Earworm OCD & Fears Associated With It

[@Azetaris]

If someone struggling with OCD thoughts sees this, then I hope my guide below will help you overcoming it, because I did overcome mine OCD in about a week thanks to this. So first of all you need to know that thoughts are something that come no matter what, we can't control whether they will appear or not, but we can stop them in their tracks. I figured this method of stopping OCD thoughts myself, so basically what you need to do is whenever you'll get triggered with impulsive thoughts, you focus your mind on an image representing both distracting thoughts and your focus - for example it can be thought of a sphere (which represents focus) surrounded by red clouds (which represents negative thoughts). Now, what you'll need to do after imagining that is thinking about going from those red clouds inside this sphere, after that, you just focus on being inside of it, no other thought should come to your head. You do that for max. 30 seconds and after that, your thoughts most likely will be a lot calmer than they were (it was like that for me, I've definitely felt a difference). So now, what exactly are we doing here? Well, I'm not a doctor or anything, but from what I could've gathered, we are doing those few thing: 1.We are breaking our thought loop by focusing on something else 2.We are training our ability to focus (which yes, is a matter of skill and practice) 3.We are weakening our reaction to OCD thoughts (because now, we have some kind of "weapon" against them - therefore them coming to our heads is not that scary anymore, because we know, that we can get rid of them) 4.We are making our thought pattern different from before - what I mean by that, is that after some time, those thoughts won't even come to our heads anymore, because they become nothing of significance (With time) Now - I know that it may sound like it's just a recipe for creating your own compulsion, not a solution, but actually it is NOT a compulsion. Compulsion is something USELESS IN NATURE that we do, because we belive that it helps us (and in some way it does) - this however, is pretty much a focus excersise, and it actually does something more than just giving us this placebo effect. Because of that, we won't stick to it after our issue is gone. Hope it will help someone with their OCD fight, because it sure helped me, pretty much completely.

[@burningcigarate183]

That's some very important words Thank you 🙏

[@kangsankim6992]

I feel like I should pay you some 💰...! Thanks for sharing this video with me.

[@brycek2033]

Thanks a lot Lionel Richie... Always gets stuck in my head.

[@kristymarie6065]

I didn’t even realize this was ocd

[@alien-hs1zn]

Me neither I went through a bout of an intrusive ear worm it was called 28 weeks later it played in my head non stop for about 3 months I have to admit it was tough then the obsession went to something else

[@brycek2033]

sometimes i wonder if the fear of the obsession actually comes before the actual obsession

[@brycek2033]

@Yvette They come and go depending on how I’m doing but it really doesn’t matter. My focus eventually comes back and goes back to something else. All this stuff is about embracing discomfort. It gets easier and better. Best of luck

[@nikhilraghav5285]

I am afraid these earworms I have will trigger too much when I have an important exam next year .

[@aguywhohikes1271]

Totally understand! I had this quite frequently with tinnitus.

[@tomford4140]

@@aguywhohikes1271 your saying earworms happen more often with tinnitus?? Cuz i have tinnitus and lately my earworms been crazy

[@khouloudaithsain9215]

​@@aguywhohikes1271I'm going through this right now, is there a way to deal with this

[@maddyehrle9613]

I’ve had somatic ocd for about a month now but it really helps that These videos show me that I’m not crazy

[@leapandolfi6330]

This was SO helpful! Thank you!

[@ryancantu9437]

this impacts me a lot

[@ricardohijkoop5994]

Oke i'm normally not about posting a comment but i will do it to give people hope. I got extreme anxiety when i saw someone talking about Stuck Song Syndrom ( chronic earworm ) i tried everything to escape it. Once i accepted it has move to the background. It is still there though but i dont get bothered by it anymore. Another theme checked that doesnt bother me anymore.

[@v1Dice]

I also got it in the background after 2 months, but now that school started when im trying to focus on an exam the earworm is bothering me alot

[@ricardohijkoop5994]

@@v1Dice you will have to accept that to buddy!

[@anyahavryliuk2327]

How did you accept it? I’ve been struggling with it for 2 month now and can’t focus at all and sleep

[@benjohnson4907]

Hi Ricardo, Do you mind sharing how you went about accepting this? I've had earworms for about a week and trying to accept and move on. Thanks for any help you can provide.

[@ricardohijkoop5994]

@@benjohnson4907 Accepting your worst case scenario is key. Like for example i've accepted it that i will have this for the rest of my life. I don't want to panic you, but i still have it. But does it bother me? no, not at all. There are much worst things out their in life. Goodluck with your journey bro.

[@chimplove2006]

having a drake song lyric stuck in my head would absolotly drive me mad

[@mauriceleahy7914]

I have a fear that I will have sounds stuck in my head forever, like loud screaming. I suffer from anxiety/panic and also have tinnitus made worse I think with medication. I imagine these awful horrible sounds myself. I believe this is to be a form of OCD as I check my mental thermomentor daily and google daily. Would be v interested to hear what you think this might be? Im going foe therapy soon. Thanks,

[@bankawasoki]

How are you now i have the same thing but i also have music

[@hebaadel4034]

I have tinnitus with no hearing loss or damage in my ear, can i go malls and supermarkets without ear plugs???.plz advice I am in a place that iam afraid of my kids' voice , and this actually is the most thing iam afraid of not actually the tinnitus itself. All the precautions and things i have to do to avoiding or keeping my ear like it was before. Iwant to be free again

[@OCDRecovery]

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