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- 3y
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what if you lived with both equally without answer? if you always spend time trying to rationalize what is your real thoughts and what is ocd thoughts - you're giving in to ruminations.
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š¤š¤š¤It's scary, but maybe you are right
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I don't want to do what ocd tells me, it's the reason why i want to know where is real and where is not
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@xqrsljk Just allow all thoughts to be thoughts! Your intuitive gut feeling will tell you when to make the right choice. You donāt need to give an answer to every thought.
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@Jesse Miller I can deal with intrusive thoughts and recognize where is ocd and ehere is not, but with intrusive feelings it's much harder
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- 3y
@xqrsljk What if when you get intrusive feelings, instead of trying to figure out if itās reality or not - you write down what they are and return to them later? This will give you time to sit with the anxiety of what the thoughts are making you feel, but also, when you have a more rational mindset later, you can read back and be like hey that was a silly thought.
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@Jesse Miller Sounds good! Thank you i will try
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- Date posted
- 19w
So how would I know if itās truly ocd or not? Like by accepting uncertainty, will I eventually realize if it was false or true attraction and if it was actually ocd or not? For example I was out today, right after my therapy appointment, I saw a kid that looked exactly like this girl my age that I was into. I felt a sense of attraction and I immediately went into the restroom to hide or smth I donāt remember, but when I came out I think I avoided looking at the kid. Idk if it was false attraction or not, I hope it was but Iām not sure. I canāt really tell. FYI I was never formally diagnosed with pocd before, but my therapist said that I have it but I still donāt believe it. I still feel like itās not pocd because of the attraction feelings, I canāt tell if I like the feelings or not. I donāt feel any of panic, worry, distress, guilt or shame after any of those feelings. I did start crying when I got home tho idk why or what for, but I went to take a nap for a while and when I woke up it kind of became clearer if it was real or false attraction, but itās still really unclear, I donāt get why I would feel that way towards a literal child, is it bc she looked like this girl my age that I was into? I hope it was false attraction, still canāt tell.
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- 18w
I used to be able to determine what was my OCD and whatās real life but now itās all just blending together. I literally canāt tell whatās true between whatās not true. my overthinking is absolutely terrible and rituals and everything is just crumbling.
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- 11w
Soo i need to say this but i struggle with real event ocd but its not things i did but things i thought or things i felt for certain situations or to certain things i like im having trouble telling apart my feelings like i try to sort them like oh this is that feeling but i got the same feeling for two different situations one is good one is bad and i got the same feeling so im just scared why did i have that reaction i guess i just im sitting here analyzing what that feeling is and i genuinely dont know its not anything physical its more in my head and now im checking every moment in the past to see the thought process and what i felt in that moment and im just scared of what i feel
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