Anonymous
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- 3y
KklrsKklrs
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- 3y
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 :)
Sparkle_kiwiSparkle_kiwi
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- 3y
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?😞
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
@princessem i don’t bc i’m focusing on something from two years ago:/ same situation
KklrsKklrs
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- 3y
@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
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
@Kklrs this was like two years ago and today is our 4 year anniversary and i can’t help but feel so freaking guilty..
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
@Kklrs i even remember crying a lot that night but i think it’s bc i admitted to having an eating disorder.
KklrsKklrs
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- 3y
@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
Sparkle_kiwiSparkle_kiwi
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- 3y
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
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
yup me too
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
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
Sparkle_kiwiSparkle_kiwi
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- 3y
@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
Sparkle_kiwiSparkle_kiwi
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- 3y
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
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
i hate this. like I CANT HANDLE IT ITS OUR 4 YEARS TOMORROW
Sparkle_kiwiSparkle_kiwi
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- 3y
@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”?
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
@princessem ok true that’s so annoying bc when i AM with him i’m so happy and not anxious
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
TW: SA i’m scared bc now what if i got raped???
KklrsKklrs
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- 3y
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.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
@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
KklrsKklrs
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- 3y
@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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