- Username
- chloexo
- Date posted
- 27w ago
Guilt
Hi, I currently really struggle with intrusive thoughts/images. How do I get past this horrible guilt feeling and urge to tell everyone? I just want to be happy but I feel like I’m drowning in guilt.
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- Username
- Kiki10Kiki10
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 27w ago
Omg this was me in February! I literally could not have a thought without telling someone about it. Even the most embarrassing and disturbing thoughts I pushed myself to say. But that’s a huge compulsion and one you have to work to tell yourself “Look, nothing will happen if I do or don’t say these things. Some things are okay to just keep to yourself”. I know it feels like the worst guilt and anxiety to keep it in but once you get past that initial intense feeling it kind of really does go away. And the more you practice not blurting things out to family or friends or whoever, the less strong the urge to do so will be.
- Username
- anonynonymousanonynonymous
- Date posted
- 27w ago
everytime you feel you need to tell someone, write it down and track it. You could kind of use this as a way of "telling it to the paper"- but be careful that writing doesn't become compulsive.
- Username
- chloexochloexo
- Date posted
- 26w ago
Thank you so much both of you! It honestly gets to me so much n makes me miserable. It ruins my relationship when I end up blurting these things out bc someone who doesn’t have it can struggle to understand them n be supportive. It’s so hard :(
- Username
- myshellmyshell
- Date posted
- 25w ago
@chloexo You’re not alone. I struggle with the same thing and it makes me feel crazy constantly — of why do I have to verbalize every single thought and doubt I have, for someone else to essentially give me permission to think that. Our thoughts are not in our control, and sometimes we just need to remember that. We all have weird thoughts, it is up to us to not add weight to them.
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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
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Hey friends, really rough day. I want to go to therapy but it feels like my therapists are afraid of me or don't understand me. They encourage me to just keep doing Exposure therapy but I know I'm not going to act on anything! I know I'm supposed to say "maybe maybe not" but that's not what's going on here! I feel guilty for THINKING these things! I opened up to a person the other day and they opened up about their anxiety and depression and wanted to tell them my struggles over the last 9 months but I know that my thoughts are gross and not real. I want to stop feeling guilt for my thoughts WITHOUT endorsing my thoughts. I can expose myself all I want, it doesn't make my thoughts good.
- Username
- callistapopp
- Date posted
- 2y ago
how do you guys not feel extremely guilty for your intrusive thoughts? i’ve been struggling with the guilt over having these thoughts in the first place. any tips would help so much!!
- Username
- JessIsConfused
- Date posted
- 1y ago
How do you deal with guilt?
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.
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