- Date posted
- 3y
compulsive acts of kindness
i always worry that i’m bad so i do nice things and then i feel worse bc i’m like i only did this to feel less anxious so i’m selfish lol
i always worry that i’m bad so i do nice things and then i feel worse bc i’m like i only did this to feel less anxious so i’m selfish lol
If I’m only there was more people like you in the world <3 I often have this thought. And I conclude that the core thought is to be nice.. therefore at the very least my intentions are good, even if I only did it because I feel like I think only did it because I look down on my self. Either way I did a good a thing. That’s more then most people do.
i deal with this a lot as well! it’s unfair, but doubts are just a byproduct of the disorder so please be nice to yourself. the nice things you do shows your true character, not ocd thoughts!
I feel the same, it’s like I’m jsut playing and acting part
cause immense guilt when receiving gifts? Or when someone is nice to you, the guilt just floods every vein of your existence. I feel so awful :( awful about my compulsions, about some of my thoughts, about who OCD has made me. My boyfriend just gifted me something, and I have such a heavy feeling in my chest. Worst part is: when I’m not feeling guilty I’m spiraling over that gift was enough, if it could’ve been “better.” I feel like an idiot. I don’t understand why I’m like this
I don't know if this is exactly a compulsion, but for a few months I had this mindset of "I have to be anxious so that nothing bad will happen." It was mostly when I went out in any way. Sometimes it was for other people too. For example if my mom went to the store/to get food without me. This was mostly during the time when I had been staying inside constantly for a little over a month. Idk if it was an exact cause but I had seen someone who FOLLOWED me last year, hence why I was staying inside. I guess I just want to know if this is common? I know that the whole "if I do this, then this won't happen" thing is common in ocd, but idk how common it is to somewhat force yourself to be anxious.
It use to be so much worse but I notice I over share so bad, some examples are like whenever I’m in the store and I buy some random things and I’m checking out I always try to sneak in a reason for the stuff I’m buying so the cashier doesn’t think I’m weird even tho it’s probably regular stuff. Or if I think I said something wrong to someone I try to find a way to add in something to say to ensure they heard me correct. Most times this has worked other times it’s just me overthinking it. It’s so silly but annoying sometimes. I always over share things in case someone thinks I’m weird or something. Sometimes I even do it on here, if I think my post is confusing or someone could take it out of context, I’ll say something in the comments in case someone thinks I’m strange. It’s hard to kinda just let people think whatever, but my ocd seems to obsess a lot over what others are thinking. It sucks. I always have to know what they’re thinking and if I can’t I’ll try to get them to not think that way but I can’t help what anyone’s thinking about me.
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