- 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.
I honestly canāt tell when thoughts are being affected by OCD. Sometimes I think I have what I think are normal āgreyā thoughts, but then OCD adds so much weight to them and I spiral. I had this thought that I wished my boyfriend was more confident or independent. I felt so guilty for thinking it. I told him, and of course it hurt him. He told me itās a normal thought to have, I just dwell on it too much. And that itās the kind of thought most people keep to themselves. Thatās the thing. I donāt know whatās okay to keep to myself and what isnāt. I think sometimes I say things out loud not just to relieve anxiety, but because I genuinely donāt know whatās okay to think or say. I do not know the line between a normal grey thought and something thatās ābadā to think. I donāt know how to tell if itās something I should process privately or something I need to be ashamed of. I get this confusion with intrusive thoughts too, but those are easier to spot and evaluate. This is harder, because again, it is *my* thought. That makes it harder to sit with. Maybe the intrusive part is the voice that questions what kind of person I am for even thinking it. I donāt have the same telltale signs anymore. My physical anxiety isnāt there anymore, itās all in my head and that makes it so much more confusing. But I donāt know. The line between honesty vs compulsion is so blurry. I just feel lost
Please how can an intrusive thought be distinguished from our own thoughts ?
how can you tell the difference between rocd and a real thought you should act on?
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