- Username
- Stein
- Date posted
- 27w ago
Volume
Why is the volume of rumination so loud some days while others not so much?
- Username
- H6H6
- Date posted
- 27w ago
I know how you feel, when anxiety is high rumination feels so high too. I always feel like when my brain tells me something is dirty or contaminated I feel it is then I get a really uncomfortable feeling everywhere.
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 27w ago
I completely understand how you're feeling, sometimes I will just wake up with an anxious feeling and I know it will be high ruminating day.
- Username
- SteinStein
- Date posted
- 27w ago
@Anonymous Yes! It’s like the thoughts are making up for lost time during sleep.
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- JediMJJediMJ
- Date posted
- 27w ago
That’s a great question! Stay curious and figure it out. That’s what I’ve been doing. It’s definitely worse for me at night. If my mood has been kind of low, I’m more susceptible. If I haven’t gotten enough sleep. Certain things trigger me…I’m figuring them out. That has been really helpful…to know what brought on the rumination.
- Username
- SteinStein
- Date posted
- 27w ago
@JediMJ I struggle to identify my triggers, definitely important work
- Username
- JediMJJediMJ
- Date posted
- 27w ago
@Stein Yes, me too! My rumination was so automatic I didn’t think there were triggers. But I stop myself now, in the middle of my rumination*, and ask—How did you get here? What happened? What were you feeling? And if I can identify it and accept the uncertainty and allow myself to feel the sadness or loneliness or whatever, then I can refocus/practice grounding techniques and move on. *Well, not always. Sometimes I’m just so distressed that I’m stuck. But, I’m working on it.
- Username
- JediMJJediMJ
- Date posted
- 27w ago
I’ve been tracking my feelings on this free app, to help me figure things out. It’s been an interesting experiment. You might check it out… https://howwefeel.org/ Hoping things get easier for all of us. 🙂
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- Username
- viluamorim
- Date posted
- 24w ago
Different themes in one day
Does anyone that is diagnosed have experience having different themes come up in a day? It’s 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 🫠 it’s EXHAUSTING but I’ve been answering with “maybe or maybe not” and “I don’t care” which is something I saw someone saying that helps and I’ve been using it. I haven’t 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. 😭
- Username
- Blumenkohl1
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Anxiety changes
My anxiety fluctuates throughout the weeks and it gets me so confused! One day I have absolutely no anxiety but the intrusive thoughts still remain, but aren’t as intense. The next day, the anxiety rises again and I tend to do more physical compulsions since the intrusive thoughts are more intense. I have no idea if it’s an influence from my daily structure (more anxiety on the weekend?) or if its hormonal or something else. I really don’t get how ocd works sometimes
- Username
- ZJSreptiles
- Date posted
- 19w ago
Intrusive thoughts when mad.
Just a quick question for anyone on here today. Does anyone else's OCD get more prominent when they're mad?? Not necessarily "mad" but just frustrated. For example, I'll be having an argument with my girl and the intrusive thoughts just seem to arise way more frequent and severe i guess is a word i can use for it. They just pester me a lot more when I'm frustrated rather than just sitting around playing a video game or something. Appreciate y'all wit the feedback. Have a good one.
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