overanalyzing everything

Lately I haven’t been able to enjoy watching movies. I just keep asking myself questions like, Why do we watch movies? Why do we like them? What do we like about them? And in these questions I’m constantly looking to push past some type of brain block. Like intense brain fog. And because of the brain fog , I can’t enjoy anything , cause I’m too paralyzed by the feeling of trying to feel something, when I feel nothing. This has happened with music and why we like sounds. Why we like sports. Why we like sex. I just keep questioning everything about everything I like until the reason I liked it , and the feeling that comes with liking it, are just blocked off by this intense brain fog. Forcing me to just sit in a room all day trying to push past it. As if once I get this magical answer to these questions I’ll be able to enjoy what I like again . But of course I’m gonna just ruminate the process over once I get the answer anyway. At this point I’m just rambling so if anyone else has experienced anything even remotely like this please let me know. I wish you all a piece of mind Happy Tuesday

Username: thrutheweather

Date posted: 82d ago

When I catch myself doing this. I literally say ‘why not?’ ‘Idk’ ‘what am I going on about?’ Even ‘girl shut up’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣 - if I researched all the questions that came into my head on a day to day basis I wouldn’t get anything done. ‘What if..’ I just respond ‘maybe’ ‘don’t have time rn’ and try to keep going about my day. Half the time I’m mindlessly doing something and still trying to work out what I was thinking but I try to break the cycle as much as I can… Patrick McGrath made me laugh in one of his webinars… he said 100’s of philosophers couldn’t work out these same questions, you won’t either. Your OCD tries to make you feel like you need to. Like it’s your purpose. It’s not. I used to get answers and more questions would appear. I find that a lot of people with OCD are highly analytical… chronic over thinkers (I mean that’s like 3/4 of the disorder 🤣) - you have to find ways to break the rumination cycle. I’m still finding ways myself but I relate! You’re not alone ❤️

Username: Dee C

Date posted: 81d ago

I can relate. However, this is ruminating and that’s a compulsion. Not to mention, not only is ocd a lier, it is sneaky. I’ve learned that ocd will attach to whatever and get you chasing it into the rabbit hole. I’ve come to realize that there are many questions, that inherently have no answers. And with no answers I accept the uncertainty. Otherwise I’ll be stuck trying to figure it out and not being in the moment. Stay strong. We got this!!!