And yes they were repeating in my head all day and all night. What I mean by acceptance is letting the thoughts come and go as much as they want. We all recover in our own time, and that's okay. It wasnt easy and I'm not saying this to scare you. The last time I got them it took a little longer for them to subside, but they did! I've had them before in my early 20s they went away. The more stress I had the more anxiety came with it. As I got older the stressors of life made it more complex. Hi Renaat My OCD has always been lingering in the background growing up. But the idea that this might be forever makes me panic. I have been stuck in this loop for 4 months now, I’m trying not to fight back. But do you mean that you just accepted that you will live with the repetitions forever? Or did they dissapear in the meantime? You say you just let it repeat - accept it. That’s why your message made me feel so hopefull. I feel trapped in this repetition - I would love to try response therapy or whatever, but since I have no content to deal with, I feel like there is nothing I can do about it. It’s not so much the words that I have a problem with, but the fact that it goes at the expense of “my own” thought process. I’m talking about morning to evening without pause - is this what you experienced too? I have random words that are constantly repeating in my head. But could you please tell me how your OCD evolved? Hey Worried35! I see it’s been a long time since you posted this so I hope you will still see it. Just get an opinion on what you can do to move forward and feel some peace. Maybe speaking with your Dr would be something to look into. Sallyskins has some great recommendations on self help books. All which were extremely difficult for me last year. Working, driving and even grocery shopping. There are different ways to recover and it wasnt over night for me. I also read a blog from and app called Anxiety no more. Suggested to me by a member on this forum. I learned that approach from the book by Dr Claire Weekes, Hope and Help for your Nerves. I didnt do anything, i just let the anxiety be there, thoughts, feelings all of it. I just needed help on ways to change my thought pattern and negative thinking. At first I wanted true diagnosis, but then I realized anxiety comes in many forms and is different for everyone. The simple answer for me was I was over stressed and those thoughts were manifesting themselves because of it. I'm no expert, but I wanted to know why I was having such thoughts. Like Sallyskins said its only when you put meaning to them or care about them they begin to bother you more and cause anxiety. So l believe either way learning to accept is the same approach for all of them.
I do have the classic harm OCD thoughts, and I also have earworms. I am not on the forum very often, and I've come down with a cold.
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