Anxiousaddie
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
False memory
Has anyone falsely confessed a memory bc when it popped in you thought it was real
Meg JohnsonMeg Johnson
- Date posted
- 2y
Yeah, it really does suck. I feel like false memories have kept me trapped in my ocd.
Stardust777Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
@Meg Johnson Yeah same here, I feel like I was doing so much better then I got this false memory and o feel like it just came up with it so I could stay trapped :(
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@Stardust777 This happens to me as well.
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
I'm always afraid I did something wrong & don't remember... especially after drinking
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 I stress about it for days
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 I constantly ask the friends i was with for reassurance that I didn't do anything bad
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 Mine does as well, I imagine what could have happened if there was a small moment I didn't remember and I'll almost think it's real because I obsessed on it for so long
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 That's exactly how I felt 2 weekends ago! I'm not even going to go hangout this weekend bc the anxiety the next day is too much.
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 That's what's happening to me. It's terrible, I feel like I don't deserve him
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 That's definitely not true & I don't want you to think that. Isn't it crazy how much different ocd is than the misconception everyone has about it? It's just not even close to what ppl think it is. So i feel like my friends don't understand why I keep asking for reassurance...
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 I hate that it's so misconstrued. Can I ask you something? My boyfriend and I were looking at rings yesterday and part of me is so excited about it but there's still the other side that's telling me I don't deserve him and that I ruined my relationship already and that we just don't know it yet. Everytime something good happens, or I'm feeling good about what's going on, the thoughts surround me and completely ruin those good feelings. Does this happen to you?
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 I just wanna be happy in my relationship without these negative thoughts UUGHH!
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 A couple months ago I started feeling awful about something I did in middle school... I'm 24 now. It's been at least 10 years. You got anxiety in your relationship over something you did 3 years ago?
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 That sucks, have you been together that long?
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 Do you talk to him about it?
sidneyrae7sidneyrae7
- Date posted
- 2y
@swyd7 Same. I've told him that I'm scared I did something wrong & don't remember. He tells me not to worry & that I didn't. There's just a lot of stuff I can't explain to him tho, I can't explain it to anyone besides in this app where ppl understand.
Stardust777Stardust777
- Date posted
- 2y
Yea….several times. They tell me to let it go :( but I can’t it feels too real like a movie….
Meg JohnsonMeg Johnson
- Date posted
- 2y
Yes
Meg JohnsonMeg Johnson
- Date posted
- 2y
I feel the same way
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andrewt_
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w
Question about false memories, please help
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- Date posted
- 23w
false memory or repressed memory?
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- Date posted
- 19w
False memory
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