#and when you're exhausted from the emotions I will bring you hot choccy and we can watch Bluey

[crayonurchin]

A reminder to OCD folks that a trigger can come from something happy. I just got tickets to an event and I'm really excited, but it's triggered intrusive thoughts of being assaulted. I've gone from excited to nearly spiralling over thoughts of being hurt cuz triggers literally do not care where they come from and OCD will latch onto literally anything in the world.

And that's okay. It's okay that the happy thing is a bit shit right now. Don't engage with the thoughts, don't perform the compulsions. You can only get so upset and so anxious, and when you reach the maximum garbage feeling, it will have nowhere to go but back down.

Take some time to recover from the episode however you need- meditation, exercise, a comfort show, journalling, snacks etc. Just don't perform the compulsions.

OCD wants to make you miserable and even if it succeeds right now, it doesn't mean it'll succeed later.

No matter how shitty I feel today despite getting these tickets, when the time for the event comes, and I go despite my anxiety and intrusive nightmare thoughts, I'll be WAY WAY WAY happier for the experience of the show than I would be for avoiding it.

Everyone has a different experience and there will be always be nuance but for this?

OCD IS A BITCH AND YOU AIN'T A BITCH AND OCD WANTS TO MAKE YOU ITS BITCH BUT THE ONLY BITCH YOU ARE IS A

BAD BITCH

#OCD #mental health #ocd recovery #intrusive thoughts #obsessive compulsive disorder #HEY YOU #PERSON IN AN ANXIOUS HELL OF AWFUL THOUGHTS #YOU'RE A BAD BITCH #AND YOU WILL SURVIVE THIS #and when you're exhausted from the emotions I will bring you hot choccy and we can watch Bluey #you're going to be okay- I promise <3