I have magical thinking OCD

[MarieGold]

I was really suffering from magical thinking ocd; I was relating all the thing I saw.I hate some peoples who were looking odd,I even can't think about anything good if I see such people,I cant do my work ,I can't live my actual life.Even If I try to talk with my friends,parents I ensuring myself about that seeing good face or something bad will happen

[MarieGold]

I am not consulting with any psychiatrist,is there no way to solve my problem without psychiatrist

[MarieGold in reply to MarieGold]

Thanks for your reply..,Actually the lot I tried to avoid such thoughts the lot I get..I was not consulting with anyone about this.So,I don't about ERP,I can't even live my normal life,most of the times I even think about Do I need to live like this.This magical ocd ruining my life.

I was unable to do anything without seeing these superstitious beliefs.If someone sneeze I get anger and do stop work I was doing.,If I am off to any place I need someone with good face should come in my opposite way or else I will be thinking about the day will be worse and I was connecting all worst thing will be because of that person.I am always used to wear some specific dress for any occasion or if I go out.I always pray,if I skip praying for sometimes ,l will be thinking something bad will happen

I can't control these and even I can't afford psychiatrist,I request you to give me a solution for these please

[deValentin]

Have you tried exposure and response prevention (ERP), that is, you expose yourself to potentially triggering stimuli by walking in the streets and try not to dwell on negative thoughts? It may not be easy because it's true that some faces have a more pleasant and less foreboding effect on us than others. However, we don't choose how we naturally look, and it's desirable to put ourselves in other people's shoes and ask ourselves how we'd like others to react to our appearance.

Your strategy to overcome the problem could be two-fold. There is the desensitization or habituation part where you get used to see all kind of faces and try to react normally. It gets easier with the passing of time. Sometimes when you talk to people and establish a connection, what you initially saw as a physical defect doesn't catch your attention anymore. Then, there is the sensitization part where one learns to feel more empathy for people who are somehow physically or socially disadvantaged.

Personally, I find that if you have a healthy self-esteem yourself, it's easier to esteem others beyond appearances. I know that still in our culture we represent good angels with beautiful faces and bad angels with hideous ones, but my hope is that in the future those prejudices will disappear.

[ShameekaIocdf]

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