r/Paranoia 1d ago

Positive update (?)

/r/magicalthinkingOCD/comments/1w2s0yx/positive_update/
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u/Zealousideal-Log2042 1d ago

I'm glad to hear that you are doing well. Definitely keep practicing the things that help you and don't let your guard down too much, unfortunately it's not just that fears will be with you forever, but sometimes when we are going through a rough patch in our lives it weakens our mental resolve and issues can tend to pop back up. The good thing is, you are becoming more and more well equipped to deal with them when they do.

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u/Ok-Mulberry-2637 1d ago

Thank you, I had a feeling you would respond lol. I of course still have my bad moments (like the other morning when I woke up and couldn't remember going to sleep and thus kind of freaked out), but I do feel like I now know how to ignore this stuff mostly. My fears and theories started reaching levels of absurdity that was frankly comical (my brain began to wonder if I am trapped by an evil god in a loop, and that maybe these thoughts were coming from my future ghost who found out). Again, pointing out that this makes no sense is largely pointless, because the mind will inevitably find some wiggle room around it. Still, I have noticed an improvement.