- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Past
Does anyone have their past “proofs” and make it feel like denial because of the past
Does anyone have their past “proofs” and make it feel like denial because of the past
Yes
I would say that everyone who lives with OCD would point to past proofs to prove their point, i.e., that they are a bad person, they are a pedophile, that they are evil. But we cannot change the past, we live only in the present, and everyone on the planet has proof of having done something bad, because as humans we have all done things that we regret. OCD takes that regret and blows it out of proportion. When OCD provides you with "proof" your response may be, maybe I am (fill in the blank) and maybe I am not (fill in the blank), but I am not going to compulse to find out - because compulsing feeds the OCD, like gas feeds a fire. We have to learn to live with the uncertainty of our past, and live in the present, accepting that maybe we are or were a bad person, but that is not today. ERP helps us to learn that we can do that without compulsing. Practicing self-compassion and allowing yourself to be human and not arguing with OCD will help lessen the anxiety.
Yes
I feel like I’m the only one who had these intrusive thoughts when I was young
No not the only one.. it’s something that bothering me a lot
yep
Thank you for making me feel not alone
u are not the only one! i had a lot of them very young
@ocdanonymous! I’m so sorry you are suffering. How have you been doing ??
@OCD33 honestly rlly rlly struggling rn. how r u ??
@ocdanonymous! Same as you I was listening to a series and I’m really freaking out right now but I just can’t figure out why… I don’t know anymore fuck….
@ocdanonymous! Are you in therapy? I know it’s so hard. Sending you strength
I am not sure what you mean by "make it feel like denial because of the past" Are you saying that you go over past proofs but when you do you still feel doubt about the "proof" ? I just want to make sure I understand. But we do know with OCD if we go over the past, when we try to figure it out, when we try to get reassurance or any other compulsion that the doubt just grows. I would encourage you to ask yourself what is some ERP that you could do around this to help?
It just feels like things I did in the past prove that this theme is real .
@OCD33 I found that we have similar experiences, like our ocd is similar.. If you want to talk I’m here. Sometimes I’m good but sometimes I’m not, so no pressure but if at one moment you want to talk I’m here
@S.verv20 Thank you. I was doing good for a while. Now I’m back to not feel good and this feeling like denial.
@OCD33 I can understand.. me it’s not that bad but I question because of sex and orgams etc.. if you want to talk I’m back on this app
@polishgirl I really stress right now it’s like it’s the only thing that’s stressing me right now
Ah the past evidence, well that’s the tricky part of OCD isn’t it? You’ll sit there and be like “but i thought so and so was cute.. and i did this at this age and this at this age” but in reality it’s you mentally reviewing (compulsion) and it’s a tough one to eliminate because i do it to. So i completely understand the feeling there. As hard as it is.. maybe maybe not, maybe plan some exposure as well. Let me know your thoughts
Thank you for responding. It’s so hard to not be like “well you had these thoughts as a kid and you did this as a kid so it must mean denial”.
@OCD33 I understand how you feel, Here is an example of how to respond. Let’s take you and you’re let’s say 9/10/11 years old and you genuinely thought another girl was cute. This might replay in your brain “remember that time…” What’s important is to nip it right there “maybe ocd you’re right” “Wow! You are right!” We tend (i as well) take things to another level and that’s ok, but try and use these techniques, ambiguity, self compassion.
With real event OCD, I don’t know if any of you feel this way, but do you ever feel that the past event(s) that you ruminate about or constantly obsess about are gonna come up in your future and just absolutely ruin you, that’s how I’ve been feeling for months, it just feels like impending doom, and I hate having to even think that my future would be ruined by what I did as a teenager, and I did some dumb things, that I regret so deeply, I just can’t stop thinking about that.
do y’all ever look back at memories from your camera roll and come across the time in your life when things were really bad? because when i do, i just feel so sad for the mental state i was drowning in. not that i’m not still, but i have more perspective on it so i’m able to manage it more. but a couple years ago, i rarely left my bed because of how depressed i had gotten. what’s worse is during that time, i had wished that i wanted to unalive myself. but there was never a point when i did want to so it made me upset because i had no way out if i couldn’t handle it anymore. however, i think that’s a blessing in disguise because i was thankfully able to get out of that dark period. i’m still experiencing terrible anxiety, but because i have those times to reflect on and remember i made it through, it’s motivating.
Have any other experienced mentally going through your past, and finding proof that you once looked at that masculine woman and thought she looked good or something, and now that is a total trigger for you. I mean, i have always been romantacally and saxual into men, and never have i ever wanted to be in a sexual relationship with a girl, that thought is really distressing to me, and actually makes me so sad. But these mentally reviewings has me finding episodes where i have looked at a masculine woman, and found her pretty, attractive or something. But they all looked like men .. and again, i could never see myself being sexual or haven a romantically relationsship with a woman, even thought she look like a man .. Have any other in here find themself in this endless tourturing loop, where you find proof of things … I mean, i have one thousands proofs that im into men, i have been in a relationship for 8 years new, but still these other pictures make me doubt everything about myself, and i am really sad .. Please tell me, that anyone else in here have experienced this, and know that it is normal for HOCD ..
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