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That would solve all of my fucking problems

just somehow brain anxiety functions are disabled u are free

I've never related so much...

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Thank you

Beautiful comment i ve dealt with that for a long time but was managing it by fighting it but.it gave me anxiety and stress. Now i am learning to let go of it by ignoring the thoughts and refocusing my attention each time on what i am doing and then i feel the urge to go to my thoughts and check them like to be safe but i try to ignore this thing too with the same method without expecting it to go. I dont focus on it and then it leaves. And then something else comes but this time its easier and then easier. And then youre tempted again because the thought seems different. But you have to do the effort each time and from time to time it will be easier and easier. Its worth trying and you will lose nothing. Begin now dont delay and i think maybe find something to do to get out of it like a code : stop. Or enough

How are you now

My Ocd gives me very bad images of it though. I have had very bad panic attacks from it. 🙂 I'm only 15 I want this thing to leave me alone for once. Its been getting more serious since I was 13 and it is to the point I sometimes can't hang out with people because of it. I know the triggers but I can't avoid these triggers no matter what I do. It is EVERYWHERE.

The main thing is they're unacceptable

@Clever_queen exactly

@Clever_queen is not like that. If you are worried about it, let me assure you that no thoughts are going to make you evil. Really. But ye, the problem is not that, is what the guy avobe says. Is a false alarm, keep it going with whatever it comes. Just keep going and live in the moment. The only thing is really going to happen is your suffer, and to that you always have alternatives

I’m very confused with the whole thing am I supposed to do the opposite of what the thoughts want me to do or just ignore it?

@@garyharrisjames798 is just thoughts. Do your life, dont do anything about them.

I know! I thought this was my way of performing erp, but it’s actually been making my ocd worse

bro omg

Same 😭😭

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ikr I was like this is what I do almost every minute

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Do you take any medication for this

Mr D K same bro... we can do it tho we can beat it

courage

Dont give up. Do you know what causes the anxiety?

@@sharkypops3876 Anxiety is related with ocd.

Try to ignore it. I am better today.

How are you doing now?

If I changed everything in my life my parents will thing Im going down my Ed root again or think they have done something wrong (weird. I know.)

Rae Azanna Yeah i have the same Problem. I am scared of going outside or near other people because of the intensive thoughts. I am kinda wondering how my life is supposed to go on with this. I just have OCD for one Year so i kinda cry when i think about the times where i lived without OCD. I am scared of becoming insane because of it. I also start to move my neck around in a weird was because it is a Ritual to neutralize the thought And whenever i Walk past someone i avoid Eye Contact and concentrate myself deeply

Engage in relaxing and or spiritual practices that will soothe your mind

hope you can find more help!!!! I am also plagued by very intrusive images and sensations.

How are you doin now Rae?? Hope you re better

Leah May holy shit you are gorgeous, can you help me with this

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Just wondering how you are, now many thanks

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How are you doing now man ? Did you recover ?

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Mine too. It's taken over my entire life. Just horrendous. Hope you figure it out

Are you ok now?

I end up using logic to debate anxiety - to cope with anxiety that brings a doubt into my imagination about things that back at the time I had no need to have doubts about, or even things I did a minute ago that I know I did correctly and safely despite the anxiety placing doubts in my mind. My counsellor said to me that gave me some good perspective i wrote it down in the room "you need a reason to doubt something - if you don't have a reason then doubt doesn't make sense". That sounds very rational and normal and like "well yeah no sh*t it makes sense" my father or anyone who's brain just moves on quickly would say in a split second, but it's the anxiety that says no and where it takes your imagination into unnecessary doubt, and then the rational brain says yes stay with logic, it's like a debate in the brain that can become a compulsion. I know when the thoughts are irrational (i call them flash thoughts), and I then need to make it clear to myself they are irrational and not based on observable evidence or past experiences that I didn't have doubt back in time of - but I try to do it quickly and move on and do something else (not easy). I think anxiety is a struggle to get a feeling of calm resolution during anxiety worrying because they are opposite feelings, and that's the problem, the feeling at the time of doubt is like a non-resolution feeling and you want the opposite. So you try and bring yourself to calm through reassurance logically, but it's when that thought then comes back in again and you think 'damn...do i have to go over all this logic in the way i did it before again to calm myself?' that's difficult to resist going over the logic thing again. And then if you get interrupted or lose the thread of logic you go over it again. It's like you have to say no i've done that no more. I really think the key is to deal with it quickly or just dismiss it straight away as the ocd talking and leave it despite how you feel knowing the anxiety go will go away. It can get pretty mentally depressing especially when you have unnecessary avoidance/procrastination behaviour from anxiety and you know you can do better in life if you get it together more without this ocd taking your confidence when it doesn't have to.

you need to stop hiding but go hunt down those thoughts

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Do you know what causes the anxiety?

