taking care of myself instead of ruminating
i dont use reddit a lot but my therapist encourages me to share wins and i dont wanna text my friends while theyre at work lmao. i'll share once they get out and we can have a real chat. ANYWAYS!
when im in an OCD symptom spike i completely neglect my body and my surroundings cuz all my time is spent in rumination. i was able to notice a rumination start today and instead of spiralling and beating myself up, i chose to take some time to tidy up after several weeks of not caring for my apartment. filled up a trash bag, took it outside, came back up to play some tomodachi life and finish reading a book. it was nice as hell out too, it rained last night and that petrichor smell + the coolness was really refreshing.
the intense thoughts havent gone away but im really proud of myself. a few years ago i would have let the spiral continue until i became too self loathing to get out of bed, which would just keep the cycle going. its the little things!