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Hello friend. I'm struggling with this right now too. It's tough, but you have to come to the conclusion that you can't figure it out and keep moving forward. I've been doing pretty well, but I slipped a bit a couple of days ago. I've done it before and I can do it again (although it feels like I can't right now). Do you want to talk about it?
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Yeah, it’s just really tough. I’ve been struggling a lot with it, I’m trying to tell myself that if it’s as bad as I remember I’d surely remember, but it’s all really difficult
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@OCDHaver I totally understand where you're coming from. I've really had to learn to just sit with the discomfort and do nothing about it. That is what you need to practice. It feels impossible and you'll feel awful trying to ignore it, but you have to push on. OCD wants to to linger where you're at. It wants you to react. It takes time and a lot of practice my friend. I recommend looking up Nathan Peterson on YouTube for real event OCD and any other themes! He's been super helpful.
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Don’t engage with the thought AT ALL. Over time you will see it differently. Look up Ali Greymond real events on youtube
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I’ll look into her
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@OCDHaver She really helped me SO much
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I don’t know, if they’re not a big deal, they usually just leave, but this one bothers me, but idk
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So hard to not engage the thoughts because even though it's from the "past" (i don't even know if im remembering things correctly and it kills me) and i can't change it, I just NEED to prove it to myself that it didn't happen this way. If you'd asked me questions maybe a few months ago, I would have been able to lucidly explain things. Now I just feel like I'm in a constant swarm of thoughts, not knowing if anything is real. If my brain is to be trusted. Wish I could just get hypnosis to forget
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Hi all, I’m really grateful for all the support I’ve gotten from people in the last few days. My mental health is at an all time low and I really appreciate the relief people have brought. I had a question about whether an intrusive image of a potentially imagined event can feel just as real as a real memory. I’m doing my best to stop ruminating over an image I have in my head, and have gone so far as requested security footage of myself and have been told both through that and by my friends that nothing bad happened, but the image in my head feels just as real as other memories. I was also drinking the night in question, which makes it harder for me to dismiss the image and makes me feel like I shouldn’t. I was just wondering if imagined images can feel just as real? I’m trying to use tools to ignore the image, and have therapy scheduled for tomorrow, but I feel like I can’t responsibly dismiss the image even with the evidence I’ve gathered if there’s something about a real memory that looks different in the brain and that if so, that suggests my memory is real and I should confess it. I’m really working on stopping reassurance seeking as well, especially now that even after being told that nothing bad happened when the establishment I was at reviewed security footage, my brain is telling me “they’re probably just lying and never reviewed it.” I know I need to just stop ruminating, reassurance seeking, and mentally checking the memory, but I just don’t know if I can/should in case the image is what I should trust more, if that makes sense.
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How can I deal with False Memory OCD? I am struggling with ruminating thoughts, and trying to figure out false memories! How can I enjoy my day without figuring it out?
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