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Ime, real event is when an actual event happened and I inject false memories in to it trying to remember exactly how it happened. Or false memories can be when an event just happened and you try to recall it and the fear of what might have happened feels so real, even though there is no evidence to support it.
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@TT2022 ^ I agree. My last rumination that lasted a couple months was a real event that I had placed one of my past intrusive thoughts into. When in reality after a lot of grounding, it finally clicked and everything seemed clearer. I know this isn’t the best way but I thought about it hard and the real event happened over a year before I ever had that intrusive thought! Crazy how our minds play tricks on us like that
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No but they can mix. I’ll give some examples below. Real event ocd example - you wiped your child while changing their nappy & later on you obsess about the way you wiped them , if it was ‘wrong’ etc. False memory - you get a intrusive thought about hitting your friend on a night out a few years ago and now debating it’s true. False memory mix real event - This is basically a concoction of both of the above, so for example you go to a party and remember thinking a girls skirt was nice and now you wonder why you were looking in the first place, are you a creep? Did you maybe assault her? Etc. Another example of this is you could have real details mixed into a false memory so a real event (the party) but false actions being that you may have assaulted someone. Hope that helps you.
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