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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
Does anyone else’s false memory intrusive thoughts of what could have happened feel very, very real?
Can it feel like you literally remember a false memory happening? And it feels like the memory has always been there and you vividly remember it happening that way? Because I don’t even know if I’m experiencing a false memory or not but god it feels so fucking real. Like I literally remember it happening. But what’s weird is the original memory was kind of different. 2 years later, the memory is not the same, but it feels like I literally remember it happening. And in this memory, I’m fucking snapping. I’m acting on my thoughts. I feel like a fucking psycho. I hope this is just OCD
How do you know the difference :( I genuinely cannot keep living in this torment. it all started with an ‘intrusive thought’ where I had like a hazy flash of something reading an article. and I remember thinking ‘what if’ and ‘what is this’ and then that intrusive thought turned into me ‘remembering’ something else. which caused me panic. then I started trying to find evidence because it contradicted what I remembered this entire time. this was last year in like september. fast forward to march this year, it came back up- but this time stronger and with more ‘details’ and what nots. and I’ve been ruminating on it since then trying to remember and connect and It’s like I’ve added all of these details. but are they real? or is this just my OCD? I just feel like if it were real I would have never been able to keep it to myself. but also what if it was so traumatic that I blocked it out? because it all makes NO sense for me to do something like that. but it also fits what I was thinking at the time. idk
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