Letting it be❤️

Remember thoughts are just thoughts, feelings are just feelings. We generally cannot control our thoughts or feelings, and even groinal responses. No matter how much you want to, they just happen and they 100% happen more when you’re worried about them happening, instead except it. Say “that’s just my silly thoughts again” or whatever it may be, say oh it’s just that silly thing again. Don’t try to work it out, don’t try to ignore it, allow them to come but don’t solve them. Just expect that they’re there . The best advise I was ever told is OCD is like a drunk person, they start to say silly things such as “omg I’m such a silly person” or “Ong you’re so great you’re the strongest person alive” you don’t actually believe what they say because they’re speaking nonsense, but you most likely will reply with “oh yes you’re right” because you’re trying to just please them, but it doesn’t mean you agree with them. You’re just trying to “shut them up” basically. For example if you kept saying “no I’m not” “not that’s not true” “no don’t be silly” the drunk person would carry on saying “no yes you are” etc etc… this is the same with ocd, the more you try to argue with it and say “no this isn’t true” the more it’ll say “yes it is” however if you just say “yes okay you’re right” (even tho it’s not) it’ll start to show ocd that you aren’t picking a fight anymore, you’re just excepting it and it’ll start to get easier. Trust me you aren’t alone in this. Ocd is scary. But you can do this. Some other techniques that have helped me massively is this… When you’re getting these unwanted thoughts etc, name 5 things you can see around you, 2 things you can smell or 2 things you like the smell of, 3 things you can hear and 5 things you can feel, such as touch your hair etc and describe how it feels, etc. this is a way of just distracting yourself. It’s a very good technique for ocd and I went from getting 20 showed a day due to my ocd down to 3 showers a day…. From using this. It works!!! Or take deep breaths that also helps people You aren’t a bad person, you’re just suffering with ocd and that doesn’t make you a bad person

Hi everyone! For those of you who have overcome OCD, did you find the initial feelings, emotions, and thoughts kind of become less and less consuming as it got better? In the beginning, I feel like I was crying, sick to my stomach, had a nervous/scared “blah” feeling, etc.. now, Im not crying like that, i still get a blah nervous belly feeling which kinda scares me into thinking its because the thoughts are true and maybe I was just in denial? Idk.. help lol

The distress comes from not knowing. Most of the time, we treat “I don’t know” as though it somehow means we do know, but in reality, we probably never will. When you lean into that uncertainty, the doubt grows, and that is what makes escaping this disorder so difficult. The more you ignore it, the stronger its tactics become, but I don’t mean ignore in the sense of pushing it away or denying it. I mean refusing to believe the lies it tells you. That distinction is subtle at first, but as you sit with the fiery anxiety or the crushing despair, you begin to notice a pattern: what fuels all of this is growing doubt, directly proportional to your lack of clarity about your own scruples. Moving beyond OCD requires a form of faith and a choice. Even when your thoughts feel catastrophic, heavier than a hellstorm, you choose to live according to your values and to hold your own beliefs about your thoughts. There is no one-size-fits-all method for healing, as each theme and manifestation is different for every person. But here is what I can tell you: the more you lean into uncertainty, the more intense the doubt and guilt become. It becomes a question of endurance, who will be the last one standing, you or the OCD? Recovery demands action. You must behave your way out of this disorder, sometimes by acting as if you don’t know, faking it until you make it, until your defiance outweighs the disorder’s grip.