- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Most of our thoughts are automatic. Constructed and logical thoughts are the minority. The one you want to keep are useful (do they help you ?). If they're not, let them go. They can be OCD or not, it's not important
Thereās no such thing as an OCD thought. A thought is a thought. Labeling your thoughts can be compulsive. I know that when I did it became another mental compulsion. You donāt have to find out the difference.
This was one of my first themes (didnāt have intrusive thoughts until i started fearing that i would after reading a comment when researching), i started analyzing my thoughts to ease/fix my anxiety until i was diagnosed w/OCD i finally realized these were mental compulsions, i would go in circles in my head over and over trying to figure it out which caused me to almost have a mental breakdown. We have to let go of the fear of our thoughts and the fear of OCD, it will finally lose its power over our mind.
Iāve 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 doesnāt mean itās true or that it defines me. Iāve started learning how to see OCD for what it isājust a disorder trying to trick meāand Iāve become stronger in dealing with it. Has anyone else here had a similar realization? How do you handle these thoughts when they show up?
How to know if you actually have it or if Iām just making up the symptoms? I have a lot of intrusive thoughts constantly and even have a āthemeā but it really surged after I search up what I was experiencing, but then again I search up a lot of what I experience and constantly have to recheck things. My parents say Iām normal but I know Iām not, (both of my siblings have adhd) I find it immensely hard to focus from turning 17-18. Please let me know what you think l! Thanks!
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know itās ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it wonāt bother me but other times I really really donāt know. Itās when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing theyāre something theyāre not or something that doesnāt align with my true morals or intentions. But since itās twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I canāt trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I donāt have ocd at all and Iām just in denial because I donāt want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe thatās just the ocd talking.
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