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It's a pure disorder thats all but assurance won't help you. You need intervention like a SSRI Zoloft I like the best and ERP therapy for when you have questions like this one pop up into your head you know not to fo reassurance seeking instead you ride the storm out.
 
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Hi Worrier,
The answer to your first question, within the context of treating the OCD, is that you do absolutely nothing. You don't attend to that doubt or question because if you do you'll be giving it such a measure of validity that your brain will latch onto it even more.
Ruminating is the compulsive activity of a form of OCD called "Purely Obsessional". This is when you spend hours and hours in mental debate or trying to reassure yourself that the fearful and disgusting thoughts just aren't true. It's a kind of mental warfare. Ruminating about the "theme" will get the obsession more embedded in the mind and that will make it seem more and more valid and threatening.
A Spike is sudden thought or idea that pops into your mind which intensifies the anxiety. It will usually be related to your root OCD fear.
Yes, Spikes can certainly lead to more thoughts because when you are trying to mentally argue or fight against them your OCD will usually come up with yet another, "what if" or "what about this?"
It all becomes a vicious cycle of a. Spike, b. anxiety response, c. compulsion/rumination and then once again a. more spikes... b.. more anxiety and c. even more rumination.
The Rumination and reassurance seeking is what must be resisted even though the anxiety will push you to do those things.
Hope this helps explain it a little better.
Mitzi
OCD Worrier said:
What do you do when you are in fear that you are 'becoming' what
you think? The fear that you really think that way even when the
thought is absolutely disgusting to you and you hate it and dont want it?
What is ruminating? What is a spike? Can these lead to other thoughts?
Thanks,
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