I feel like the things our brains come up with (intrusive thoughts) can be actually traumatizing. Even if you’ve have the most perfect life, no abuse or anything, OCD can leave you with some sort of trauma. Like can you get ptsd from this? I feel like this is probably one of the worse mental illnesses out there
Trauma is thrown to basically any negative emotion these days, so probably.
I think it’s extremely distressing in a way for sure, and measuring trauma and whether or not it becomes PTSD is relative to each individual, but I am doubtful that the having of OCD necessary = PTSD. I have PTSD from both invisible and physically traumatizing events, so I get how one can get it from either, but it might be a stretch to assume the traumatic and distressing symptoms of OCD automatically means PTSD.
Yeah I think it can and does cause trauma. It changes your behavior, your personality.
I agree. The thoughts and images can be traumatizing. Ever since I started struggling with Harm OCD I’ve been the nicest I’ve ever been. I’ve always been a nice kid , but the shame and guilt behind these thoughts has caused me to force myself to be in a positive mindset. Although that may seem like a blessing in disguise. It’s exhausting that I feel as though I can’t feel any negative emotion out of fear of losing control.
@tylermatthewsnead Actually, same
@tylermatthewsnead Mate I am the exact same. Like you I’ve always been a nice enough lad obviously not all the time but now I feel since my ocd has kicked in I’m overly nice
Hey everyone, I am just wondering if anyone else on here struggles with feeling like they should “confess” their intrusive thoughts? Obviously this is a form of reassurance and a compulsion but it’s so damn hard. I also have PTSD from being groomed and the trauma from telling people what happened to me. I find that my OCD latches into this and tells me that I have to “confess” my intrusive thoughts because it’s the same as not telling anyone about being groomed. Just wondering if anyone else finds that OCD and PTSD are constantly triggering each other? Big love to everyone fighting ♥️
I believe I’ve always had intrusive/OCD thoughts. When I was younger I always repeated phrases because my brain went “if you don’t do this your whole family will die” but it wasn’t anything too bad. However, when I was 15 I entered my first relationship. I had divorced parents and didn’t know what love was - so it ended up being abusive and I did not know. He forced me to disclose all the people I found attractive as well as all the “unpure” thoughts I had. He deemed fantasizing cheating - which I respected - but also caused for a lot of intrusive thoughts to make me freak out. He also gaslit me and accused me of cheating for the lightest things (gave my cousin a side-hug) and prohibited me from getting male friends because he thought I’d cheat (I’ve never been unfaithful or even flirted w another man. I’ve always had strong morals about it) I believe this trauma is what made my ocd what it is now, since I’m used to being accused for stuff I didn’t understand or have control over. I believe that understanding OCDs roots allows me to heal because it reminds me that I could exist without this thoughts and still had a good moral compass.
I'm starting to think that certain of my trauma struggles are turning into OCD. I have such a fear of people saying good/kind things to me. I associate it with what happened to me as a kid, where I was told good things and later told that those good things weren't really true, that people were telling me what I wanted to hear. So now I feel like I have to be harsh with myself in order to be "safe" from hearing later that the nice things were a lie. Basically avoiding something normal or good out of fear that something bad will happen like it did in the past. I know this involves trauma, but is there an OCD component to it that could be helped by treating it as OCD?
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