For me with ocd… it’s honestly the guilt, because mine comes in question forms and an answer is provided and if it feels like yes ocd tells me i don’t deserve to live or have good things which keeps me ruminating until i can dispel the answer is no or idk. If i can overcome that guilt I could beat this. That niggling ocd guilt that says the question needs to be solved Has anyone else experienced them have overcame it?
Yes, it gets better the more you work on ERP and life changes until you rarely feel the guilt. And if you do, then you know how to reply—which is not replying to it.
I have, I don’t miss those days. But I can proudly say that I overcame it, all it took was some patience and faith in my progress. You can do it too <3
@Angie_04 Any recommend tools or words of advice?
Yes working with ERP will change everything. Equally you have to work at not trying to figure out the answer/ problem solving/ruminating...... stopping these compulsions is key and yes it's hard but gets easier with practice and when you start to see results. Don't beat yourself up when you fail....just start again each time.
This is what makes me feel stuck I hate the thoughts so much I’d rather not be here then have them. Ocd is so cruel. It’s hard not to question the thoughts. Try not to engage with the thoughts and carry on living like normal don’t stop going out don’t stop going to work as it gives your mind something else to focus on and teaches your brain that the thoughts don’t mean anything. I know easier said than done but you can get through this
@worrier 24 Yeah they’re pretty bad, i feel like im going to hell LOL but im determined to beat this
@bekind94 Pray to god and rebuke the thoughts in Jesus’ name. As well as doing erp and self care
I would say, pray by all means, but I would be careful about rebuking the thoughts......do nothing with them, let them just be there. Telling ourselves they are not true or denying them, is engaging with them. Hard as it is not to question them, take a chance and a leap of faith to try a new way of dealing with them. I haven't heard of anyone that has stopped doing compulsions and used erp, over a good period of time that has not been very thankful they took that chance.
So I cant remember if I've ever asked this here, but has anyone ever done something awful that their ocd convinced them to do and now can't let go of the guilt? And I dont mean like terrible terrible things but like lying to someone, cheating, or something else that can cause heavy guilt. If so, how did you get past this? I feel like I'm not sure how to forgive myself when my moral code is so high.
I feel like a main problem that I am never able to get over is the guilt from intrusive thoughts. That part has been weighing me down recently rather then having trouble with uncertainty. I know I am not my thoughts but I can’t get rid of this guilt that is always following me around.
Long story short it feels like I might have cheated on a class final project and my ocd is causing intense rumination and mental checking that I did nothing wrong or had no bad intentions. Also feel the urge to get validation from others if what I did was cheating or not and even confess to make the thought cycle stop. My question is how do I discern what I should truly feel guilt for vs what’s ocd just making my life harder by telling me I’m a bad person and done something terrible. How do I just let it go and move on without knowing for sure I did something wrong or confessing?
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