello! What are some medications that you have tried and had success with in reducing symptoms and anxiety? Prozac worked great for many years, but is no longer effective. Thank you!
Just some good news this morning! I switched medications recently and am feeling SO MUCH BETTER. I am keeping the intrusive thoughts at bay, obsessing way less and am able to overcome the obsessions quicker, and have a lot more energy. Sometimes I think we just need good news and to know that hope is out there. :) Drop your prayer requests below! (I'm a Christian)
Why does ROCD make me feel like something is missing from my relationship?
Happy saturday morning! Compulsion interrupter here :). I hope everyone is doing well and is super pumped for the weekend! I like this quote, because it resonates with me. With OCD, we all go through a lot of bad moments, bad days, bad weeks, hell even bad months or years. But because we know such pain, we are able to FULLY appreciate the good days and little moments. Practicing gratitude helps me sooo much with this debilitating illness. I bought a journal and it has a section for that, I think gratitude could help everyone here :)
I have something that I think is called breathing OCD. It started one day that I had a small panic attack and after I went to fall asleep I woke up and started to feel kinda out of breath because I was thinking about how to breath. Whenever I am distracted I am completely fine but whenever I think about it I feel like I can’t really breath and try to take deep breaths and I try yawning and the fact that these don’t work makes me panic. But sometimes I completely forget about it and I am fine! I’m not sure what I can do to stop it:))
What’s everyone up to this weekend? Anyone doing something exciting?
hope everyone’s having a good day That’s all, I know it’s tough but you always get through it :)
It's all over now. I stepped out of my house today, saw two girls. I thought that I would find them beautiful. I was straight before. But anxiety kicked in. Why?😭😭😭😭. I want to like women but instead of that, anxiety kicked in. Can someone please help me out😭😭😭😭
Has anybody ever question whether a memory is a repressed or a false memory? About a couple months ago, I got a image of a memory that I experienced on a chat site several years ago. This image is disgusting so I won’t go into detail. For the past couple of months, I have been ruminating about how I responded to what I saw. With my OCD, the memories that I have been able to make up have only been negative, suggesting that I responded in a sexual nature. The problem is I don’t remember the memory at all but remember it at the same time. I just remember the memory being traumatic and trying to forget about it the next day. I’m unsure if the memory was repressed because it was traumatic or it’s a false memory that I am creating in my head
Good morning everyone! My day is not off to a great start because we had no hot water and I had to take a sun-zero shower. Anyways. Question of the day: What’s your favorite candy? Mine is Sour Patch Kids :)
always having to be morally correct all the time and analyzing everything i think (not even my actions but my thoughts as well) to make sure it fits within my rigid moral code is becoming debilitating and idek if this is ocd or not
I normally perform breathing compulsions when I see a beautiful woman my age and above because it helps calm me down and relaxes me... I usually just take a deep breath when I see a beautiful woman that’s my age and above... then I accidentally did it with a picture with Steve-o on accident and now I’m panicked...
Recently every morning I’ve been waking up to very strong groinals regarding a dream that is absolutely in line with my OCD subtype SOOCD. I really struggle with how much these dreams make me doubt my attraction to men and my boyfriend and make me think I’m attracted to women. Nothing wrong with being attracted to women, but I really don’t feel like I am, but idk anymore like I’m doubting everything. The weird thing too is these dreams have been only happening within the past year of my life, and I’m 24. I’m kind of just venting right now, and my therapist tells me not to put meanings to my dreams. But it’s really hard not to, these dreams have been keeping me in the OCD trap throughout the day. Lmao can’t get a break from this subtype anywhere. AND it’s not the only subtype I deal with. Wondering if anyone can relate?
So... Typically if I do get out of bed, I just end up going to another one in the house and lying down there for the rest of the day doing whatever and not being productive (my motivation is very low too). Is there anything I can possibly to keep myself out of bed besides doing any type of compulsions? 👀
How I start ERP for Hocd I didn't get anxiety anyone tell me all procedure or guide me for Hocd ERP
After working with something that isn’t edible and can hurt you if you eat it, I feel a sensation in my mouth that it got in my mouth when it didn’t. Anyone else? Also what subtype does this fit under I’m curious.
it’s starting to feel like i won’t live long, like i’m paranoid i’m going to end up getting sick cus i’m not really taking care of my body atm
My OCD ruined my relationship. It pushed and pulled until she couldn't take it anymore. It drove her mad, it drove me mad. I feel so lonely. Please share with me some experiences where OCD ruined something.
