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i keep thinking that if i drive home after work when i am tired i will crash my car.it feels like this will definatley happen.do you think this is an ocd thought or is it real?

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Regardless if it's real or OCD related you are ruminating over this. Thus, rumination is the compulsion. There's this thing called suicidal OCD. IT's when you don't want to die, but constantly think of ways you might get hurt. This sounds like that.

What you need to do is just sit with the thought. Imagine a boat on water, the boat is the thought, the water is your mind. You are sitting in the shore. Right now you are jumping on the boat (thought) and making the feelings become very real via anxiety and whatever else. The goal is to watch the boat go by the river not engaging in the boat or the thought. Just recognize it's there and don't make any judgements and wait for it to stroll by. It might come around again, but you do the same thing, sit with the thought, don't judge it and let it pass. Thoughts are just thoughts. You can challenge them with more rational thinking.

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I got this all the time and still do to this day. It's very very common Ruth - just sit with the thoughts and carry on your journey. Pay no attention to the thoughts/feelings/urges and accept that they are just thoughts - not actions. Don't avoid anything, keep on driving. x

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I agree with Miranda. Don't let the obsession and fear drive you away from driving your car. Don't let it get to that point. Work on watching the thought go by, maybe even drive a little more during your off days as exposure therapy. Have a plan for when you start to get anxious, make a game plan of how you can calm yourself down. Belly breathing, briefly meditating, listening to music, talking to yourself out loud, etc.

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