Word stuck in mind

[Cerb]

when I was a kid I had a word in my head I repeated it and then it went away! after many years it came back only that reading some forums I read that a person thinks this word for any image or obeject he sees and it got me involved because it's happening to me too and I think the word a lot more... in your opinion is it just a lot of suggestion or do I get used to it like the one in the post and it doesn't go away anymore, I read the post that I'm talking about after I started the drug treatment, tell me if in your opinion this other thought has made me worse or is it just that I'm getting scared and I think it more on the objects I see and it doesn't go away

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[FirstResponder23]

hello,

Words, phrases, images, etc. all can get stuck in our minds the more we try to push them away. I also currently have some of that going on. And while it is annoying, I have learned that yes, if we let the thoughts, words, images in AND not give them meaning, eventually they become boring and our mind recognizes this isn’t something we have to look out for and pay attention to.

Now still get some of the things that pop in every now and again, but as soon as they do I remember to just shrug them off and not try to force them out, and each time, they go away faster and I can move on with the moment. It takes time, but this does eventually subside and become way easier.

[Cerb in reply to FirstResponder23]

thanks for your reply... i haven't tried what you told me yet, i take medicine, reading that post really bothered me because when i see any object now especially if i like it i think about it more and this has given me further problems, in short i hope that this always comes from the word that bothers me and i hope that if it happens that i think about it less it doesn't happen to me that i see an object or something it happens to me more and slowly it goes away.. have you done psychotherapy?

[FirstResponder23 in reply to Cerb]

I’ve been through and still go through therapy with someone who specializes in OCD and we work on ERP.