@@brenosantana1458 Anxiety is a way for ODC to be displayed. I mean, OCD is an anxiety disorder after all. However, the stem root for OCD / Pure O and everything that comes with it (anxiety, fear, doubt), is chemical, structural and functional abnormalities in the brain. It's both a hereditary AND a genetic disorder.

Exactly

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@@jamesjohnstone1224 Hey James :) Hope youre doing fine. I just want to say that it is like gym or something, these exercises, if you arent regular, theyll come back. I sadly couldnt continue them with my daily schedule. But something that helped me was thinking "If I really let this thought affect me its like I did agree to have this desire secretly in my mind" and so I dont act on compulsions anymore. The thought is painful for perhaps 10 or 15 seconds, but its gone after that. I wouldnt say Im cured, but Im doing much better. I still have a long way to go, try to get hold of my life again, its a constant struggle for every single person, so I dont get sad by it, but never stop trying. I hope this can help you a bit. 🙂

@@jamesjohnstone1224 Also you can take counselling if its good in your country. So far I havent found it value for money in my place. Perhaps you can contact Dr Katie for a session yourself, if youre in same country.

I trust it help n still worry

JayMarie hey what are your thoughts

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My obsession is literally around “how to get better” and when I don’t work on myself I feel immense guilt

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@@jamesjohnstone1224 Thanks for asking! I'm on OCD medication and doing ERP (Exposure Response Prevention) by my self. My OCD is almost completely under control now

@@Earth098 awesome news I’m glad for you !! I assume it get better with time ! Not associating with the thoughts.thanks for your time

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how are you feeling now ?

Sayani Sen do you get them in your dreams as well? I feel the same way

That is Ocd in itself. The compulsion is to check if there are any.

The moment you wake up consciously take your attention to the present (Mind fullness) don't let the "check if OCD still there" thought grab your attention ! Difficult but worth it !

Even when the thought comes it’s meaningless. I dont know if I am ruminating on it and I am not realizing it. The guilt that comes with it is also horrible

I keep on ruminating about something very absurd. I got admission in my grad college through a competitive exam. The results came online, but an official result used to come through post mail. Due to some address issue , that mail never came. When i took admission in college, they gave me admission but asked me to submit the official result. 4 years passed , i graduated from college and got my degree. But now i remember that i never submitted that doc, neither the college bothered. But this fear keeps on popping that at some point of time , the college will call me cancel my degree and my whole life will be over and i will feel a terrible shame and i will be called a fake. I sound ridiculous, but i cant do but think about it again and again

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Have you gone to a therapist yet?

Its probably best to tell them, if you freak out at some point it will totally blindside them.

I dont think your partner will understand you ! Most people without OCD cant understand you and probably never will.. its like a color that they have never seen !

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I often ridicule my thoughts to make them a bit lighter.. or at least i try

In general people will know, at least to some extent, that their worries are illogical but the temptation is to use logic to 'make absolutely sure' they are illogical. Whilst this can help in the short term it won't help in the long term as the problem is not the thoughts or feelings but the way that you process them. The best way to think about it regarding your idea of moving on quickly is to treat it 'as if' you believe it's a pointless thought or feeling rather than trying to convince yourself that it is before moving on. This may feel more uncomfortable in the short term but in the long term it will allow you to train yourself to respond differently to any unwanted thoughts and feelings rather than engaging with the urge to debate the content.

@@23katied Thanks for your help. I can't believe someone actually read and understood my lengthy ramblings about my mental processes when feeling doubt, intrusive thoughts and anxiety. It's a lonely thing to be in your mind when this overthinking is going on, even when there's people around. It's not easy to turn off. So true though, compulsions do feel like a temptation - a temptation to work out a worry (that the anxiety placed there in a split second for mostly no logical reason) and then after compulsion I'll feel better type of thing - it feels like a natural thing to do - we don't want to feel anxious. But what you said about "The best way to think about it regarding your idea of moving on quickly is to *treat it 'as if' you believe it's a pointless thought or feeling rather than trying to convince yourself that it is before moving on* . This may feel more uncomfortable in the short term but in the long term it will allow you to train yourself to respond differently to any unwanted thoughts and feelings rather than engaging with the urge to debate the content". Yeah that is the basic key in the moment to form a mentally healthy habit around irrational intrusive thoughts, especially when you said that most people know their worries are illogical - I certainly do, I know I have good perspective to weigh up the degree that a worry is or is not - it's just the anxiety pops its head in and that's the challenge to go through. I guess that's where ERP comes in as well. Sometimes even medication to take the edge off it all to move on past the irrational thought easier. Quick perspective is what I tend to want but don't always get due to the nature of the anxiety/ocd cycle, so knowing it's a pointless thought or feeling to begin with like you said is a great way to move past it and train your mind not to debate the irrational thought despite the ocd anxiety.