Does anyone here believe or prescribe to the ideas of manifestation or law of attraction? I get worried to do some of my ERP because I don’t want to attract of make what I say out loud come true. I know this is magical thinking OCD & that isn’t the core of these beliefs but wondered if anyone else has been through the same thing?
No, as it can easily become a compulsion. I’ve been here for years and I’ve seen a lot of users have a huge issue with this topic that they then have to do intense ERP exercises to overcome. It’s not good for those with OCD. Or, honestly, any mental illness.
This was AMAZING. I dug deep on this online (reassurance I know but I am at the beginning of my journey, and my therapist told me I can’t try and tackle each trigger at the same time, which the perfectionist overachiever in me hates LOL), but in short what I heard from those who I have studied with and respect in the field is this - I share because maybe someone will come across this and it will help them. Manifestation and Law of Attraction works for what you truly WANT and desire. It does not work off of the things you do not want or things you fear. Otherwise every person who was afraid of a plane crashing would crash the plane for everyone else. The world doesn’t work like that because plenty of people have phobias but do not have OCD. Spirit, God, the Universe is looking to help you NOT hurt you. You can only manifest or attract things you truly want and desire - your intrusive thoughts or rumination are things YOU do not want to happen and do not desire, hence why the compulsion occurs. In that light, since we do NOT want these things, fears, intrusive thoughts to happen we cannot attract them. It doesn’t work like that.
I definitely had this and i’ll give you my thoughts on it. I like to think of the whole law of attraction in a more general sense. it does not mean if i think x then y will happen. it’s more “if i am constantly looking for x to happen then I am more likely to put myself in a situation where y will happen” it’s more a matter of your unconscious putting you in situations to succeed/fail in what you want/don’t want depending on your thought patterns. but you have to really know that it’s not that you thought about this things that this is the reason they are happenings. it’s more a slow process that when you identify with these thoughts then you are more likely to put yourself in situations that further identify you with them if that makes sense I would think of ERP like this, directly thinking about and exposing yourself to these trigger does not mean these things are going to happen. instead ERP is an action that you want to improve and i think what you will attract by doing ERP is a lifestyle that is healthier and more likely to help you succeed. sorry for the paragraph i hope that makes sense ahah
Does anyone ever feel like you know you have OCD, but at the same time you think it might actually be you connecting to a higher consciousness or vibration that is trying to control your decisions so that the outcome does not turn out bad kind of like the butterfly effect. It drives me crazy because I know I’m conscious that it’s OCD but at the same time I overthink and feel like it might be a higher power trying to warn me that I’m not doing something right, like example; if I flip the trash can lid a couple more times it’s going to pervert something bad from happening and that why I’m sensing I’m not doing it right, because if I spent a little more time there and if I would have left earlier the outcome would’ve been different. Or say I just fight through it and choose to ignore it, but then I’ll carry that negativity/worry of not feeling like I did it right and will project it out into existence because the thought won’t leave my head and in a way your seeking it out into existence since you keep thinking about it, kind of like an affirmation?
I’m thinking about doing erp but my ocd is so severe the thought of accepting my fears happening to me makes me sick to my stomach. I also believe in the power of my words and saying I accept this Bad thing will attract it into my life. I’m not sure what I should do🥲
One of my primary themes is “just right” OCD, paired with magical thinking. I don’t actually believe something bad will happen, but I feel like I deliberately make up scary, catastrophic thoughts like “xyz person will die” just to pressure myself into doing the just-right compulsion and relieve the anxiety. It’s like I use magical thinking as a tool, even though I know it’s irrational. Does this still count as magical thinking? Can anyone else relate?
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