does anyone else mentally review the past to see if they’re obsession felt true at any other point? it feels like it kind of did for me (i don’t know if the memories are real though), so i’m struggling now more than i ever have with an obsession because it feels more legitimate this time. any advice?
I don’t know I’m stuck there too. I’ve had bad ocd periods in my life but this time it feels different and more like my thoughts are real. I guess that’s just ocd tricking you but yeag
Just last night I was trying to see if my own OCD was real by scanning every time I could remember it “being a sign”. It’s the worst.
So hard to not engage the thoughts because even though it's from the "past" (i don't even know if im remembering things correctly and it kills me) and i can't change it, I just NEED to prove it to myself that it didn't happen this way. If you'd asked me questions maybe a few months ago, I would have been able to lucidly explain things. Now I just feel like I'm in a constant swarm of thoughts, not knowing if anything is real. If my brain is to be trusted. Wish I could just get hypnosis to forget
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!
Does anyone else’s false memory intrusive thoughts of what could have happened feel very, very real?
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