OCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 2y
Hocd feels real?
Anyone else experience this? Like it feels real. But like in my gut I am straight, and I know it's OCD because the amount of anxiety I have regarding the intrusive thoughts.
blazedblazed
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Yes! I feel this almost all the time but I try not to fixate on it.
OCDwontownmeOCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 2y
It's good to know I'm not the only one dealing with this. It sucks that it is happening, but it's nice to know.
kay10kay10
- Date posted
- 2y
I feel this too :( it really takes a toll on my relationship though so it’s just so hard
HannaCross97HannaCross97
- Date posted
- 2y
Check out some of my recent posts they might help.  The reason anxiety feels so real is because your brain is trying to protect you from a false alarm a false sense of danger anxiety comes from evolutionary standpoint back when pre-human or Neanderthals had to rely on anxiety to keep them alive that’s why it feels so real your brain is  perceiving a false threat, and when you react to it, you fuel it  you need to show your brain irrelevance that you’re not scared and then it’s irrelevant to you in this time.
HannaCross97HannaCross97
- Date posted
- 2y
Understanding the anatomy, and the science of the brain will help you recover. Extremely the part of the brain were OCD is most  prevalent is the amygdala, which is the least developed part of the human brain and is what perceives threats and that’s with sending you the false alarm.
HannaCross97HannaCross97
- Date posted
- 2y
Your brain is trying to protect you. That’s why the anxiety feels so real  but it’s a false sense of danger. Intrusive thoughts can’t hurt you and you’re in no physical danger and no one else is either. It’s a false alarm. Your brain is on lock good news you can get it off lock you have to learn how to put all this power you put into the ruminations and anxiety into other productive activities then you can accomplish amazing things.
I wont let ocd winI wont let o...
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I'm struggling too, especially in the mornings, I wake up feeling sick and have been sick a couple of times. I keep doing erp as well sometimes I feel it makes it worse but I have to try I'm so miserable 😭
jim1031jim1031
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@I wont let ocd win I am doing ERP. I learned to only do 2 exposures a day because if you do too much your minds gunna fixate on the ERP Content more because of the duration being so long meaning it will take longer to fade
sazMarsazMar
- Date posted
- 2y
I relate to this so much! I have 2 intrusive images in my head and although I know they didn’t happen my anxiety makes me feel like they did! I keep telling myself my anxiety was just a false alarm that I’ve attached the images to but I just can’t understand how they can’t be real when I feel so bad
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Camilla.r
- Date posted
- 25w
Is it supposed to feel so real ?
Is ocd supposed to feel like a genuine belief ? I see or hear some people saying things like « I know it’s not true but …. » while I personally don’t « know that it’s not true » I feels genuinely real and I even find evidence for it
Mk3
- Date posted
- 24w
ROCD
Can ROCD make your thoughts and feelings feel 100% true or real???? Like I can have a thought or feeling and in that moment it feels real or should it not feel real until the ocd latches onto it?
user74128588493
- Date posted
- 18w
hocd and scared it’s internalized homophobia
I’ve been struggling with HOCD for years, and it started with an intrusive thought about being gay when I was younger. It came up at age 12 and ever since, I’ve been trapped in a cycle of doubt and anxiety. I obsess over whether or not I’m secretly gay, even though I don’t feel that way at all. What makes it worse is the fear that I might have internalized homophobia, and that’s why I’m having these obsessive thoughts. I worry that my anxiety is a sign that I’m repressing something or rejecting part of myself. It feels like my mind keeps repeating the same question—am I gay?—and no matter how much reassurance I get, the fear doesn’t go away. I used to pray for my family members, fearing that if I didn’t, something bad would happen to them, and now it feels like I have to control these thoughts, or something will go wrong. For a while, it was quieter, but a week ago, the thoughts spiraled up again, and now the anxiety feels overwhelming again. It’s exhausting, and I don’t know how to break free from this constant loop of doubt. Has anyone dealt with the fear of internalized homophobia alongside HOCD? How do you manage the anxiety that comes with it?
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