Naya rownan
- Date posted
- 2y
Mooooni Mooooni
- Date posted
- 2y
The more compulsions you do, the worse it gets. Try erp in small steps. One day one step, one exposure. Doing it allows you to remind your memory and keep it intact
Naya rownanNaya rownan
- Date posted
- 2y
Oh thank you so much but do you any idea how can i do erp in this case of false memory?
Mooooni Mooooni
- Date posted
- 2y
@Naya rownan It all depends what your compulsions are. But regardless, maybe do an action where you might get false memory and avoid checking. I have false memory too. I had to face it head on and trust me you have to throw yourself in not checking. It only helps your memory
Michael_99Michael_99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Unfortunately with OCD we seek something that can ease our anxiety but with False Memory OCD there is nothing we can really do but to resist our compulsions. We all know by having OCD we avoid morally comparable situations so a false memory where we are doing something wrong is probably an intrusive thought
Mooooni Mooooni
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- 2y
@Michael_99 I literally had a false memory experience right now. I’m at a salsa club and I danced with someone I knew from back in the day. I don’t know but he grabbed my face and I thought he was going to kiss me so I backed up and confronted him and he said he was only trying to get my face close to do a dance move. I didn’t really believe it. I am sitting here feeling stupid guilty because I am seeing someone even though we’re not together. It’s an issue I have sometimes when I really like someone. Like especially now with ocd. I have hesitated going out and such because I don’t care to meet men or even engage because I want to show this guy how much I like him which is silly. I can still live life and I should remember I have control of myself only. But now since he tried whatever that was.. now in my head I’m thinking should I tell this guy I’m seeing. The rumination and guilt has been killing me Me and this guy also had a rough week. He found a condom at my place from the guy I was seeing two weeks before I met him. He confronted me so I feel like maybe I should’ve gone out but I also have to live my life This has been a kick in my face as I’m facing the worst ocd rumination rituals but maybe this is good so I can practice erp or whatever. At least how I’m looking at it
Michael_99Michael_99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@Monitica I see that based on what I am hearing that the environment was triggering. If the presence of the guy dancing on you was the overwhelming take a breather. It’s common to compile our anxieties on top of one another especially with OCD, our false memories can overlap our relationships so it’s tough, you got this fight the compulsions!
Mooooni Mooooni
- Date posted
- 2y
@Michael_99 Yeah it was very triggering. My false memories are intense and based on fear of doing something sexual with someone. It’s almost a fear of blacking out. My fears are based around hurting others or doing some thing that is going to destroy a relationship or anything in those sorts. May I ask what fears you have around false memory? Also, I really appreciate your words.
Michael_99Michael_99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Yea that’s actually been a common theme throughout young adulthood when I was teenager and in college when ever I drank I immediately asked the question did I do anything that made anyone uncomfortable. Even just in public sober walking by people I question did I don anything bad? Yea a lot of it is sexual harm. I think based off what us humans experience there is sexual experiences that influence our obsessions
Mooooni Mooooni
- Date posted
- 2y
@Michael_99 You put a good perspective there. I wonder where it comes from but it’s probably our fears jumping from one thing to the other that we truly truly care about. It’s been so hard this week. I felt like I was drowning. Ruminating on how he thinks of me and always focused on the other person and not myself sometimes and being real like, what he feels is not my responsibility. I said the truth and I’m a good person. So yeah it’s always about the fear of hurting others by my actions. I’m sorry you had to go through that at such a young age. I really want to heal
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