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Some false memories feel more real that others…..why??? Is it because this one is “connected” to a real event ?? That is stressing me out
Some false memories feel more real that others…..why??? Is it because this one is “connected” to a real event ?? That is stressing me out
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@scenic Yes :( my brain tells me that since I did something bad in the real event (I feel extremely guilty about it)I could be capable of doing this false memory too….
@scenic I had no memory of it….I was just ruminating on the guilt of the real event then I got a flashback of this false memory and it got worse from there.
The more distressing memories will seem realer to you if you keep on trying to figure out what happened. Don't let OCD win. You've got this !!
I heard something that really helped me that said that memory is contextual, and when it shows up in your brain you are now looking at it through the current context.
Same
It really helps me hearing how memory can be changed over time and doesn't mean the actual events happened. But it does suck when ocd throws more false memories at you despite knowing this
I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly don’t know if it’s real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think it’s true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. I’m really scared I feel like I won’t feel better as long as this “memory” is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
can a false memory feel very very very real? because i literally don’t know if something happened or not. absolutely no clue but it feels so real
Real event, legal ocd, and false memory ocd around events that happened years ago but never bothered me till a month ago and now my life is being destroyed because I feel sooooooooooo guilty
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