- Date posted
- 3y
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
This is actually, I think, called a back spike? In which you become sort of “immune” to the thoughts, and so when you have no reaction to them it makes you question yourself. My advice is to just let the thought sit there and try not to pay it any attention. I know it’s hard but you will get through this
- Date posted
- 3y
it’s called the back door effect or spike and it’s a good thing we want to be numb, i’m totally in the same boat and it’s making me question everythjng but then i start to recognize i’m so much closer to recovery
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- Date posted
- 19w
I’ve been thinking a lot about how OCD changes the way we see ourselves, but I recently realized that I am not my thoughts. Just because a thought pops up doesn’t mean it’s true or that it defines me. I’ve started learning how to see OCD for what it is—just a disorder trying to trick me—and I’ve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
- Date posted
- 16w
I think when people are saying OCD is egodystonic is really triggering me and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I’m going through a really bad relapse and right now I’m trying to figure out if my thoughts are truly egodystonic, like I how do I know I won’t act on them, how can I trust my emotions and everything. I feel really confused and I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore or how I carry on with life because it’s so long and I’m so unsure of everything that’s going on in my head. Like how do I know that this is OCD and true desires/urges. I’m so confused.
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- 11w
I have really bed harming intrusive thoughts and sometimes feels like it’s feeling! The thoughts happening every day and the hardest part is that I’m testing my self in head all the time if that’s what I am or want!!! Also, so many times feels like I’m been tricking myself and doctor or people and maybe I don’t have OCD, just that maybe it’s me really!!!! How can I know who I am really 🥹???!!??
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