does anyone else have "obsessive rumination OCD"?

[Guest_7878]

hey there..

i recently went to my psychiatrist who mentioned that i could have something called "obsessionality" (which seems not to be a real word but thats what she said so anyway) which is basically the O in OCD. my mum did a lot of research on it and found different kinds of OCD like "pure O OCD" or "obsessive rumination disorder" i dont know if those are the real terms but anyway. they seemed to fit a lot with what im going through (rumination more than pure O) and i was wondering if anyone else is dealing with something similar because it's not very widely known or talked about...

love you all 💛

[therising]

Hi plants_and _lyrics

I believe just about everything has an answer or a solution and I can drive myself nuts trying to find it. I figure life works a bit like school - you've got the theory side of a subject and then you've got the practical side. Without the practical side or the experimental side, everything just becomes about theory and thinking. An example of how I share pondering with action:

Long story short - I was raised as a Catholic although now, at 49, I've kept only a small part of Christianity as reference for my understanding of life. I've come to reference a number of faiths and practices. A lot of questioning led to me relabeling God as simply 'The Source' (of creation, energy and so on). Each to their own. So, I actively may look for the Source in many of my activities in order to make sense of life. I have gratitude for the food I prepare and how it tastes and all that went into growing it (sunshine, water, earth is all Source or God energy). I actively cook. I find gratitude in all who teach me lessons in life. All people have unique energies and interacting with those energies leads me to the questions which the Source or God wishes for me to explore. In growing tomatoes or weeding the garden, I am interacting with the creator as I may at the same time ponder the nature of all things. I use my Source of God given senses as a way to love the tomatoes (the way they smell, taste, feel, look - they raise my energy). So, it's about grounding through interaction whilst considering theories at the same time. By the way, I had even at one stage put down a few little pools of honey to see how ants behave. I watched for probably half an hour as I noticed behaviour I'd never taken the time to notice before. They're fascinating little creatures. They'll send out food scouts unless there is something above ground they can all share in, then they'll all come out. They are amazing little community members, the way they work together. Some may say I have way too much time on my hands 🙂

I find it difficult to believe there simply aren't answers to things. I believe God/The Source lays the answers out in front of us. It's a matter of translating them. Some of us are incredibly curious natural born detectives.

If you find you have many questions and theories, many experiments must follow. It's the experiments that have us interacting with life. If Einstein forever ruminated, he would never have found the time to carry out his experiments.

🙂