Do you guys get an intrusive thoughts that scares you like an sexual thought and you overthink it and then you start to think that is true, like it did happen, this past weak im gooing crazy trying to convince my self that its not true and my brain is creating a fake memory, does this happen to you, any advice???
I have been the same for 2 weeks. I know that this thing 100% did not happen but my brain is like “what if it did”. It has made me so anxious and stress the past 2 weeks.
Gonna get through this together
@e£a We will :) i start therapy tomorrow!
Good for you
Omg I have this issue all of the time
Is a false memory a type of intrusive thought?
Hi all, I’m really grateful for all the support I’ve gotten from people in the last few days. My mental health is at an all time low and I really appreciate the relief people have brought. I had a question about whether an intrusive image of a potentially imagined event can feel just as real as a real memory. I’m doing my best to stop ruminating over an image I have in my head, and have gone so far as requested security footage of myself and have been told both through that and by my friends that nothing bad happened, but the image in my head feels just as real as other memories. I was also drinking the night in question, which makes it harder for me to dismiss the image and makes me feel like I shouldn’t. I was just wondering if imagined images can feel just as real? I’m trying to use tools to ignore the image, and have therapy scheduled for tomorrow, but I feel like I can’t responsibly dismiss the image even with the evidence I’ve gathered if there’s something about a real memory that looks different in the brain and that if so, that suggests my memory is real and I should confess it. I’m really working on stopping reassurance seeking as well, especially now that even after being told that nothing bad happened when the establishment I was at reviewed security footage, my brain is telling me “they’re probably just lying and never reviewed it.” I know I need to just stop ruminating, reassurance seeking, and mentally checking the memory, but I just don’t know if I can/should in case the image is what I should trust more, if that makes sense.
I have been ruminating on why I have been having intrusive thoughts on a specific topic. Anyone know why? Where do they come from? It freaks me out and makes me think that it came from a real memory (I struggle with false memory OCD)
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond
