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- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
Do you want to talk about it? I’m in exactly the same boat. Ive tried almost every online forum out there (please don’t the people are horrible) and asked almost everyone in my life. I too feel like I can’t move on!! It’s honestly the worst form ocd can take I swear
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Is the real event the problem? Or is the OCD interpretation of the event the problem? Also, even if you were to get an honest opinion of your real event, would OCD accept this, or continue to doubt it? The best way to handle Real Event OCD is to accept uncertainty and practice ERP. An imaginal exposure script is a common form of ERP therapy for real events OCD. This is where you take one of the fears driving your obsessive thoughts and play it out to the worst possible end. As you can imagine, using imaginal exposure scripts can be uncomfortable because it requires unfolding hypothetical scenarios your mind has labeled the worst possible thing that can happen. However, the idea behind ERP is to habituate yourself to these fearful thoughts so that they will loosen their grip on you. Eventually you’ll get to a point where you are relatively comfortable with the uncertainty of these past actions, and the obsessive thoughts will reside. If you don't feel comfortable doing ERP by yourself, I recommend doing it with a trained ERP-therapist. I've dealt with real event ocd and I can say it does work! It might also be helpful to check out NOCD's support groups just to know you're not alone. https://www.treatmyocd.com/support-groups How to Accept Uncertainty with OCD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKmY1IeFf8&t=137s How do I deal with guilt or doubt over a memory? with Dr. McGrath, Davida Vaughn & Dr. Solarin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EEriK-0VGk&t=178s What Is Real Event OCD? https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/real-events-ocd
- Date posted
- 3y
I totally agree with everything that you said, and it’s so hard to do what’s best even when I know it will help me. However, I do feel that, if I got an honest opinion I would be able to accept it! It’s just really hard to find one
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- 20w
I’m scared people are using me for their personal gain and that no one on this earth will ever view me as an actual person. I don’t want to be someone’s friend/girlfriend/wife because they’re lonely, I want to be in their life because they actually like me and VALUE me. I don’t know the difference between my instinct and my ocd sometimes. I think I tend to make sound judgements and usually perceive others accurately to the truth of who they really are; but now im scared to do this because what if im proved wrong once again, wasted my time, and ignored signs I should’ve noticed all along? I cannot make this mistake again. I can’t trust another person again to the point where I think if they compliment me, talk to me, or make an effort to know me, they’re only doing it for a transactional, convenient purpose. They must want something from me that is something superficial/benefits only them, not a real or authentic connection. My brain is telling me they must all be lying to me because they pity me, and think im dumb or naive. This is not how I feel about my relationships with people, this is how my ocd thinks others perceive me. I feel like im getting punished over and over again for making past mistakes and God is sending me people who don’t actually like/love me to teach me a lesson. I can’t fucking stand it anymore. I wish I could trade lives with someone who doesn’t think this way. I don’t understand what I did to deserve the weirdest/meanest people come into my life and fuck my perception of humanity even more than how I viewed it before. Can someone tell me why I even care this much about it? What do I do? Why does this happen?? I’m crying and im so embarassed im even posting this. We have such small amounts of time on earth and my head sabotages me to hate every minute of it. I want it to stop
- Date posted
- 13w
I’m really struggling with real event ocd at the moment because I feel like no one else has done what I did so I’m the exception. I spoke about this already here but I’ve literally been crying every day I feel so hopeless at the moment I wish I could just go back to the years I spent doing this thing and stop myself because my life could have been so much different now. I hate myself so much because I cannot forgive myself. What I did isn’t morally bad it just does not align with my current identity so I really struggle with accepting myself because of my past mistakes. I wish so badly that I had a friend who went through the same thing because I feel so alone
- Date posted
- 6w
Someone please reply Idk how to move on from this one. I’m scared I’ll feel like this forever. 2-4 years ago I made mistakes what if they come back to haunt me. I’ll never know until they do and that scares me. How do I keep living my life if I’m scared of worst case scenarios all the time. I feel like I need to confess to everyone so that if it does come back at least my friends and family won’t be so hurt by it idk what to do
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