I feel like I've become gay, I'm 15, was straight in the past. I've lost attraction to women. I guess I have anxiety but not much. I had a lot of anxiety when this began. My mind is telling me that I'll like it with guys and not with girls. Now, I cant even tell if I wanna be with boys or girls. Whatever it is, I dont want hocd. I cant live with this for my entire life😭. I'm depressed, can someone please help me. I'm begging yall and I'm literally crying😭.I dont feel straight anymore, at the start of hocd I atleast knew that I wanted to be straight and I felt straight too. Idk what has happened to me😭😭😭😭
I feel like such a horrible person and believe I am one. And i was just getting confident in my personality and believing that I was a good person.
Hey guys do u know the feeling when u know there’s a huge wave of intrusive thoughts coming and you start to get extremely anxious about it. Like my minds starting to search for something that triggers me. I read before that the main cause of OCD is anxiety if anyone knows a way to try to relax can u help me❤️.
Hey, I haven’t been on here in a longgg time and this isn’t necessarily OCD related but I want to tell someone how I’m feeling in the hopes that maybe someone else sort of relates and then maybe we can talk? I don’t know, I’m just a little scared at the moment and could do with some comfort I guess. Ok so the best way to describe how I’m feeling is empty. I’m not sure that I actually feel emotions much anymore. I’m not happy or sad and it’s scaring me, but obviously at the same time it isn’t because the only proper emotions I’m experiencing right now are hopelessness and emptiness. I just want to be able to feel again and I really don’t want this to be a big problem. Does anyone know if it’s even possible for me to get my emotions back? Can I back to normal, although I’m not too sure how normal feels anymore, or how feeling feels anymore. Also, I’m not even sure if that is what’s going on with me. I can barely feel things but at the same time my brains like nah it’s probably nothing, you’ve just not got any reason to feel anything right now. I feel exhausted and without motivation everyday. Thank you to anyone who’s read this, I hope nobody relates but please tell me if you do. I just want to talk.
I just told my best friend I may be bisexual... it helped relieve the anxiety by a lot for a few hours, but now I’m back up again at night worrying about sex dreams and what not... I told him because I thought he was already thinking I was, and just coming clean would make the anxiety and rumination go away... it hasn’t..
How do you ever know if its hocd or not ?. And has anyone been told they look gay ? 😔
I feel like such a horrible person. I forgot how horrible this theme makes someone feel. It was retriggered over me saying something bad about an old friend, as well as my hocd. Cause i had this one friend (we aren’t friends anymore she dropped me) where like it felt like she forced sexuality down my throat and would be like “i think your demisexual” and i was like “uhhhh i’m straight” and she was like “fine straight demisexual” and she would say things how i “just convinced myself to be that uncomfortable with the thought of kissing another girl” And I feel like a horrible person whenever I tell my three close friends about it, cause all my mind can say is “your being homophobic towards her in order to hide your sexuality” when really i never cared that she was pan, it wasn’t until she started making comments about that and i found out that she’d talk about my body / boobs with like others guys that I began having a problem And then with my other friend. I’m white and we were talking about implicit biases and she said “every time i see a blonde hair blue eyed lady i think she’s a trump supporter” (i’m blonde hair blue eyed and i told one of my friends she said this and i feel horrible now that i did) And atop that, one of my old best friends really wronged me and I had to take some time apart and focus on myself and finally allow myself to forgive, because I never fully did. And so we hung out recently and reconciled, and I told her how i felt (i had before) and she just has a hard time accepting that what she did really hurt me, and now she’s not talking to me again and saying she needs time to process and I’m back in the position of bad guy again. I can’t keep doing this. I feel like such a horrible person and i keep asking myself why i mess up and i feel absolutely horrendous.
Hello Guys! I, decided to create this post to share that it's been a third week in a row I performed 0 Rituals!! I have been suffering with OCD for 9 years and before maximum one week I could stay with no rituals. I am so excited and happy and I am going to make it, I am going to continue staying without rituals and I am focused to completely recover from that. I just want to encourage each of you Guys, never give up, never quit, no matter how bad it is or how bad it gets, always keep faith, motivation, if you fail try again and again and again, because I have no doubt you can recover from it and your life can be beautiful as never before without OCD, without anxiety, fulfilled with happiness and joy. And yes it is possible!! No matter what you heard before but I am sure it is possible to fully recover from OCD! Wish you all best of luck and may success lead you in each battle you have. Keep moving, never give up! Thank you for everyone who read this and take care!
