Weirdest obsession ever?

[Guest]

So I had this obsession for a while, but it was occuring to me very rarely. But now I have it for the third day straight. Yay.

I keep looking at my nose. Yes, my own nose. No, not with a mirror. I keep seeing it in my eyesight and keep focusing on it, therefore I can't focus my vision on a lot of things. I have trouble writing this down because I see this damn nose of mine. How much more ridicolous this disorder can get?

I did some cbt on it but it worked only slightly, not sure why. I developed a headache today because of this. I feel like a total idiot.

[PolarBear]

This is going to sound really obvious and silly but, stop looking at your nose. You have to just stop doing it. Luckily you can distract yourself easy enough by looking at something else. Try reading, watching TV, etc.

[Guest]

Easier said than done. Yes I forget about it when I do something really interesting. But sometimes you have to do stuff you don't like or just want to sit on a sofa or something.

[mummyoftwogirls]

Went through a similar thing when I was 14 but I kept twitching my nose you have work really hard at not giving in x

[FoosBoo88]

Yep, I've had the 'nose' thing before. I also went through a phase during my hypochondria stage where I thought I'd suddenly stopped being able to sneeze. I actually tried to sneeze so I knew I still could! How weird is that?!

FoosBoo88 x

[Guest]

Somehow got the hang of that. CBT worked, but I had to do it longer than usual. Maybe because it's one of my old obsessions and therefore it is harder to get rid of. But it's mostly under control

[Guest Stormwave]

I'm not an expert, but that sounds more like a tic. Definitely try and not do it if you can, but I gave up tackling my tics a long time ago

[Guest]

It's actually not a tic, because it happens usually when I have too much free time and am not with people. I also had usual sensorimotor obsessions along with it like: "it's not going to pass", "people will think I look like an idiot", "I will fail at my life because of something that stupid", that kind of thing you know?