Only recently I realized the true dimension of these compulsive behaviors. I was not complete aware of them. I have been trying to limit the amount of time that I dedicate to work on the website, but as I have more time available I have the tendency to obsess about other things. At least now I know what’s happening.
Not getting involved in compulsive behaviors is a very difficult task, and it results in a lot of anxiety. In some ways it remembers me when I quit smoking some years ago, so hard trying not to engage in the ritual of smoking.
The skills I learned here are very useful, especially to help me analyze these feelings and thoughts in a different way. Also, making an effort to get involved in useful and pleasant activities is one of the best things I could do. But I do not know why the last sentence is so difficult to carry on. 
Hi Ashley,
Generally the compulsive behaviors are related to what I am doing at the moment. For example, I have been working in the development of a website and most of the day I am thinking in the website and how I can improve it. But I think in an intense way and many times people talk with me and I can’t hear them because of these thoughts. This month I had some vacation days and most of the time I was working in the website. Many times I went to bed, couldn’t sleep because I was thinking in the website, and get up in the middle of the night to work in the computer. This is exhausting and I got irritability very easily because I am really focused on what I am doing.
If I am not obsessed about developing the website, I will find another thing to get obsessed. It seems most things I get involved I get obsessed about.
