This is very specific but can ocd re-frame the intrusive thoughts to make it seem like a "genuine desire" of yours?Mine keeps telling me that I'd be more "liberated" if I took a part in my intrusive thoughts.... for the record, I consider myself a feminist, and my intrusive thoughts say "this is the only way to be liberated/ be authentic" 🤢😒
For me, prior to therapy/ERP in the midst of my worst OCD, I couldn’t tell whether or not it was OCD and honestly felt I was losing touch with reality. After doing ERP consistently for a time, I was able to get some clarity surrounding my fear, and some mental freedom from it. That took time, willingness, and persistence in ERP. From time to time, I slide back and things get kind of distorted, but luckily I have the tools (ERP) to treat me OCD when I comes up. It’s just a matter of being willing to use them. I hope this helps in some small way!
SOOCD IS WACK. I hated feeling this way and I still do. I also deal with the feminist thoughts, it’s so irritating. Stick to your guns and don’t let OCD push you around. The thoughts are just thoughts, try as they might to deceive you. OCD doesn’t get to decide what you want or who you are and is certainly no expert on Feminism ❤️
Yes ! 😂 like okay, so now you're gonna target the fact that I'm for all women and think we deserve equal rights and respect.
@Bellaahhhhh If you don’t mind me asking, have you been able to maintain your friendships with women? I am avoiding avoiding avoiding and I need a lil encouragement to keep talking to them anyway
@DTW127 Yes, so I just TRY (and I mean try) to go out with at least one female friend once a week. I have been using this as an exposure for a couple of months now. It's INSANELY hard, and I get triggered around alot of different friends. However. I try to just push through each time, and I come back feeling accomplished and amazing. Try and go against what your ocd tells you about.
I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh
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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