I’m moving into the dorms at my college this Tuesday, and I’m so anxious about COVID. This will be my first time living on-campus since I spent the past year doing virtual college. I barely went anywhere doing the majority of the pandemic because of my fear of COVID and just started going out in the past couple of weeks to try to acclimate. As much as I worked to try to get more comfortable with being out, I’m fairly certain that nothing can fully prepare me for in-person college during a pandemic. Normally, I can come home, shower, and feel fairly safe. I’m worried that I won’t feel safe at all in the dorms and will be constantly stressed from COVID (and that’s without factoring in the engineering classes). We’re in stage 5 (out of 5) for COVID in my county, and there were 2 staffed ICU beds left last time I checked (in a fairly large county). It’s so frustrating that there’s no virtual option for my school and that there are very few requirements in terms of safety. I honestly can’t tell if my concerns are OCD concerns or normal person concerns because it’s hard for me to differentiate in this type of situation. I know I can only do what I can to protect myself. I’m fully vaccinated and I’m going to keep wearing my mask and social distance as much as possible, but I’m so frustrated with the situation and the lack of protection my school/state is allowing us to have. I really wish I could do virtual school at least while we’re in stage 5, but it is what it is I guess. Thanks for reading my rant.
my family makes me feel guilty for having ocd and it’s my fault.
is it possible to stop your intrusive thoughts halfway while they are being said?
Any Christians in here and also going through the same things also go to church
Sometimes I feel like I don’t even have ocd but I can relate a lot to people with ocd
i forgot to request time off for my job because i had a panic attack my last shift. i cant work one of the days and this has happened before. it’s a minimum wage job im so scared im going to get fired 😭
Are there any other Bible- believing Christians on here who have struggled or are struggling with the idea of letting yourself think what is not "pure, lovely, honorable, etc" - even if it is in the name of mental health and ERP? Is it my OCD telling me it is "unholy" to give myself permission to trigger or allow certain thoughts (for the purpose of recovery)? Or could it be a warning from the HS? Is that something I wrestle through on my own...or another uncertainty perhaps(?) Idk of anyone in my church who would be familiar with OCD or its mind games, so if you've struggled with this I'd be appreciative of any input.
I know this isn’t about ocd but does anyone else here have emetophobia?
My catastrophizing OCD is literally going 24/7 and it’s like I’m experiencing that catastrophe every second. This is really really difficult: Does anybody have any recommendations for somebody to call and try to get help from that isn’t the crisis line?
i’m a little too relaxed right now and it’s freaking me out my intrusive thoughts have not been frequent lately like… what’s happening the feeling of anxiety is low and it’s making me feel weird.
I just wanna fantasize about being with a woman my age and above... not some dude or underage kid... I want to be with a woman my age and above and yet I barely have any experience apart from a girlfriend I had for a month before she left to be with someone else... I just want to be with a woman my age and above...
Hey guys. I had a really good day today. Had my first therapy appointment this morning and I’m in one of those moods where I’m feeling like my OCD doesn’t even exist. I was about to say I didn’t ruminate once today but I definitely did 😂. The techniques are so so helpful though. I hope this reminds some of you that good days are absolutely possible❤️.
Anyone else have the fear of developing schizophrenia/psychosis? I don’t see a lot about it.
Are there any tips for reading when you have thoughts bothering you feeling like you need to figure them out or just a feeling of extreme worry
Be proud of yourself for how far you’ve come. You are resilient. Sleep well. 🌙
I carry so much grief in me because of how my OCD makes me focus so hard on all the negative in the world :(
Hi! I'm new here 👋 Anyone else feel like their brain is doing gymnastics all day trying to keep up with managing anxiety, intrusive thoughts, compulsions etc. ? My mind is so exhausted. 🥱 Also, anyone else just recently discover that they have OCD after years of hiding your "scary" intrusive thoughts from pretty much everyone? It's like everything weird that has happened in my brain over the course of my life suddenly makes sense....and yet it still makes no sense 🤦
I am really struggling with googling my obsessions. I have decided to possibly block certain apps on my phone, delete social media and see if that helps. Have any of you tried using parental controls to see if it helps with internet compulsions?
