- Date posted
- 1y ago
don’t understand
so i cant seek reassurance and i cant confess. so what. i bottle it all up until i burst into a million little pieces??
so i cant seek reassurance and i cant confess. so what. i bottle it all up until i burst into a million little pieces??
it is not just about not seeking reassurance, it is about not engaging with the thoughts at all. Allow the anxiety without resisting it and overtime the anxiety should lessen as your brain realises there is nothing to worry about :)
Seeking reassurance and confessing tells your brain that these bothersome thoughts/feelings/urges are important because you’re engaging with them. In essence, when we engage, it’s like shining a big old spotlight on the thoughts/feelings/urges. When we shine a spotlight on something, it makes it more visible, and that’s what happens when we engage with our fears, they become more visible. If you practice non-engagement (and it takes practice) what we once shined a spotlight on will fade into the background ❤️
@VGH Yes and then your brain tells you that you’re in denial and burying your head in the sand and choosing not to believe the truth because it’s painful 😣
i don’t think i can, i can’t stomach the possibility of these things, or maybe i can (because they might be true and deep down i know that) and just don’t want to and want to pretend it isn’t there. i can’t do ERP, i just want to pretend it isnt there and won’t happen to clarify, i know i have to do ERP, i know it’s necessary; i don’t need to be told this, this is just how i am feeling currently
I feel like there’s no way out of this. everyday i’m anxious and depressed from these thoughts. i feel like i have to constantly question if it’s OCD or not. the panic attacks are insane and i freak out. and a compulsion i have is looking eveything up on the internet when im stressing to know that it’s just my OCD and im not in danger. but looking things up add on to my thoughts and i start thinking “what if” actual suidcal people think. do others with this theme whenever they do something like if im taking a picture it’ll be like “yeah you look happy people will wonder what happened when your gone” LIKE i DO NOT want to end my life. or even as simple as cleaning my room, “yup keep it clean so when your family goes through your stuff” then i panic and can’t even do anything. those thoughts distress me so bad. i’ll sit there and think how good my life is or when im having a good day my thoughts will be like “NOPEEE what if your just saying that to convince yourself” it never shuts up and genuinely makes me think i have SI or something. i hope this reaches the right people just to know im not alone. Even when i do get better in the back of my mind it’s always “people who want to are the same a day before too” im genuinely scared and im scared one day im going to just snap and do it because its “too much” do i need to go to a mental hospital! i feel insane.
Posting for reassurance and not getting comments due to that is so hard. OCD is so hard..
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