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False memory ocd sucks. But I saw a YouTube video once and that therapist said. “If it was important you would remember, if you doubt it could be an ocd false memory thought then it most likely is” . I know it’s hard and I’m experiencing the same thing too. It will get better :)
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Do u have any advice for a couple of times I had a little too much to drink with friends? Obviously alcohol should be consumed in moderation, but as someone in my mid twenties who enjoys going out, I’ve gone a little too hard at times! Those times I question everything.. which I guess is valid if things got a little fuzzy?😞
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@princessem i don’t bc i’m focusing on something from two years ago:/ same situation
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@princessem Even when you are drunk you remember your actions if you did something horrible you would most likely remember. Ocd is a bully and it can easily rely on alcohol to trigger your false memory ocd
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@Kklrs this was like two years ago and today is our 4 year anniversary and i can’t help but feel so freaking guilty..
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@Kklrs i even remember crying a lot that night but i think it’s bc i admitted to having an eating disorder.
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@Anonymous If it was something YOU did wrong you would defiantly remember… if you suffer from false memory ocd it is really really normal to have these thoughts especially now that it is your anniversary. It always wants to destroy our best moments. You are strong and will fight it. Check out this video. https://youtu.be/cLG_vW57AgA
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On my to do list tonight is to rethink everything that has happened recently and figure out what was real and what wasn’t so I can make sure I didn’t do anything unloyal to my boyfriend or anything that I need to confess😓 it’s exhausting
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yup me too
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it feels so freaking real too like i’ll remember something i did WITH HIM ana freak out that it wasn’t really with him then ask him and he’s like huh
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@Anonymous I don’t know how to overcome it because it’s like I don’t want to just let it go as an intrusive thought because if I DID do something then it’s too serious to let go…? That’s why it haunts me so much
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It also happens to me when I drink alcohol. Even if I remember everything, I tell myself what if things got fuzzy because I drank a lot and don’t remember doing something. Sometimes when I drink alcohol, I tell him something may have happened that I don’t remember and I’m so sorry but we will never know. He’s such a champ for staying with me through it I feel bad
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i hate this. like I CANT HANDLE IT ITS OUR 4 YEARS TOMORROW
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@Anonymous I think that because it’s your 4 years that your feelings of OCD are worse. My bf and I are a couple of hours apart, and I feel like my OCD gets worse when I know I’m going to see him. It’s almost like I feel like I need to make sure I confess anything that I think I may have done wrong before I can let myself enjoy my time. Like I don’t feel like I deserve to have a good time if I’m “hiding something”?
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@princessem ok true that’s so annoying bc when i AM with him i’m so happy and not anxious
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TW: SA i’m scared bc now what if i got raped???
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No honey.. I’m so sorry you are going through that. But even if that happened why would you be guilty of that???? You did NOTHING WRONG.
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@Kklrs i know and i don’t even remember any of that i don’t even think it happened but it’s an intrusive thlught
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@Anonymous I know and I totally get you. I’ve been there. It will get better I promise you just should not give in to compulsions
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- 25w
False memory OCD is such a pest. It’s really hard to deal with the feelings of certainty and anxiety, trying to discern if things are false memories or real memories, what if they’re real memories, what if my OCD is right, what if because my OCD was right about one thing it’s also right about this thing, what if it knows something I don’t or haven’t realized yet, what if the real memory it’s taking from is actually false and the false memory is true. And it’s worse because the theme and false memory is so high stakes and it’s terrifying to consider what if it’s actually true and the consequences, but that only feeds the OCD, and it doesn’t help that I keep mentally prodding at it to see if the feelings of certainty are still there. It makes the false memories seem so real, and it’s like it wants me to admit the false memory actually happened when I don’t know that it did, and I’ll never know. I try to sit with the uncertainty but my OCD makes this feel so real and it creates so much certainty that this did happen that it’s so hard to keep telling myself that I don’t know, that this could be a real memory or it might not be and I’ll never know, and to remember that this came up a few days ago and I was pretty sure it was a false memory and I was handling it. Like remembering the false memory made it an actual memory. I have no idea if any of this makes any sense - it’s getting so meta lol. Reading all of this, it’s no wonder it’s so hard to sit with the uncertainty about if it’s a real memory or false. It’s been on my mind over the last week, too, which probably doesn’t help things, because the deeper I try to delve into it, the more complicated it becomes, and trying to point out that logically, it doesn’t make any sense, doesn’t help because my OCD comes up with scenarios and what-ifs and ways that this could have happened. It’s really tough to sit with when my OCD is so convinced this is true and it wants me to be convinced, too. I could really use some support, validation, encouragement, anything. If you made it this far, thanks for reading - please take care of yourselves. ❤️🤗
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- 23w
Can it feel like you literally remember a false memory happening? And it feels like the memory has always been there and you vividly remember it happening that way? Because I don’t even know if I’m experiencing a false memory or not but god it feels so fucking real. Like I literally remember it happening. But what’s weird is the original memory was kind of different. 2 years later, the memory is not the same, but it feels like I literally remember it happening. And in this memory, I’m fucking snapping. I’m acting on my thoughts. I feel like a fucking psycho. I hope this is just OCD
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- 18w
I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly don’t know if it’s real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think it’s true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. I’m really scared I feel like I won’t feel better as long as this “memory” is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
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