so i usually don’t get violent intrusive thoughts like stabbing or hurting people ect. my intrusive thoughts are more false memory/ real event based. like my intrusive thoughts will be like “what if this happened, what if im___” “did i do this” and then yeah. is this still ocd if i don’t have thoughts intrusive about stabbing or hurting people? my intrusive thoughts are more bad questions regarding the past.
Yes this is ocd, i struggled with this but it’s important that you sit with uncertainty. Maybe you did? maybe you didn’t? who cares it is in the past. now let’s say IF, not saying if you did but IF you did you would still be deserving of acceptance no matter the severity, you are not you past. Maybe try to look at it that way? but anyways yes this is OCD you just have doubt which ocd loves to feed off of
Allow these thoughts to be there without responding to them Just like the other comment said, reply to these thoughts with no significance. "maybe yes, maybe no.. thanks.. cool."
@Todd James let’s say something bad did happen. but i don’t know if my ocd is catastrophising it and making me feel tons of guilt. do i do the same thing and leave it in the past and not respond to it? and don’t adress it?
@👎 OK, fair question That's the hard part because we think that if we feel an emotion then it must be true. Why? because it feels true Most OCD is guilt related, so you can ask yourself the question. Do I just want to get rid of the anxiety and guilt or is there something that should actually be done? If anxiety wasn't there, would you need to do anything? Is this thought and guilt extremely repetitive? Some people without OCD, do something that makes them feel guilty. They either slowly get over it or make it right and then let it go. Someone with OCD will be on a loop of guilt followed by compulsion(the compulsion can be self talk or reassurance) For me my compulsion was to confess things I did wrong to people and it was just to get rid of my own anxiety. These confessions actually started doing more harm to people so clearly I was just desperately trying to remove my own guilt. Hope this rant helps? any more questions?
I’m sorry you’re dealing with these fears. “What ifs” are a very common way that OCD fears manifest. Here are a couple of articles that describe the subtypes it sounds like you may be dealing with. Real Event OCD: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/real-events-ocd False Memory OCD: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/false-memory-ocd I’ve heard therapists recommend: if it feels like OCD, even if you’re not SURE, treat it like it is. Have you done any ERP? If you’re interested in getting some more support, I highly recommend working with an ERP therapist! You can always call NOCD to talk through our options and see whether you’d want to try it out.
Yes, it’s still OCD and I go through the same thing. My intrusive thoughts are mainly based off of real events and/or false memories.
okay so i’ve had anxiety since i was atleast 8 and ocd since i could remember. and i’ve always done this thing where i’m like omg what if this is a sign and it stresses me out so much.. lately i’ve been having harm ocd thoughts worrying about hurting my partner and then yesterday i came across a tik tok video of a girl doing a reading and in the video she said whatever you’re thinking just do it and make that change and then in my head i’m like " what if this is trying to give me a sign about my harm ocd thoughts, what if it’s telling me to do it" but the thing is i would never hurt anyone nor even want to think about doing it.. these thoughts make me so anxious is this overthinking and does this count as intrusive thoughts as well? i’m always worried and think that what if one day i start to listen to my thoughts about thinking it’s a sign and it makes me SO ANXIOUS. is this normal for ocd/anxiety and how do i get rid of it?
Is it still only ocd when you think/obsess/ruminate over if something traumatic happened TO YOU not by you? Sometimes I get weird groinals or intrusive thoughts near my family members. It makes me wonder and ruminate over if something may have happened and I just can’t remember. Thoughts like, “What if I was abused and can’t remember?” I haven’t had this issue in a while but it came back up because I had a bad dream :( I know dreams are meaningless so I don’t want to ruminate over it but I don’t really know if anyone else has themes directed towards others like this. It’s almost like what if I have PTSD and don’t know it? Please help
I’m not sure if this is ocd but sometimes I’ll just be doing literally anything and my brain will be like what if this this and this happens and it’ll be like so random like an example id be like walking home and id be like what if my whole family got k!lled in this really brutal way and it’ll have nothing to do with anything im doing ill just get a really vivid thought of something horrible happening and it freaks me out every time and sometimes I just have random ones about like me like having a whole scenario of me singing in front of my whole school and everyone loving it (I can’t sing) sometimes the thoughts are just intrusive thoughts or somethings they’re like full on daydreams where there’s like a whole plot to it like even the bad scary ones it’s weird
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