Every time I take one step up in completing a ritual, some outside source causes me to take two steps back. I won't bother going into the specifics but can someone give me some advice as to how to NOT continue doing these rituals. I know their stupid, I know their pointless and I know it's not reality, but I can't stop myself from doing them.
I Can't Stand this OCD
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what I did was..
I was on meds, so I think u need to be, its a whole lot easier, then u say I wont do that ritual.. ands after not doing it a couple of times, ur brain will see that it makes no sense..and therefore no more compulsiveness..
now the question is how to not do it just once..meds will help with this, and ud need to do some CBT..sat: I wont, its just ruining my life.. if I do it ill continue to be miserbale, if i dont maybe life will just get better
I was on meds, so I think u need to be, its a whole lot easier, then u say I wont do that ritual.. ands after not doing it a couple of times, ur brain will see that it makes no sense..and therefore no more compulsiveness..
now the question is how to not do it just once..meds will help with this, and ud need to do some CBT..sat: I wont, its just ruining my life.. if I do it ill continue to be miserbale, if i dont maybe life will just get better
Dronee
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I used to fear poverty a lot (which I still do)... so I had problems with taps. I kept thinking that I've not turned them off properly and that they are still running and racking up the electricity bills. I spent a long time everyday (minutes, even hours) at the washroom turning off taps (or rather checking) that were already turned off.
So I thought to myself of the costs of not indulging in the behavior and the worst amount of bills I had to pay and just told myself that I'm going to just ignore the taps and assume that I will have to pay the bills or at least check in only a couple of hours later. It worked for me.
So I thought to myself of the costs of not indulging in the behavior and the worst amount of bills I had to pay and just told myself that I'm going to just ignore the taps and assume that I will have to pay the bills or at least check in only a couple of hours later. It worked for me.
I would like to tell you what this compulsion is. I feel like I have to download movies from 2009. In order for me to complete this ritual I have to watch one movie from 2009 all the way through without interruptions. I did this when I watched "A Serious Man" which I downloaded onto my computer. But I had reminders set on my cable box and at a certain point it flipped to a channel where the movie "21" was playing. In the movie there's a scene where they say, "Winner winner chicken dinner." That makes me think of my aunt who almost choked to death on a piece of chicken. So I feel like I have to watch another movie all the way through to completion without any reminders set on my cable box so that I don't choke to death. I know this makes no sense and there should be no connection to these two things but this is one example of how I can't even complete a ritual without some outside source interferring. Please respond to this if you can.
okay, dont watcxh the movie and eat chicken.. ull see nothing will happen, i knwo its hard.. but do try, ig u have already watched the movie, do the same thing in another situation
2isthesquarerootof4
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This sounds like something I would do. Alot of my "triggers" relate to death, and I will be compulsed to do something the way you are. Mine are not as severe here lately or as time consuming as watching a movie and my little "canceling mantras" help alot, but back when they were worse Prozac helped me a great deal, but that depends on how you feel about medicine.
Noca
Banned
Every time you do a ritual you make your OCD a little worse. It's just like avoidance and SA, avoidance behaviour causes SA to worsen. We do rituals and avoidance behaviour to deal with short term anxiety and we never think of the long term consequences.
I start my OCD treatment next week. I'll share whatever I learn.
I start my OCD treatment next week. I'll share whatever I learn.