how to deal with this ocd symptom
i've had ocd a very long time, i have ocd of the thoughts and this symptom where my thoughts are constantly racing and i get a compulsion to write down all my thoughts and retain everything i'm thinking about, so if i forget an important thought, or worse, forget a bunch of thoughts which i wanted to write down, because they were important, it causes me anxiety, and i try desperately to remember the thoughts i've forgotten, but the more i try to remember the lost thoughts, they don't come back, which causes more anxiety?
my loved ones tell me, don't try to hold on to every thought and write every thought down, no one can do that, that, don't panic if i forget a bunch of thoughts or ideas, because they'l come back at another time by themselves or i'll be reminded and basically nothings lost, because all these thoughts are still in my mind and they'l reemerge at another time?
i try to remember this advice, but my ocd keeps making me want to retain every thought i have and if i can write them all down, and still get distressed when i forget my thoughts or something i wanted to remember.
how can i deal with this symptom? also, is there any medications which could treat this symptom?
my loved ones tell me, don't try to hold on to every thought and write every thought down, no one can do that, that, don't panic if i forget a bunch of thoughts or ideas, because they'l come back at another time by themselves or i'll be reminded and basically nothings lost, because all these thoughts are still in my mind and they'l reemerge at another time?
i try to remember this advice, but my ocd keeps making me want to retain every thought i have and if i can write them all down, and still get distressed when i forget my thoughts or something i wanted to remember.
how can i deal with this symptom? also, is there any medications which could treat this symptom?
46-50, M