Agreeing with thoughts...making it worse

[Guest beecham]

I've recently been trying to expose myself to the thoughts by saying 'yeah, it might have happened' and then moving on to do something else. I keep rumination to a minimum and really try and sit with the anxiety, but in the past few weeks the thoughts have been getting stronger... Really frustrating! Is this because I've stepped up my exposure a bit? Before I was just sitting with the thoughts and letting them pass through, whereas now I'm actively trying to say they could have happened.

I'm also under a lot of stress with work at the moment so I think that could be a contributing factor

Thanks in advance- think I just need a kick in the right direction..

[ocdlost]

I think you better say "I don`t know" rather than 'that happened"

[Guest beecham]

I am saying that - I'm saying 'yeah maybe that happened' :/

[gingerbreadgirl]

To me it sounds like OCD is getting scared and upping its game. The same thing is happening with me tonight.

Stick to your guns. It'll eventually get the picture