real events ocd? or is this ocd at all?

usually when i get events that my ocd latches onto. sometimes it could last days. or sometimes it will only last hours. i’ll still idk compulsions. and my mind will still catastrophise the event. and i’ll still feel terrible. and all that stuff. but sometimes these distressing thoughts can last hours to days. does this mean i still have ocd? does this mean ocd is latching onto this? sometimes something could happen and a min later i’ll obsess over it. but sometimes it could only last hours or days. if this isn’t ocd then this means i’m a terrible person. and that makes the fears and stuff real. please someone help

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

and sometimes i wonder if something happens. i think “am i just blaming everything on ocd to give myself peace” and it stresses me out. i don’t know if stuff happens that if my ocd latches onto it or not. i’m like panicking wondering if i even have it.

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

@help. and sometimes reassurance does work sometimes. does this mean it isn’t ocd latching on?

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

@help. and sometimes i worry that. what if this isn’t ocd making this a very big worry. what if this is something i’m genuienly supposed to be worried and guilty about and i’m just using ocd as an excuse. i’m freaking out and i keep readings others post to see if i actuslly havé real event ocd. and researching ect.

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

@help. and sometimes even if i dknt do erp. thé thoughts can go away. does this completely mean i don’t have ocd. i’m so worried. if i don’t have ocd that means everything i’ve struggled with is a lie and that means that everything is a big worry and that im a bad person ect. please. help.

Anotherday333

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

Thanks for sharing what goes on inside your head. Although the content changes my thoughts move in that way too. I can’t say if you have OCD or not. Nothing is every 100% and I’m not a doctor or therapist or trained to dx. But I can say you are not alone.

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

@ncamp816 😭😭😭😭😭

Anotherday333

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@help. I know its hard. But there are good therapists here who can help you find your way out of the spiderweb of thoughts that block you in.

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

@ncamp816 i have a theroaist. she adresses me as having ocd but hasn’t diagnosed me. from what i’ve told you does this all seem like ocd?

SL1K

Date posted: 2y

@ncamp816 i’m just scared. please tell me your thoughts on if i’m faking it ect. or if my symptoms are ocd. please

Anotherday333

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@help. I’m not going to reassure you. That is a slippery slope and it will not help. Because even if you were dx’ed with it, you might wonder— what if it is not OCD, What if the therapist is wrong? What I will say is labels are just labels, what matters is if that therapist is helping or not. Is what you are doing working. If your new to it, then I would say hang out and try it out. See if it works. It’s not like a physical illness where they can see what’s is going on physically. With Mental Health they are dependent on the patient to display the symptoms. Then they can follow the symptoms. (Although I did always wonder if lack of chemicals was a thing why they didn’t just do a blood test to find out) but anyway, with Mental health, sometimes different treatments can help different labels and sometimes different labels are helped by similar treatments (For example some SSRI’s working for different things, or mindfulness supporting different disorders etc). Sometimes you have to do a little trial and error.

hereintheUK

Date posted: 23w

OCD based in real fear……

How do any of you guys deal with OCD that’s latched on to something real? I don’t mean real event OCD but a real thing?

Buddyfriend

Date posted: 22w

Real Event Ocd

My ocd latches on to past mistakes. i fear that God is formulating a situation to “give me what i deserve.” I will string together completely unrelated events into the predictors/indicators that my ‘judgement day’ is near and all my wrongdoings will be exposed for everyone to see and my life will be ruined by finally getting the punishment i deserve. I fear that God is going to use someone who is out to get me, wants revenge, hates me, etc, to carry this out. The associated compulsion is that i keep track of my mistakes and practice arguments for defending myself so that when the time comes im ready for anything. I also punish myself with guilt so that i can “get ahead” on any bad feelings that i would experience on my judgement day. It’s all so exhausting. Does anyone relate? Does anyone have a similar existence? Would love to hear about others’ experiences. Thank you for reading.

Db99

Date posted: 12w

Past haunting you?

With real event OCD, I don’t know if any of you feel this way, but do you ever feel that the past event(s) that you ruminate about or constantly obsess about are gonna come up in your future and just absolutely ruin you, that’s how I’ve been feeling for months, it just feels like impending doom, and I hate having to even think that my future would be ruined by what I did as a teenager, and I did some dumb things, that I regret so deeply, I just can’t stop thinking about that.

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