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Raziel
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28 Oct 2013, 4:38 pm

vickygleitz wrote:
After years of obsessing over various painful things, I made a deal with myself. i alocated myself one hour a day when not only was I allowed to fret and cry, but I was expected too. When I would start rethinking the situations and getting down I would tell myself that I was allowed to get upset but not until the sheduled time.

Sounds dumb but it has helped me significantly.


Interesting. I never thought about it.
I could give it a try. :)


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29 Oct 2013, 2:31 am

I once talked about a traumatic experience to my psychiatrist and both he and my mother made it worse.

I just distract myself from my obsessive distressing OCD-like thoughts by playing video games, reading, writing or engaging in a special interest in some way. I'm doing better today because I've gone a full two days with barely any Facebook usage just to get over thoughts about a crush. Also, people on that site tend to irritate me.


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