I have OCD, and despite what people think, it's not about wanting my dishwasher stacked nicely (I am naturally messy). It's about constant, terrible intrusive thoughts, and rituals to keep them at bay.
The right medication helps. And mindfulness helps ease the distress a bit.
Intrusive memories too! of the dumbest, minor mistakes and my bigger ones. Like, stuff that I wouldn't think badly of another person for doing, I shit on myself for it - and they'll just flit in and out of my day, irritating me.
Do some people not get intrusive thoughts? I mean, there are always things our instincts/subconscious tell us that we don't really agree with or wish to happen. That's just when you push those thoughts back in your head, and try to think of something else.
I get a voice in my head sometimes when I'm talking to someone that just says, "Kiss them!" For no reason. Even people I have just met that I'm not attracted to. It's like I'm imagining what it would be like or something. Really weird.
I have OCD, and despite what people think, it's not about wanting my dishwasher stacked nicely (I am naturally messy). It's about constant, terrible intrusive thoughts, and rituals to keep them at bay.
The right medication helps. And mindfulness helps ease the distress a bit.
Intrusive memories too! of the dumbest, minor mistakes and my bigger ones. Like, stuff that I wouldn't think badly of another person for doing, I shit on myself for it - and they'll just flit in and out of my day, irritating me.
Do some people not get intrusive thoughts? I mean, there are always things our instincts/subconscious tell us that we don't really agree with or wish to happen. That's just when you push those thoughts back in your head, and try to think of something else.
I get a voice in my head sometimes when I'm talking to someone that just says, "Kiss them!" For no reason. Even people I have just met that I'm not attracted to. It's like I'm imagining what it would be like or something. Really weird.