I have strong unconscious reactions to thinking about saliva, feeling saliva in my mouth, brushing my teeth and spitting out into the sink, and certain textures in my mouth. I physically start uncontrollably gagging. I have been struggling with this for a while and have gotten stuck in a loop of obsessive disgusting saliva thoughts many times, but I am working on it. I'm on a medication that has really helped me with my nail biting and nail picking compulsions, but a side effect has been dry mouth. This has been a terrible problem when combined with the saliva OCD stuff. I know there are certain over the counter mouthwashes and products for dry mouth, but the slimy mouthwashes trigger those unconscious, uncontrollable episodes of gagging. I'm trying these things called Xylimelts to help, they are like little mints, but when I start thinking too much about them my obsessive thoughts get really bad. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve dry mouth without slimy mouthwashes or any other comments on these issues? Thanks! 🙏
Starting to freak out. I just remembered that a month or so ago I thought I had maybe slightly scratched the back of a car while pulling out of a parallel parking spot. I had completely forgotten about it, and therefore had fully come to peace with it. But now that I’m remembering again that it happened, I feel so trapped, scared, and like a terrible person. I have extreme driving anxiety, so literally anytime I hear a noise while driving, I assume I’ve run over / hit someone or something. In this situation, I heard a noise as though my car’s suspension was just shifting slightly, but I fully convinced myself the sound was me scratching the car ahead of me. I didn’t check, knowing that it was a compulsion, but it’s eating me up inside not knowing whether or not it actually happened. It’s making me worry that, if it did happen, how I might’ve made the person who owns the car feel. One of my biggest fears in the world is someone being sad, upset, angry, or in a bad mood because of me. This is completely dragging me down and I don’t know what to do. I’ll never be able to find out if it happened or not because I stupidly drove away.
Does anyone else have moments where you’re not phased by your intrusive thoughts or “what if’s” but then you feel like you’re faking it
I need motivation. I was feeling great for a few months and then I relapsed. It’s the worst feeling and I feel like I’m back at square 1. How do I get through this ?
I've noticed something about my hocd. In the span of 3 months, I got all the symptoms of hocd. But the main problem is that the symptoms dont occur at the same time. And when one symptom occurs, and the other doesnt, it makes me feel scared. Is it only me
okay i’m not sure if this makes sense but does anyone else feel like if they don’t tell anyone that thinks ur a nice/good person every single part of anything bad/weird you’ve ever done that you’re like a fraud and being a secretly bad person hiding it? and like feel guilty about it? idk how to explain but sometimes i feel like i don’t deserve my friends or the friends/relationships i’ll have in the future and i feel guilty and like im hiding something even though im not?
I get worried watching movies, or when my dad does because of certain themes that might trigger me and scare me. That’s why I only watch the same shows over and over again, for comfort and the fact that it keeps my mind occupied and I can handle it
My intrusive thoughts tell me my partner is lying to me, even though they are a very honest person and I do actually trust them. I've been doing ERP for about a week and it's helpful, BUT after doing sessions where I repeat to myself over and over again that my partner is a liar, not to be trusted, etc., it becomes very easy to start believing those thoughts. Yes, I say to myself, "She could be a liar or she may not be, there's no way to know." But having that uncertainty in my mind makes it really hard to develop trust with my partner and bond with them. I have no idea how to handle this. Does it make sense to anyone else? Open to suggestions! Thank you.
OCD: “You’re going to be canceled on Twitter any day now.” Me: “Yeah, probably. But if they really want me to know I’m canceled, they’ll have to find my personal email because I’m not getting back on Twitter.” OCD: -surprised Pikachu face-
Anyone gets confused from fighting thoughts all day.
I just want to become someone that Gio, my partner, redirects and looks forward to being with fire all time.
I used to enjoy my weekends a lot like I used watch movies and spend time with myself but since i don't know since when, weekends started to be boring to me and sitting at home is giving me loads of intrusive thoughts and I keep getting this strange feeling...does anyone know what to do?
i definitely have been doing better but something i can’t stop doing is ruminating over a thought i had or whenever i get triggered. any tips on ruminating?
Can I join a support group if I'm in Mexico? I was so excited that I could finally talk with other people with OCD but I think I'm not in a selected country :( I'm a C1 certificate in english so I really can communicate and understand pretty much everything in a conversation 👉🏻👈🏻
I’m getting so frustrated guys . It’s so annoying to think the same thought over and over again . And if I’m not thinking it , I feel worried because I’m not giving it attention.
Is it normal to like imagine scenarios to kinda like neutralize or maybe like idk you have to think abt it so it won’t happen.? Or be less worried ig
I’m getting intrusive thoughts about every dude I see in a movie and in real life and this feeling in my chest... I don’t know what to do...
one of my biggest compulsions is getting on tiktok, seeing an attractive woman in a video, and stalking her entire account to make sure i’m not attracted to her or want to be in a relationship with her. sooo, as a good ERP participant, i will be no longer checking, and instead accepting the fact that maybe i am attracted, maybe i’m not. i encourage all of you that have this compulsion (checking feelings/arousal) to do the same. accept the blasted uncertainty!!
Help My intrusive thoughts and dysmorphia are so bad I’m getting full Blown panic attacks and can’t focus or get anything accomplished
How can I overcome false memory ocd? My brain tries to tell me I did things I never actually did. It drives me crazy cuz I feel like it's so real and like why would my brain even do this?