i have noticed a significant decrease in my OCD behaviors/etc. after deleting reddit, tiktok, and facebook. it may not be a cure all solution but not being triggered by social media posts in regards to cheating and really any other uncomfortable topics has made me feel a bit better. i figured if it’s helped me some it may help some others!
I don't think social media is healthy for anyone except for keeping in contact with family and friends out of state. I've been much happier since I've stopped using them. For anxiety and OCD I think it's important to make connections in person and to interact with others in person.
Yeah I definitely think its particularly overstimulating for people with OCD. Too much for our brains to process and a lot of unneeded negativity. Unplugging helps us be more mindful and in the present moment, both of which are key factors in OCD treatment. I personally find it very hard to maintain a balance with my social media consumption. Really hope to find a happy medium one day.
I wanna make this a thread of things that are helping or helped you overcome pure ocd.. From morning walks, journaling, or even a podcast share it here for everyone to see maybe we all can use a thing or two to help us BEAT this
TW🔴 Ive seen ALOT of posts on here lately surrounding this topic so i thought would post something to help. I’ve dealt with real events and false memory’s surrounding this topic but i tried to change my perspective and hopefully this helps any of you who have experienced or are experiencing something similar,so i personally believe people with OCD put WAY too much responsibility on themselves, so even IF you did see something that was bad/immoral, you wouldn’t of known, and it would have nothing to do with you and be the person who distributed the videos fault, another thing i remind myself is that it’s not immoral to take risks, we take risks every single day which is not immoral to do so, don’t put too much responsibility on yourselves , another thing is that most of these things have happened when we were children/teenagers and it’s not fair to ridicule yourselves for things that happened around that age. Another thing is that it’s very easy to get ourselves lost in the internet and we aren’t creating any of the content, just viewing it so you shouldn’t blame yourselves for seeing anything you thought was bad/immoral, it’s unfair on us and the people who post these things should be blamed, no one else. I wish all of you all the best and i hope this post helped to switch your perspectives on this kind of thing, keep up the good work ❤️
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