How do you separate ocd thoughts from normal thoughts? How can you distinguish between the two? My mind makes me feel that most of my thoughts are ocd thoughts.

Marjolaine

181d ago

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

zayjay123

181d ago

There’s 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 don’t have to find out the difference.

iamnotocd

180d ago

This was one of my first themes (didn’t 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.