Magical thinking?

My understanding of magical thinking is that a person does something and it somehow (as if by magic) causes something to happen when in reality everyone knows that that is not how the real world works. An example of this would be thinking that if I poke my forehead then I will stop feeling hungry (even though I am starving because I haven't eaten in a while). Poking myself in the head does not stop hunger. It just isn't how the world works. So, if I were convinced (or concerned) that poking my head stopped hunger, that would be an example of magic thinking, I think.

That is kind of what it is. I used to deal with this in middle school. Magical thinking is basically superstitious. For example, if I was used to wearing a specific pair of shoes, then one day if I wanted to switch it up my brain would say: “well what if the bus goes down, and you’re wearing those shoes?” or “Because you changed your shoes, you will have a bad day today.” It was also, “Because you had a good day on Monday, that means Tuesday will be a bad day. Then I got anxious if I had two bad days:/“ And another one was, “if you listen to Disney music on your way to school, your day will be cursed.” And honestly God forbid, but that was the extent of these thoughts. I no longer listen to Disney music as much because of that. And it sucks because I remember the joys I felt while listening to it. It was like the OCD saw what I was enjoying and tried to take it from me tbh. I’m still quite superstitious like that to this day, and I can’t look at certain words or numbers bc of it. It’s better than it was in middle school but my goodness does it suck:/

Oops I meant, then I got anxious if I had two good days. Anyways hope this helps. Magical thinking convinces your brain that you know the future, and if anyone gets hurt it’s your fault bc you should have kept in a shoe🙄 But no matter how many times people say it’s not your fault. You feel as if you have been given a secret task that no one knows about, and that you could have stopped the pain from commencing. When you actually couldn’t have in any way.

I’m so sorry:/ it’s very hard to live with:(

Exactly that explains it well. That was my middle school experience.

I still have magical thinking, my situation is like if I don’t crack my neck 3 times my day will be cursed and something bad will happens, or if I don’t watch this video 35 times I will have a horrible week

Happen*

You’re just afraid of germs. That’s it. Germs are everywhere, so it’s just hard to exist overall.