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- 1y ago
Freud and ocd
Has anyone else read about freuds research on ocd? Its really scaring me. I don't even want to write it here in case I trigger someone.
Has anyone else read about freuds research on ocd? Its really scaring me. I don't even want to write it here in case I trigger someone.
I agree with categorizing Freud as a philosopher. Not that there's anything wrong with philosophers, but for a long time he was seen as something closer to a scientist. In reality his theories were based on studying a very small number of individuals, plus a lot of knowledge of literature and philosophy, plus a lot of sheer conjecture. He was a very learned man, but he didn't discover objective truth.
Every time Freud it's right a real terapist cries
lol
I’ve heard it vaguely, but Freud is a philosopher what he says is just opinion
Freud’s some hot bullshit and no one sane in the psychology field takes 95% of his hypotheses seriously.
Personally I believe Sigmund Freud was a genius. I have read some of his material and I tend to agree with him on many points overall. Just my personal opinion, I am no expert of any kind . Like with most things take with a “grain of salt “.
He also said that he thought ocd was secret desires if I understand correctly
I feel putting things in perspective he was very ahead of his time for the era in history he lived in : Born 1856 died 1939 .
I was reading about Albert Einstein he had spent much time with Sigmund Freud and greatly admired him and his work .
It reminds me of that episode of the sandman (tiny spoiler) when everyone starts doing what they "really want to". Totally stupid. I don’t want to cut off my hand thanks very much. I think the possible grain of truth is that ignoring the thoughts and avoiding them makes the condition worse so he was onto something there. I absolutely do not believe that this means the person wants to do the thing so the word choice of "desire" is wrong. Also worth remembering that everyone has intrusive thoughts every so often- people without ocd included. I was talking to my therapist about worries that intrusive thoughts will ruin my wedding day one day and she told me everyone has intrusive thoughts on their wedding day 🤷🏻♀️ Please do not be scared. You can trust yourself to know who you are.
Guys it feels so real and im really scared because it feels like i dont care about the thoughts and it feels like im going to do something terrible, its horrific. I am so scared i keep getting urges and images i dont know what to do because i get a whole rush of panic. I think what’s triggered it was my for you page on tiktok, on the Mendez brothers murder cases and The prada guy and im so scared but it feels like im not worried like abt the thoughts or feeling but i am scared pls reply its literally plaguing me in my head idk what to do bc it feels like im gonna do it
Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
Does anyone else struggle with this? It's been the main thing powering my POCD, and it's only been getting worse. Especially when I see posts online of people sharing their personal stories relating to CSA, specifically grooming. It's so triggering now, but before this theme developed, the most I'd feel while reading posts like that would be disgust targeted towards people who did those things. Now, my first thought is, "What if I do something like that one day? What if I've done it before and I don't remember or didn't know I was doing it?" I have many, many different intrusive thoughts or worries related to this theme, but it all circles back to this specific fear that I'll become like the people who hurt and took advantage of me. Does anyone have advice for this? I'm not sure if I've asked a similar question in the past or not, but is this something I need to deal with separately before beginning ERP for OCD? I'm just curious and also lost on where to begin with all of this. I'm just glad I'm able to begin working through all of these issues now, rather than later in life when I'd probably have a lot more responsibilities. Anyways, any feedback is appreciated! 🤍
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