Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
Nightmares
False memories are kicking my butt :( It’s getting so bad again. The memory keeps getting realer and realer the more I think of it. Or I don’t even try to think it just pops up like a flashback.
DevuDevu
- User type
- NOCD Alumni
- Date posted
- 2y
This sounds really upsetting to deal with.OCD can be very convincing. I generally just stop trying to figure out which memories are false for the time being when this happens to me. I just try and engage with the physical world, and go on a walk, sing, touch blankets and walls, try and get out of my head. Take it day by day, you got this!
Stardust777Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
@Devu Yes it’s weird because it started off as an intrusive thought and I think that’s why I know it’s a false memory… I think I was having intrusive thoughts at the time. But it doesn’t matter because my brain still made a whole story up.
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
I am so sorry that you are experiencing this. Please know that this is actually common when you have OCD. But the more you try and replay/review or figure out a memory, the less reliable it becomes, and the more doubt you have- as you have seen from your post. The way to help it is to not engage the memory/thought- to sit in the uncertainty of it- as hard as that is. Have you done any ERP?
Stardust777Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
@NOCD Therapist - Stacy Q. No I haven’t, I think it’s time I do. How does erp work?
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