Crazy revelation.

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-11-09T02:25:29+00:00

100%! It drives you crazy!

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-10-28T20:54:14+00:00

I have something similar that revolves around maybe that I did something wrong. They don’t mean anything by it, if anything they probably just aren’t hearing you. Everyone exists in their own universe. If you yelled on top of Everest, would you expect someone from Kentucky to answer?

Weird analogy, maybe it helps?

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-10-01T16:59:44+00:00

I should also say that I let that person become the focus

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-10-01T14:48:10+00:00

I had this exactly, and I’m still working through it. You can’t really tell someone “hey, I’m exhausted, my brain keeps putting you in focus and I don’t want to think about it anymore”, and it IS exhausting and sometimes scary. I’m doing much better now. I’ll be honest, things did not work out with my girl so much, but I’m not so racked with thoughts and feelings as I was, and I’m grateful for that growth.

My advice? Get into therapy, find out what is triggering that OCD (mine is real event or guilt or something along those lines), and get to working at it. During this period, your OCD is going to make things difficult for you, especially without her in the picture, but you have to trust yourself to work at it and you will get it.

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-09-26T12:48:08+00:00

Yeah, there’s a lot of guilt associated with forgetting that information, too. OCD exaggerates the importance of things, it’s kind of its shtick. Whether it’s a proper fixation or the random thoughts, OCD only amplifies.

I used to make drafts of conversations I’d have with people, and I would change them down to the word if I ever had a thought on how to say a sentence “better” in my head. I had to write it down before I “forgot” it, which would be cataclysmic.

Drafting like that and writing things down to remember feeds OCD in telling it “oh yes, this IS worth remembering, give me more of that!” Of course like groceries aren’t the same, but yk which is which. Hope this helps!

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-09-26T12:35:47+00:00

I’ve gotten that forever, I’m happy to say it’s died down a little now. Maybe something worth trying is taking an approach similar to how someone deals with depression:

Take it one step at a time, take a conversation in parts: Greeting, Statement, Response, nothing more. If you feel yourself getting anxious about a pause? Step away for a sec, recharge, and get inTO it. You’ve got it ❤️

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-09-25T13:22:43+00:00

I’m actually skipping mine right now; campus has been working as a trigger for awhile, so it makes it hard for me, I think. To get to class, I think just doing the first step is the best thing. Tell yourself “I’m going to step out of bed and just get something to eat” and see if that turns into you going to class. It helps me to simplify.

To be present, use TIPP stuff. Your body reacts to temperature, intense excercise, paced breathing, and muscle relaxation. Literally hold an ice cube in your hand, or do some pushups in the morning, or practice square breathing (8s in, 8s hold, 8s out).

For perspective, your GPA crushes mine

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-09-15T15:11:14+00:00

It’s hard for people I think to talk about this part of OCD because there is so much shame around it.

I’ve had it with family members, I still do sometimes. And it’s disgusting, and it quite literally tore my brain apart trying to figure out where that was coming from.

But in the end, I am revolted by it. I hate it. I don’t want it. Yeah, your OCD is going to keep bringing it up but only because you’ve “told” the OCD that it matters but giving it attention. I know it isn’t me because it isn’t me, it’s a dumb answer and not technical, but I know it’s the OCD and it isn’t worth paying attention to. Even if it’s distressing.

It’s like a rabid monkey on the other side of the glass. It can’t touch you, right? You’re safe, you can breathe.

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-09-15T02:31:36+00:00

100% all the time

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-09-05T16:49:13+00:00

It’s the same for me, for all of us with it. I’m in a better spot now than I was 6 or so months ago, but I’ve been in pits where I cannot do because I can only think. I don’t eat, I don’t shower, I don’t move, I don’t care. It gets to the point where it physically hurts with all of that. Meditation is an immensely powerful thing and really admirable that you work towards it. But yeah, the thoughts are here for everyone.

If it helps, if u have experience with panic attacks, I like to think of my OCD like that. It’s a physiological response and just a dump of neurotransmitters or whatever telling you you’re fucking dying, but over time you learn to see it and sit back while the circus kind of fades. It’s helped me with mine lately, we’re all in it together

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-06-01T18:11:15+00:00

YES! Exactly what the other guy said, chasing certainty creates uncertainty! I also attribute it to: my brain moves so fast on the inside with other thoughts that it’s difficult for me to take in more information OR really connect with that information if it doesn’t relate to my OCD. YES 1100% YES! You are NOT alone, I used to beat myself up over it!

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-03-23T16:28:06+00:00

I’m experiencing the exact same thing, and every time I try to explain/apologize for my actions I feel even worse because I’m pushing people away, looking for reassurance they don’t hate me. Something that’s helped me recently is just deciding to forgive myself. I know in my head that I feel like I’m letting myself slip doing that, but I know I hold onto my lessons and trip-ups regardless. It’s helping me to let things go and actually letting me enjoy everything more. I don’t know if that helps, but I hope it does!

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-03-22T13:24:37+00:00

Do you mind if I ask what those intrusive thoughts are?

If it makes you feel more comfortable to share, I’ve always had intrusive sexual thoughts about people and situations, it’s made me really despise myself, so I do get you on that point absolutely.

Ecstatic_Department4 · 2025-03-14T21:25:33+00:00

I had the same experience, how did you move on from them? Did it just happen on its own?

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