Mental Checking After Being Triggered

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I haven’t posted here in a while. I recently started a new medication and it was helping but I’ve missed my dosages the past few days and I was triggered today by something on social media. Afterwards, I began creating mental scenarios in my head, and asking myself if I enjoy it. I tried to trick my OCD a long time ago and began pretending to concede and say I did, but instead, it fueled it, and now I believe I actually do. Why does it feel like I actually enjoy these thoughts and would want to do these things even though I believed I never would? I feel so sick.

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Hello:

Forum Moderators again; We just want to remind you that you can also contact the OCD Action Helpline to talk to or email someone who understands OCD.

You can get confidential information and support for your OCD from a Helpline volunteer who knows how OCD can impact your life. Contact our Helpline by:

• phone: 0300 636 5478
• email: support@ocdaction.org.uk

We hope this reminder is helpful,

Best wishes,

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