daja Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) I went for a coffee today and couldn’t get a seat in my favourite area. I know I have to face fear so I took a seat about 3 metres away from leaded windows. Then I feared maybe the chair I sat in might be contaminated. So I started reassuring myself that I have lived in London before and must have been surrounded by lead not just on windows but roof tops. Which I mostly worry about when raining. So i’m I’m home now and I haven’t washed my hair or changed my jeans. Do you have any thoughts? Advice? Tough love? Reassurance? Or maybe this thread is a compulsion... Thank you. Edited March 5, 2018 by daja Link to comment
PolarBear Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Carry on. Live your day and set aside concerns. Link to comment
daja Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 18 minutes ago, PolarBear said: Carry on. Live your day and set aside concerns. Thanks PB. Trying to! Link to comment
taurean Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Only your OCD was making an issue out of this. No one else other than a sufferer with a very similar issue would have given it a moment's thought. Kind regards Roy Link to comment
daja Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) I know crazy huh? Thanks Roy. Edited March 5, 2018 by daja Link to comment
taurean Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Just now, daja said: I know crazy huh? Thanks Roy. It's horrible but it's the OCD daja. You did well by the way. Link to comment
daja Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Thanks Roy. It is horrible. Sometimes it feels like whatever I do I have to do a risk assessment in my head. Link to comment
taurean Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 That would be a compulsion. You have to learn to live with the uncertainty without carrying out any compulsions. Link to comment
daja Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 49 minutes ago, taurean said: You have to learn to live with the uncertainty without carrying out any compulsions. Yes. Link to comment
lostinme Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Accept the uncertainty daja and carry on with your day, without doing any compulsions I know it’s difficult, but you can do this Link to comment
lostinme Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 You welcome daja, hope you managed to see it through and your doing ok Link to comment
daja Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 hour ago, lostinme said: You welcome daja, hope you managed to see it through and your doing ok Thanks i’m ok for today. Hope you’re ok. x Link to comment
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