Why do the thoughts seem so natural like they feel as if they’re coming from me and I want them. I have little anxiety towards them anymore. It’s catch 22 I want rid of the anxiety because it makes it feel real and without the anxiety it feels real also
Struggling with this today…it feels like your real thoughts instead of ocd
@Parthur1217 I understand how you feel
Have you tried any of the support groups on here? They’re really helpful and things like this can be discussed ☺️
@Ellsx I haven’t no tbf. Can you point me in the right direction please
@JoeG1146 When you click on the therapy section on this app, click on exercises at the top right and then scroll to the bottom and you can access support groups. I struggle to do many of them because I’m based in the UK so it can be at really late times but there are a few that I do weekly 😊
@Ellsx Thanks. Yeah I might struggle myself because I live in Birmingham 🤣🤣
@JoeG1146 I always do the Tuesday one 5-6pm, there’s quite a few of us from the UK and we go every single week. Honestly it’s helped me SO much, everyone is so supportive and we all provide tips and resources without reassuring each other and the therapist that runs it is amazing ! Maybe give it a go one time 😀
@Ellsx Is it theme specific? Il try do it this week it’s tough for me because I don’t normally finish work till later
@JoeG1146 It’s managing OCD so we all have different themes. There’s one on a Monday I sometimes go to aswell from 9-10pm which is also managing OCD
@Ellsx Lovely thanks for that. I should be able to make the later ones 😄
@JoeG1146 That’s okay! I’m always here if you need. OCD is so isolating and I feel like in the UK there’s just not enough help
@Ellsx There’s no help in the UK especially when it comes to OCD. My doctors referred me to a therapist who told me in 15 mins that I didn’t have OCD 🤣
@JoeG1146 It’s actually laughable, I only got diagnosed because when I was pregnant it got SO bad and it was pretty obvious, but I’ve suffered for years with no diagnosis just told I was an anxious person. At one point a therapist thought I had bipolar, I’ve never had a manic episode in my life 😕
@Ellsx I didn’t even know what ocd was tbf that’s how much it’s not covered in the media. I had existential ocd around 3/4 years ago had it for a good year or so I thought I was going insane I had to keep asking people if this was real life etc. was horrible
@JoeG1146 Yeah I went through the existential theme and it was HELL, I would constantly look in the mirror to see if I felt ‘real’, I almost didn’t even recognise myself anymore but I somehow clawed myself out of it. But again, I slipped through the net and no one recognised it was OCD just said I was disassociating due to the anxiety lol
@Ellsx Il signed up to that support group haha 9-10pm is that the right one?
@JoeG1146 Hope you found it alright today? I thought it was really insightful. Don’t worry I often think my OCD isn’t treatable because my compulsions are so automatic and I don’t even do them to relieve anxiety. You’re honestly not alone and I felt so much better knowing it wasn’t just me
@Ellsx I feel like everyone’s ocd is more validated than mine and I’m just a big faker haha
yeah I really struggle with this too, the anxiety i used to get from intrusive thoughts reminded me that it’s OCD but without the anxiety i’m always doubting myself like wait is this even OCD or am i insane
@taurising I understand what you mean
Becuz the ocd is confused with ur true self, that why u should make a difference inside of u between the ocd and the true you
Suddenly I started ruminating again but I no longer get bad anxiety over the thoughts but it feels like the ‘urges’ are still there and it’s making it seem more real that these are true. Why am I having urges without the anxiety or it’s weird like i don’t even know when im anxious maybe i got use to the feeling of being anxious but it feels too real and I get these weird thought that are like ‘imagine you was evil anyways’ or ‘imagine you want to be but your in denial’ or the worst makes it feel like you would like acting on the thoughts even if you choose not to do it and it feels really real. The thoughts are about stabbing and it felt so real and I started imaging it on purpose to ‘test’ myself but it doesn’t ever feel like I hate it enough or don’t want it like I feel numb to everything and it feels really real like I want it or do want to do it but I’m just choosing not to and it’s scary but I use to get so much anxiety over this and now nothing now it feels like I don’t even feel like I ‘hate’ it or I should know that I don’t want to do that? Instead of sitting there experimenting with the thoughts to see. I want it to feel like I don’t want it and don’t like it I constantly feel like I’m lying about not wanting this, but it’s concerning me a lot because it feels so real that I like it or want it and there was one point where it felt like it was about to happen and that I wanted it and now that’s made me think there is something wrong with me or that I want to give in to it 🙁 please I don’t belive anything I don’t even belive I am sad it feels so real that it was about to happen or I wanted it and I don’t know what to do I was fine before and suddenly I started ruminating and now this
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?
Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢
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