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- halespineapple18halespineapp...
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- 5y ago
Asking ones around you for reassurance is actually a compulsion and feeds into the ocd making the false memories even stronger. The best thing to do is to actually embrace the uncertainty and tell ocd that they may have happened but you are willing to accept that and move on. ERP is an effective form of treatment for false memories, for instance, it may involve writing a script about your false memory and repeatedly listening to it. This allows your brain to get “bored” with the fear/ anxiety associated with the memory. It also retrains your brain to react different to the fear, instead of compulsively ruminating, etc. The acceptance of uncertainty helps me the most and ERP is helping as well. Medication has been helpful as well. Best wishes!
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- De'DeDe'De
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- 5y ago
Hello my name is De'De im a 27 year old woman! With the world at my feet!! and i suffer with mostly false memory ocd! This includes cheating ocd! I have urges and sexual impulsive to cheat on my boyfriend! Even though i would never do such a thing! As we are madly In love! However my intrusive thoughts target what is close to me! And i get vivid memories that i have cheated on my partner with random strangers passing in street! I also have suffered from many forms of ocd in past which i have recovered from due to ERP medication treatment! And refusing compulsions!... I am currently in recovery! And i am on a waiting list for further treatment!... So yes i suffer with false memories and experience intrusive thoughts of a sexual aggressive nature! But i have managed to take those thoughts and take them to a place of peace and self exceptance of my thoughts! As i believe fully understanding our disorder allows us to move forward with our recovery... Stay strong ?☺️?
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- MaureenMaureen
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- 5y ago
I used to have Harm OCD with false memories years ago. I was better for a while and then 6 months after being with my partner I developed ROCD with regards to believing that I cheated because of false memories. It's hell. Literal hell. Stay strong, and be prepared that through recovery things might get worse before they get better, but they will get better; they have to.
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- idont241idont241
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- 5y ago
I tell myself my ocd is making all these things up because I know hey aren’t true. I wouldn’t ask family or friends because that is a form of resssurance
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- Eve23Eve23
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- 5y ago
I struggle with this loads, but I don't really have a good coping mechanism yet :/
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- deputydean
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Question for you guys, Those of you who suffer from HOCD or POCD and have vivid memories that contradict who you feel you are, how do you manage those memories? I had an OCD/anxiety attack that clinged on to the memories around me being curious after being bullied in school. My OCD keeps telling me that I enjoyed those experiences more than I should have. Even though it ended in tears and me knowing that that's not who I am, my OCD keeps telling me that it's an indication of my being gay or bi. I realize that some of those memories may be fake, but in the scope of acceptance of uncertainty let's assume that everything is right. My therapist tried to calm me down by saying that this is really normal and expected in young children and that it has nothing to do with who we are, especially since I was interested in girls and always fantasized about chased after them from a very young age.
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- forestlife00
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- 5y ago
Anyone else struggle with real event type OCD (OCD latches on to a real life situation you’ve experienced)? How can we know the difference between what actually happened and if it’s just my OCD making me feel like a horrible person? Specifically with harm/pedophile OCD. Anyone ever experienced this before?
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