Bam bam
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- 16w
Checkin over and over
Hi i need help as im checking things over over as in doors cooker switches taps etc
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 16w
Not sure if there are more ways than one to go about it but I'm pretty sure the name of the game is slowly continuing to just sit with uncertainty rather than check for confirmation. In the long run, continuing to check and check just feeds the strength it has on you more and more. Try telling yourself "maybe" as the fear of something not being turned off/locked hit you and try resuming what you were doing. If some things are harder than others for resisting to recheck, try the ones that aren't the hardest ones first. It'll try to hit you with "what if" bad scenario fears when you try to resist, but keep at it
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 16w
Also, if you keep trying to resist and it keeps catching you, delaying isn't a bad place to start. If you can resist it, yes, go for that, but yeah, if it keeps catching you, start with delaying and work toward outright avoiding the continual recheck. Also, when I mentioned the more and more you check and check, the more you feed it, I don't mean to get you stressing alot about giving into a compulsion, I just said it to say its good begin the process of trying to resist it some each day if you havent began that process yet. Also, day after day, keep after it with working on erp stuff and sitting with uncertainty to slowly work toward it having less and less of control over you than the opposite way. I don't mean to say you should fret over when giving into a compulsion. When working on ocd, it's inevitable that one will give into compulsions some so try to not let ocd guilt trip you on that after it gets you to recheck ( it can definitely try to guilt trip like that). Try to just recognize it was a compulsion, try to resist again, and keep at it
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- 16w
@Anonymous I will give that a go thanks
AnonymousAnonymous
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16w
My advice: check it once and then don’t check it again. Live with the uncertainty. I’ve found the more times you check the less certain you’ll be.
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@Anonymous Ok thanks il try my best
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- 16w
@Amye1973 Im exactly the same its mentally draining
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- 15w
@Amye1973 Have you any ways of trying to beat it ?
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- 15w
@Amye1973 Ok good luck amye 🤙
sopheasophea
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- 16w
Start by delaying your checks. When you get the urge, can you wait five minutes, ten minutes before you go look? I'd imagine stopping entirely is too anxiety producing right now, but delaying is a good first step.
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- 16w
@sophea What do you mean wait 5-10 mins. And stopping completely is way to hard
sopheasophea
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- 15w
@Bam bam when you get the urge to check something, wait five minutes until you actually go and check the thing.
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- 15w
@sophea Ok good idea does it work for you ?
sopheasophea
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- 15w
@Bam bam Me personally, delaying doesn't have anything to do with my OCD theme, but when I was in residential care for OCD a lot of my fellow residents would have to do it, and it worked for them! It's just about taking baby steps until fully resisting the compulsion is more manageable.
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@sophea Ok thank you
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- 15w
We can beat this 💪💪. Message me anytime if that helps maybe we can help each other 🤙
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@Amye1973 Cool thanks 🤙. I done yesterday with only checking things 1-2 times 😁instead of like a millions times
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@Amye1973 Thanks it felt like a achievement. How are you gettin on ?
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@Amye1973 You go girl keep fighting it. Sorry to hear that you had to cancel it are they expensive ?
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@Amye1973 Oh no wish i could help
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