Confession OCD?

[Ddpg94]

Hello everyone! I haven’t been on here for a while now. Glad to say they safely removed my meds and everything is going good, that was up until last week I had a VERY stressful few day’s but veryyy! I don’t know if that’s how OCD works but I feel like after stressful episodes these intrusive thoughts come back even stronger and for some reason I pay attention and they came back with what I think is called confession ocd. I am married and this time my mind kept telling me things like your not attracted to him and stuff like tell him you think about an ex! These thoughts are things that are completely false I just feel guilty about it and it kills meee! My mind even threw in some ridiculous thoughts like what if you are attracted to the opposite sex which never have I been and never will I! I am head over heels for my amazing husband but these thoughts are ridiculous and I know it’s just thoughts but they make me feel weird and bad! I am very open with my husband and he laughs with me when I tell him all of this and he tells me that everyone has thoughts like these but that I pay to much attention to mine. Has anyone ever experienced this? I feel like my mind is looking for something worse to think that so that it’s too embarrassing to tell my husband and it just kills me slowly! This is horrible! I had a really bad anxiety/crying episode yesterday and he helped me control myself and then we spoke I don’t know what I would do without Him but my mind I feel like it’s playing me! Any advice? How do you guys control your confession ocd? How do I understand that these thoughts aren’t me. I tell myself that and my mind fights me like no they are you! It’s horrible!

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I have learnt in therapy to let the thoughts just be there.

Try not to have conversations with OCD.

Do not rationalize with OCD.

Sit with the anxiety, focus on the thoughts, feared consequences.

The anxiety will be high but slowly it will fade away.

I hope this works for you.

Also, I have experienced during stressful times, OCD does get stronger.

It is sad that we have to deal with OCD.

But we are here as a support for each other.

I wish you all the best.