I tend to think that my intrusive thoughts is what I want and it’s not and it hurts me on an emotional level and takes a big toll on me because I have depression and being young and not knowing what’s going on in my life makes it even worse stress on top of stress
I used to have a best friend that dealt with pocd like I do now and he told me, "If you were really thinking it because you wanted it, you wouldn't constantly be fighting yourself over it and telling yourself you don't want it." I think about that a lot and it helped me realize the difference between intrusive thoughts and my real wants and needs. remember that you're not a horrible person. you've just got a brain that likes to play tricks on you like many of us have and you're not evil for that. just take some time to sit and ask yourself "do I really want this?" and the feeling you get from thinking about something like you doing something with a minor will give you your answer. once you learn to trust yourself, it'll get a lol easier to grt through those thoughts and urges and you'll start to see yourself as the great and totally normal person you are! ♡
@amberellal Thank you
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Remember OCD attacks what you value most. For POCD, children are precious and therefore OCD attacks on that… “It is OK to have that thought or image. It does not mean anything. I don’t have to pay attention to it.”
Can OCD mimic depression? With this theme I’m always wondering if I have OCD or depression. It first started out as harm OCD and now this. Today I told myself if I did have depression then it’s treatable and I would work on it. Then I started to feel depressed and emotional and like had an urge to google the difference. When I did this I just broke down because I felt like I related to them, it made me worse. However when I look up OCD symptoms it makes me feel better. So now I’m unsure. Almost like OCD wants me to believe it’s depression
How to know if you actually have it or if I’m just making up the symptoms? I have a lot of intrusive thoughts constantly and even have a “theme” but it really surged after I search up what I was experiencing, but then again I search up a lot of what I experience and constantly have to recheck things. My parents say I’m normal but I know I’m not, (both of my siblings have adhd) I find it immensely hard to focus from turning 17-18. Please let me know what you think l! Thanks!
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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