So many people try to get rid of "OCD thoughts". Over time I have learned that is a mistake. The more you push a thought away the stronger it comes back. So don't push them away. Do not try to solve or find meaning to the thought. Just because a thought pops into my head that does not mean it is true. For me most of my OCD thoughts are so twisted and out there that the chances of them being true are slim. The problem we OCDers have is that the slightest chance something could be true or something could happen is enough to make us jump off the deep end. The truth is that anything could happen I suppose. Nothing is certain yet we want and crave certainty. Noone else in the world has certainty either yet for some reason we want it. When your anxiety is through the roof it is so hard to ignore athought. That is why I think medication was important for me. I was so anxious that I became out of touch honestly. Even though I clearly knewmost of the thoughts I had were really out there and far fetched it didn't matter. Once my medicine brought the anxiety down I was able to handle things much better. When the thoughts came back they no longer had emotions with them. Now I am able to have a life again. OCD has stolen years from me and I didn't even know it existed. I thought I was just a deep person who just cared so much. Now I am thinking differently. I am still the same person for the most part. All of the good and fun things about me are here. I still get pissed about real issues. I know longer stress about the unknown and that is big for me. Ican handle issues that are on the surface it's those unknown and "what if" thoughts that used to drive me bonkers. Now I am more worried about the here and now and what I do know for sure.
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Bad OCD night, could it be the paxil?
Misconceptions, , OCD, Anxiety, OCD, Sleep Disorders, 1
I'm having a pretty bad anxiety/OCD attack right now. It's not the usual harm one but it's frustrating. I...
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Baby Steps…
bluecanary, , OCD, Anxiety, Bipolar, Medication, Sleep Disorders, Stress, Therapist, 5
I went to a therapist last night. My mother started sessions with him after she found out my stepfather...
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I ate hate and vomited death.
exploitedenjoyment, , OCD, Mindfulness, Sleep Disorders, 2
Can I be more trapped?? Everywhere I go, everything I do, every moment I'm not at home I count...
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Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream…
natanoona, , OCD, 3
does anyone understand the art of lucid dreaming? i really want to learn how to do it. i...
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TMS Treatment
SeanC, , OCD, Anger, Anxiety, Career, Child, Chronic Pain, Depression, Obesity, OCD, PTSD, Relationships, Religion, Sleep Disorders, Stress, Therapist, Therapy, 0
Thougths and opinons on the following info is requested http://www.cure-back-pain.org/obsessive-compulsiv e-disorder.html http://www.stjohn.org/innerpage.aspx?PageID =2480 http://www.tmshelp.com/ Howard Stern the famous radio...
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The Getting Help Process
BeBeautiful, , OCD, Anxiety, Career, Depression, Medication, OCD, Therapist, Therapy, 0
Sorry if you've read my blogs and are confused by my rambling posts from awhile ago. I wanted to...
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Mealtime…errr
Spikey_Melissa, , OCD, Anxiety, Parenting, Stress, 0
As many of you know, today is Thanksgiving. Wonderful, food, family, fun, and whatever. Anyway, this year went pretty...
I think you’re getting my mantra about co-existing with ocd. I do however disagree, mental illness is a double edge sword and the other side of the sword is a streak of creativity of greater or less degree. Maybe it comes from trying to live with the illness. I also find people who post their pictures of themselves as mostly physically attractive people.Take Lyra, who commented before me. In my mind she weaves magic when she writes.