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My entire OCD automated system is centered around this thought or “theme.” It is so scary when thoughts of randomly cheating “pop up” and I don’t remember regardless of what amount of time has passed and your body genuinely feels the guilt and pressure. I’m currently being treated by medication, therapy and exposure therapy. My thoughts are a lot less frequent and reactive than before (as well as compulsions). I feared reading the rest of this post because it mirrors mine. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
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i suggest watching youtube videos about false memory ocd, and i seriously doubt that you did cheat on your partner
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I have this too....thinking I've cheated...it sucks
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Thank you dostrick. This is super scary. I'm back on medication, and starting therapy soon. I hope it will go away soon, and not ruin my relationship.
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Does it ever happen to you guys after alcohol?
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I would look into a couple things Number 1 . Why am I so preoccupied with the false memory. Is the problem really in the memory or that I'm scared something bad might happen if I don't solve it. Is it possible that I'm hooked on the 7 months because *7* is a lucky number and really I think it has to do with memory but I'm preacupies with magical thinking OCD like I'm down on my luck and therefore the relationship was "7 months" over ....
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Basically, am I struggling with Rocd or maybe It's just I'm scared that something bad may of happened through me not being careful in the past and now I need to solve the past so something bad doesn't happen... Meaning is it really an issue with false memory. Are you searched for the cumpolsions but not finding it? I was searching for my false memory cumpolsions for 2 years until I noticed that my only problem was that something bad may of happen if I don't solve the events. So I came up with the saying "something bad might happen " and than everything diminished because OCD learned that yes, maybe something bad will happen and there is nothing I can do about it. Take a few steps back and see what else is there, what's beanetg the obssesions? What else happened . Did I feel betraited maybe I'm having some anger to. Maybe I need something like Emdr to reprocess the events. Sometimes we run to conclusions and try assessing the situation by saying it's relation - OCD but really the theme changed to something else. Or I want to get revenge on my "x" and now I'm heading towards Some trauama and so on. I have switched from Zoloft to Prozac and my urgency to solve false memory went down very quickly. A great way to tell if medication should be looked into is am I having maldaptive thinking styles? Am I thinking in all or nothing. Am I hyperfocused on the obssesion ? And most importantly how is my appetite doing? Maybe Depression is playing a role Please note , I'm not a clinical proffesional so please don't take my advice for any licensed professional
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my problem is my mind causes false memories after drinking...I never get them when sober
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I know it's out of fear of losing him. I can't imagine my life without him. Early on in our relationship he mentioned that us cheating on each other is the only thing that could break us up because he was so sure I was it for him (and I feel the same). I am sober when I have these thoughts, but I fear going out for a drink with any of my girlfriends because of my OCD. It's really affecting my social life. I feel like a monster the more real my false memories become. I'm on Effexor (because Paxil was giving me bad side effects), but I don't know if this one is working either as it's been only 3 week
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Any advice? I just got triggered by false memory OCD. There is no indicator or memory of me doing anything bad, only the what if. So how can I deal with uncertainty because if I did do the false memory it would go against my morals?? Not something extremely unforgivable just like not ideal and against my morals… I don’t know if it happened. I have no memory of my false memory happen only the “what if” which is enough to scare me FOR CONTEXT: I was in the mental hospital when I was 16, and made a few friends. Some just a grade below me, so 14-15. I remember bringing up in convo someone I met previously at the mental hospital earlier in that year a different time I was hospitalized , to which a boy responded he knew her, and they did (seggsual) stuff at their school. The girl I was talking about at that time was 14. So im assuming the boy was 14 as well. 13 and up is together in the hospital, so he couldn’t be younger than 13. I have no memories of him flirting with me or me flirting with him. Or anything bad happening. Literally just “what if”.. or what if he wasn’t 14 but 13 and u said something inappropriate or flirted with him. I will never be able to know what happened and I’m sick thinking about this. 13 and 16 is NOT WITHIN MY MORALS. I am worried because the only inappropriate I guess convo had is when he was telling me what happened between him and that girl I knew. I also remember him having a bulge down there and it freaked me out and made me feel weird at the time because I noticed it. (At this time I was already diagnosed with OCD and experienced POCD) I try to tell myself maybe maybe not. But the what if it did happen makes me feel like a p33do, and me thinking it didn’t happen doesn’t satisfy me because I don’t have 100 percent certainty
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im going to be vague here, but basically i did something in the past that i regret and it became a huge point of my OCD but i have talked to my therapist and i have mostly moved past it. i watched a video by an OCD youtuber that really put it into perspective. anyway, i have been with minimal worry for a few days, but now im having worries related to i think false memory? basically it’s like “oh but what if i said/ did this and just forgot that means i harmed this person im a bad person”. to me it sounds like textbook OCD but im just wondering if anyone else has experienced false memory / real event at the same time. i have a really horrible memory which is making it even more stressful. any responses are appreciated!
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Currently I have several different OCD fears that pop up throughout the week depending on the situation. I've noticed a commonality between all of them are the fears relating to memory/false memory. Today is the ROCD struggle I've been dealing with. I know OCD has been trying this on me lately because of how much I love my spouse. They are my absolute best friend and she's my world. I value our marriage and friendship more than anything. OCD has latched onto one specific female coworker. And I don't even know why because even if I were single I wouldn't be into her. Even still, OCD makes me think I've cheated on my wife every time I'm alone with this coworker at work. Always starts as a what if, followed by imagery, followed by feelings that I must've actually done something and can't remember it. Usually fearing I've kissed her. It hurts because I know I'd never do that to my wife and I love her so much...the idea of losing her kills me, especially if it were the result of something I did. Just wanted to vent. Feel free to share your experiences or vents as well
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