I don’t even want to say the disturbing intrusive thought I’ve had for the last few weeks cos I fear I’ll be judged as a crazy person ?

I think that especially if you come from a religious environment/culture it is very easy that OCD makes you think about that. When I used to be religious I felt with these intrusive thoughts, and I was terrified of the devil and of having it in me. It's so easy to obsess over it because it's a very scary and (in religious context) very stigmatised topic. But to show you how tricky ocd can be, now that I don't believe or practice any religions those thoughts are completely gone. Not to say that you should give up your believes if you have any, but just to point out the fact that intrusive thoughts are always about things that differ the most from your real ethics and moral. Stay strong, and let's fight together

You can say it here ❤️

then i try and rationalise it: 1. Is it OCD? 2. Am i actually possessed? 3. Am i turning psychotic? Worst thing is, it causes anxiety which causes weird sensations in my body... and obvs that isnt good for the internal monologue ?

1. Yes, 100% 2. No 3. No

No no I promise. It’s those thoughts that are giving you the anxiety. Our response to the thoughts

Are you getting some help for ocd.

anyone who hasnt got OCD would accept this ^ but again i analyse and think ‘are you just saying this to make me feel better’ ? i appreciate the reply ?

I think that too!! Like are they just saying this? But I’m saying this to you, because it’s not my obsession and I can see from someone who doesn’t have that anxiety to those thoughts that it’s clearly ocd. Like my ocd might not be a big thing for others but I can’t stress enough how much anxiety and sadness and unrest I feel with mine :(( I too am waiting for cbt. Really really hope I will be matched with someone who is understanding and can help me

Probably you had this thought once, got stuck on it and then started to link it to physical sensations. So now it looks like they're connected but it's only your thoughts causing anxiety and then anxiety causing you to focus on your body. Two weeks ago I was sure I had an heart issue, I could feel all the possible pains. Went to see a doctor , and I couldn't be healthier. Our mind can get us to believe to anything, but it's got the power to do the opposite as well.

i’m looking through this feed and hardly anyone has this thought which is making me feel like I’m psychotic

You are not crazy or bad

honestly its so disturbing

okay here it goes I have this obsession about the idea of devils, demons and being possessed. i dont understand why the thought won’t go

Oh yes I have heard of this, for sure. It’s the thoughts around this giving you so much anxiety

i feel like that guy who makes other people feel better about their OCD cos the thought is so fucked ?

My church tried to tell me my ocd was demonic spirits... can you imagine what this did for me and my imagination. You are not possessed or any bad things happening to you I promise

im on a waiting list for CBT

how about you?

@bigheart absolutely, i do not have religious beliefs - i’m agnostic. yet this is something so irrational (in relation to my beliefs) that its making me doubt my original beliefs. so confusing and unsettling ?

plus at night time, i feel weird sensations on my body - pins and needles, tingling hairs, movement in scalp and ears. makes you doubt your own sanity tbh cos although someone would say its anxiety, to me it feels like being possessed is a possibility ?