OCD thinking

[Daviduk]

Can I ask do people here have a inner voice OCD saying things.making u feel stress.and upset and on edge.

 

Is it best to listen to the thoughts or just let it run its course. 

[Angst]

I personally do not see OCD as a thing separate from me. My OCD thoughts, obsessions, worries I see are messages from the anxious part of my mind. Though many people see OCD as a thing and describe it as a bully. I say to myself when a worry or an obsession begins to arise in my mind - here’s my OCD again. An obsession or worrying too much serves no purpose so I try to get on with the ordinary things of life. I put the worry to one side.

[Daviduk]

OCD likes to bother me by putting pass events in my life and turning it into a problem. 

[Gemma@OCDUK]

1 hour ago, Daviduk said:

Can I ask do people here have a inner voice OCD saying things.making u feel stress.and upset and on edge.

 

Is it best to listen to the thoughts or just let it run its course. 

Hi David,

I would say that most people with OCD have an OCD inner voice that brings up doubts, worries, images and feelings that make us feel incredibly distressed. The key with breaking the cycle of OCD is to work out what we are doing to maintain the problem. That could be blocking thoughts, neutralising thoughts, checking our memory, avoiding things and much more, because it's these behaviours that keep all the thoughts and doubts going.

Gemma

 

[Daviduk]

Is it better to let the OCD thoughts flow or try block them

[Gemma@OCDUK]

Hi David,

Thought blocking is a compulsion, so letting them flow would be better.

Gemma

[Daviduk]

When let them.stress and anxiety comes but this will go 

[Daviduk]

OCD very clever it can make u feel better than next it can really push u down.

Really cant understand this OCD and it's horrible acts 

[Angst]

Therapy will teach you that your OCD sufferings are within your control. Have you arranged therapy?