Hocd

Thank you for sharing your question. Anything is possible for OCD. Ocd will come into areas where we are unable to tolerate uncertainty. Ocd wants 100% certainty. Have you had erp therapy to help you deal with sitting in the uncertainty.

@Jeffrey No

@Liamj514 I would recommend that you contact an OCD specialist and begin ERP therapy. If that is not possible, you can learn a lot from NOCD and Nathan Peterson videos on YouTube. These are videos that I have found helpful.

From my knowledge, I don’t think OCD necessarily creates false feelings for anything. However, those of us with OCD process thoughts differently than those without OCD. For us quite often when we have thoughts we over analyze them, we find it impossible to dismiss or compartmentalize them. This leads us to believe they must mean something and that we need to figure it out. We start engaging in compulsions, such as ruminating, asking for reassurance, researching and numerous other mental and physical compulsions. We become fixated and preoccupied. Ironically, when we are in this state we are in no position to solve or answer anything. The thoughts have now become intrusive; they’ve become “intrusive thoughts”. Often the harder someone fights the thoughts or tries push them out of their mind, the stronger they get. Accepting them while not engaging is often more effective. Try to allow yourself to have the thought and respond with a neutral statement like “thanks” or “maybe it’s true maybe it’s not” without engaging any more or less than that. I know easier said than done, but with time and practice it does get better.