It controls many aspects of my life still, literally every moment or action I perform I have to answer to OCD. I have suffered with OCD for 13 years, at times it completely debilitated me. I have actually not be officially diagnosed, for another reason related to OCD I just haven't gone to the doctor, but I think I may very soon have to. Here's a link to a post on self-referral. In some parts of the UK, it is possible to self-refer for CBT without going via your GP. To learn more about CBT and how it is used to treat OCD take a look at the following page. CBT is the gold standard treatment for OCD and it teaches sufferers effective strategies for dealing with distressing thoughts and eliminating compulsive behaviours.
#Another word for repeating too much professional#
Have you ever sought professional help or been diagnosed with OCD? If not, I would consider making an appointment with your GP to ask about the possibility of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT for short). Left untreated, OCD tends to get worse not better. To be honest with you, unless this is a very minor problem, I doubt it will go away of its own accord. It's well known that traumatic life events can act as a trigger for OCD or aggravate an existing condition. The important thing is not to try to control your thoughts because the more you resist the thoughts the more they persist. Do you know why you feel the need to do this? Are you frightened that something bad might happen to yourself or others if you don't say it? Would you feel really anxious if you didn't do it? I understand exactly what you mean about it being much easier to control our actions than our thoughts because I experience distressing intrusive thoughts myself. I haven't experienced this problem myself but I have read posts from other members who feel compelled to repeat certain phrases to themselves. I would appreciate very much for someone to reply. Does ignoring it help, could it eventually go away? has this happened to you? I'm mostly fearful of it because although actions can be stopped, thoughts are out of my control (most of the times) I had a death in my family just in Sep and have been extremely stressed, which causes the OCD to be worse, could this be contributing to the new behavior? I feel like I'm always trying to not think of anything which doesn't help the problem. I don't try to do this on purpose, but I've become so used to saying it all the time I do it for every action and it causes me anxiety, making me feel like I'll just fall apart. When I do it I know it's me purposely doing it to myself, it's almost become the ritual now. But lately I have been obsessing over these phrases I would say to myself, I repeat them in my mind even if I'm not trying to complete anything.
It was the only way of completing something quickly. Every day this problem fluctuates, it seems to be something I'm not always focused on, to one day where it may be all I think about (mostly when I'm not preoccupied) The issue being, as a coping tool to complete a ritual I would say to myself in my mind "as soon as I pass this" this being a number in which I would repeat things, and that I "won't repeat it anymore".
I would like some help with this particular situation of mine.