Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
Scared
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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- 2y
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Stardust777Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
@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….
Stardust777Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
@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.
Hopeful2022Hopeful2022
- Date posted
- 2y
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 !!
Meg JohnsonMeg Johnson
- Date posted
- 2y
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.
Meg JohnsonMeg Johnson
- Date posted
- 2y
Same
Meg JohnsonMeg Johnson
- Date posted
- 2y
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
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- 20w
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andrewt_
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 17w
Question about false memories, please help
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
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