My OCD is a little different. It doesn’t latch on to a specific thing, it just says, if you don’t do the compulsions, you will be stuck ruminating and won’t be able to enjoy your life, which is exactly what’s happening to me. Doesn’t that mean my intrusive thoughts are true?
no
intrusive thoughts are not true!!👋
@manuh ⋆ ˚｡⋆ but my fear did come true
@DillonLee what
@vilover read what I typed above
@DillonLee that's not your fear coming true that's ocd. Ruminating is reduced by compulsions, bc compulsions reduce anxiety. That's just OCD dude. Don't do your compulsions and tank the anxiety.
@DillonLee you don't have to be afraid, we have to accept that we don't control the future, but we control our actions!
Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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