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- Anxiousaddie
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- OCD Conqueror
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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.
Can thoughts actually become true? Worried ever since I read it on google. My OCD has gotten really bad since I’ve had 4 pregnancies in the last 3 years. I had a miscarriage stillborn healthy baby and now pregnant again. My mind has gone crazy.
So I've had OCD since I was a child. Like really young. The first intrusive thought I can remember was when I was 5. It just keeps getting worse and lately they've been making me physically ill or throwing me into extreme panic attacks again ( ones where I can't move my body ) the other night I thought God was trying to kill me because I was thinking about ending myself from OCD+ life issues but in reality I was just having a panic attack😭😭it affects me daily. It gets a little better with therapy but I don't see therapy coming into my life any time soon and I'm not even sure if I would want to go (for multiple reasons). To wrap this up if you have severe ocd can you tell me what it's like?? I don't want to label anything without proper research and hearing others perspectives. Thank you!! <3 (My profile says all of my subtypes if that helps any)
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.
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