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Does switching from one theme...
Does switching from one theme to another is also a compulsion to get rid of the previous theme and then we actually end up in the loop of other themes? š
Does switching from one theme to another is also a compulsion to get rid of the previous theme and then we actually end up in the loop of other themes? š
Absolutely; I felt as though once I conquered one theme, my brain would introduce another that seemed much āscarierā in comparison! For example I went from intrusive thoughts about my relationship to unwanted sexual thoughts to intrusive suicidal thoughts etc.
Yeah this is happening with me right now although the themes are different from yours and the most disturbing for me is magical thinking
I think so! When I am struggling with ROCD I am like āwow this other theme seems less painful I wish I was dealing with that insteadā and then when I deal with the other theme I get the same thought! Or sometimes when I see someone post about other themes I think āthat theme seems less anxiety inducing than mine why canāt I worry about that insteadā
Yeah yeah same I can understand this
Does anyone that is diagnosed have experience having different themes come up in a day? Itās like I ignored one thought and then my mind comes up with another one until it figures out one that is scary enough for me to ruminate. Does it ever make sense? Like today my intrusive thought was an image of me in the space or falling into space which made me also think - this is non sense! Am I going crazy for having such an unrealistic intrusive thought? And then my psychosis OCD comes to play š« itās EXHAUSTING but Iāve been answering with āmaybe or maybe notā and āI donāt careā which is something I saw someone saying that helps and Iāve been using it. I havenāt started ERP yet but hopefully soon. Just this year this came up and I still catch myself feeling so sad and remembering how I was before this. š
If my OCD is trying to convince me Iām gay due to past compulsions. Every time I have that through I now repeat in my head that Iām straight several times to battle it. If I continue to do that am I just creating a compulsion??
When I get a new theme the previous theme completely disappears/seems unimportant until there is a trigger for it. Is circling themes a very obvious sign its ocd? If itās something actually serious in the relationship wouldnāt I get a worse feeling than just āomg this is bad I need to ruminate and search and seek reassuranceā There is always one theme in control and my main focus until a new/ returning theme takes its place and the other theme is shoved away in the back of my mind like nothing until it circles around again. Even if the theme Iām currently having seems like an actual problem/super serious a different trigger/theme can occur and the āseriousā theme that i was panicking over thinking āis my bf a bad personā can be wiped away and replaced with another theme. Is the constant thinking something is super serious but then it can easily be replaced with another worry a big sign itās ocd?
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