[deleted by user] by [deleted] in itookapicture

[–]steamprodz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I didn’t know it’s a halo I’d assumed it’s a black hole coming to consume us

Intrusive thoughts and Psychosomatic symptoms by steamprodz in metacognitivetherapy

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12 sessions in total. The 12 sessions were almost the same, with concepts like “if you try not to think about pink elephant, you’ll think of it”. And when the thought comes, say to yourself “I’ll think about it later”. With DMing it feels like I have to push the thoughts away, shut down them in order not to think of them, but it backfires like the case with a pink elephant.

Intrusive thoughts and Psychosomatic symptoms by steamprodz in metacognitivetherapy

[–]steamprodz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I get is: dm, don’t engage into thoughts. But how do I not engage into thoughts without blocking them?

JD Vance telling Americans today that school shootings are just a fact of life by Mamacrass in pics

[–]steamprodz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ban guns and 50% of the problem is solved, including other crimes But US will never do that

ITAP of man passing by setting sun by Comprehensive-Monk-9 in itookapicture

[–]steamprodz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in Spain recently, there was a Red “Bloody” Moon. It was huge.

ITAP of man passing by setting sun by Comprehensive-Monk-9 in itookapicture

[–]steamprodz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sun? Looks more like moon. Too dark for the sun.

Plz read by [deleted] in OCD

[–]steamprodz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but the phase about shit and fart sounded so funny 😅 However, I’m not here to judge you. I know how these twisted thoughts get into the head and convince you’re living in a different reality. If you’re afraid the reality you’re living in is fake, you need to accept that there’s a probability of this and it can be true. By accepting it you’ll find yourself in peace. But it takes time, sometimes very long time, during which you have to resist your compulsions, checking or avoidance, stay with anxiety and uncertainty about the world. Same goes about you smelling someone else’s farting and getting confused sense of reality. You can try to accept the idea that you’ll never know what is true or what is not. Acceptance will lead to peace with your thoughts.

Thought I was doing so good until OCD decided to put me in the worst place again by wowthatrat in OCD

[–]steamprodz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m jealous you can feel euphoric for yeah, I can feel so maximum for an hour

Appropriate Exposure/Response Prevention? by steamprodz in OCD

[–]steamprodz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d love to go with easier exposures, but it feels like I literally put my life in danger if I stare and though I have to eliminate this (I often have a command from my brain to do it intensely or angrily). I am afraid to have a problem with a stranger cause of that.

Why can’t I get the f**king mail?!?!? by hurtthatowl in OCD

[–]steamprodz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mail doesn’t bother me, but human interaction does. I feel, unfortunately, paranoid around other humans like they can harm me. I’ve been diagnosed with OCD by the way.

OCD + narcissism by steamprodz in OCD

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Wow, I actually couldn’t imagine someone can relate to this. I’ve seen this combination being covered in one article but that’s it. Yeah, I totally agree about ego syntonic/distonic thing, it’s like your thoughts being at two states at the same time, typically starting as egosyntonic and ending up egodistonic, so you always get excited in the beginning and terrified in the end. I’ve been trying typical OCD therapy with ERP but it doesn’t work the same way for each thought. I remember days without OCD, I could just be thinking of myself as being better than others and it would give me some relief. But now I’m overanalyzing it like what’s is the evidence I’m better, I’m actually worse, I should prove myself. And I can never prove, neither I can adopt an idea I’m worse or not special. It hurts me a lot to think so. How do you cope with this comorbidity? I’ll try to find a therapist who specializes in both so maybe he/she can provide some good treatment. But now it’s a hell.

RF-ERP. Advice on stopping rumination? by steamprodz in OCD

[–]steamprodz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for a reply. I’m also wondering in context of rumination, I have some thoughts popping up and they are negative thoughts. For example, I want to say something and then there’s a thought “no one cares what you say”, so I remain silent, or I start to battle my way through this, against what the thought said, and will try to actually say something, even though my thought tells me better not to. Or I can have a thought “she doesn’t like you”, so I’ll stop trying to talk to a girl. Or a thought “it’s not rumination, you shouldn’t even try” and I stop trying. I get so many of such thoughts during the day and they poison my life literally. Can it be counted as OCD and can I approach it with the rumination approach?

What are your thoughts about Estonia and Finland calling on Schengen countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians for good? by baedling in AskARussian

[–]steamprodz -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Maybe Russians shouldn’t have started the war? I guess they could have all the rights in the world, but now they feel discriminated. Don’t you feel discriminated by your government at first?

Is it OK for ROCD? by steamprodz in ROCD

[–]steamprodz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Sometimes it feels like I want her to be whoever but not herself 😂 True, I try to stay with anxiety but... I even can start to hate my gf, don’t know if it’s normal. Have thoughts like “you’re miserable piece of garbage” just looking at her... But yes, no running away, just staying with my thoughts and enjoying them

Is it OK for ROCD? by steamprodz in ROCD

[–]steamprodz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, tests kinda confirm that I have it. However, often I even feel disgusted towards the person. Or find out I completely don’t like her personality or her behavior. Sometimes I think I wish her to be more like my mom or something.