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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,

Did you ignore all the thoughts for 2 weeks before it disappeared?
Were you ignoring all the thoughts for 2 weeks before it disappeared?
Had you been ignoring all the thoughts for 2 weeks before it disappeared?

Are all these interchangeable? If not, what's the difference them?
  

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It's not easy to tell the difference when we don't know what they mean in the first place. Thoughts about what? What disappeared?

— Rover_KE

  • It's not easy to tell the difference when we don't know what they mean in the first place.
  • Thoughts about what?
  • What disappeared?
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It's not easy to tell the difference when we don't know what they mean in the first place.

Thoughts about what? What disappeared?
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Did you ignore all the thoughts for 2 weeks before they disappeared?
Were you ignoring all the thoughts for 2 weeks before they disappeared?
Had you been ignoring all the thoughts for 2 weeks before they disappeared?

I'm talking about OCD.

Let's say someone had OCD and ignored intrusive thoughts for two weeks before they disappeared. What would the difference be in that c
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In that case, I don't see any difference.

Rover
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Does any of them emphasis the action more than the others?
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I still don't see any difference.
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