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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.
I was looking up stuff about kinks, because my friend is trying to help me "get out there", and I took the bdsm test to see where I land on it. I got 100% vanilla, and I was a little embarassed so I decided to Google things like "is it normal to not have a lot of kinks" or "what % of the population is into kink" and when I scrolled down a bit, I clicked on one of the little suggestion things with the arrow that said "are men more prone to enjoying kink than women" and it revealed a blurb from the website that said that men are in fact more inclined to kink, but also mentioned that it also means they're more inclined to p*dophellia, which sort of set off all these questions in my head of like "Wait so if p*dophellia is just a kink, does that make it more likely that I have it? Because scientenists still don't know what causes it so what if events in my childhood led up to me having it to some extent" and I started kind of going down this internal rabbit hole of trying to figure out how likely it is that I have it or some form of it bc if it's just a kink and not a mental illness than it feels more feasible? Idk I'm a woman so ik it's not AS common in us but it's still possible. I'm doing a little better with redirecting my attention and cooling my anxiety but I had an onslaught of intrusive images before falling asleep like I used to have when I first started experiencing this fear. It's been really catapulting me back to the beginning and I find that I'm ruminating on when it started and if it really means I'm a p or not. I know it's classic ocd but it's hard when it doesn't feel that way ;-; anyway, I'm too scared to Google bc i know it'll be a form of reassurance but also I'm just scared of having anything related to that in my search history so I just thought I'd post here. Anyone else have conflicting thoughts like this?
Guys for the past couple of hours ive been spiraling! I wad researching and came across this harm ocd article question that has been worrying me. The title was "im scared of hurting someone when I'm mad. Can i trust myself?" And I was thinking "hey that's what ive been worried about for the past several months!" I even AVOID being angry. Im scared of it bc I get a lot of thoughts and I'm hyperaware of my hands and feel them tingly! Last time i tensed so hard to stay still as possible bc I was so so nervous from my thoughts and my hand twitched which made me SPIRAL. I never want to cause harm! And i always start crying after an argument bc the thoughts are so so scary! Anyway I got afraid bc the article said "research has shown that people with ocd don't struggle with impulse control- so if you find yourself intensely worried you could do harm based on the intrusive thoughts or urges you have, it's likely something else is going on." THAT SENTENCE HAS LEFT ME WITH A TON OF ANXIETY! Its so bad, my appetite is gone! I'm scared does this mean I don't have ocd and should be seriously concerned?!
Have you ever had a thought about sexual taboo topics, when you have a person for whom ocd is attached, that you think "maybe that person wants that, that's the way he looks at me or what do I know" what if that person wanted it, and you feel an urge to do something about it, you say or what do I know?
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