Ruth Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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? Link to comment
jballan Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 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. Link to comment
PolarBear Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It is possible you will be tired after work and crash your car. In that sense it's real. Then again, it's just a thought and not worth paying attention to. Link to comment
Ruth Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 thats the thing with ocd there is always two ways {at least} of looking at it . its driving me mad. Link to comment
Miranda123 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 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 Link to comment
jballan Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 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. Link to comment
Ruth Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 i did it i drove home without any problems.i breathed through the anxiety and ignored the thought.it was so hard but worth it.thankyou all for your support Link to comment
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