[Ljj7000]

Hi, this is Leon. I am a 21 year old male. I go to a university.

I have an OCD problem that has been with me for most of my life. I've had an OCD thoughts for as long as I can remember. I have negative obsessions with certain numbers and they have seemed to pop up everywhere. I couldn't enjoy my graduation from community college because of these damn thoughts. It's making me angry and pissed off that these thoughts keep staying with me. Whenever I get angry because of these thoughts, I feel helpless and hopeless. My anger makes me feel like there is no hope.

I have trouble with letting go of the past which involves my OCD as well. That makes me angry too.

Please help. Advice? Insight?

[Skeezyks]

I'm sorry you're struggling with this. I don't have the type of problem you have such as with numbers. But I do find it pretty-much impossible to let go of the past. So I can certainly relate to that. How I handle intrusive thoughts, as well as anger (which I also have a lot of), is through the use of the practice called compassionate abiding. Here's a link to a description of the practice:

Relieve Distress By Allowing It: Compassionate Abiding 101 | Mindset: Perspective Is Everything

And then here are links to 6 articles, from PsychCentral's archives, on how to let go of stuck thoughts:

9 Ways to Let Go of Stuck Thoughts

Some Ideas to Help Stop Obsessing

7 Ways to Stop Obsessing

9 Ways to Stop Obsessing

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/relat...-event-1-of-2/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/relat...dium=popular17