i’m always able to find out a reason this isn’t true then my mind makes a reason for it to make sense so then i begin obsessing and getting really distressed again. i saw on tiktok someone saying they are always able to know it’s false even when they are really deep in rumination but im not the same at all; it feels true and i become suicidal and incre anxious/distressed.
Can you explain this in sime words
@tiger ka hukum what’s sime words?
Simple
@tiger ka hukum some people with are able to guarantee their thoughts are false and i’m unable to do that and it makes me very upset
@ocdishorrible.x. YES the fact people “KNOW” what is true and what isn’t can be often triggering when I don’t feel like I can distinguish the difference. Felt on a new level!
I too have same feeling but I couldn't help it.. And I let it go
People’s ocd is different for everyone! Part of ocd is making u think it is true. I feel the same way as you.
sometimes, to try and prove my fear wrong i’ll be like “ okay, let me think of this REALISTICALLY. would i REALISTICALLY feel this way or do this thing? “ then i come up with scenarios in my head on how i think i would realistically ( or logically ) do something but then my feelings go against that thing i thought of then i start getting anxiety and start to fear that i would actually want my fear to happen or that i’d feel a certain way that proves my fear true. it’s basically just checking how i feel about something i think of to try and prove my fear wrong, checking my emotions or checking how i think i’d realistically feel towards it.. but then i may react “ unrealistically “ it goes wrong and i freak out
When an intrusive thought comes I can’t just say “that’s not true” and just move on. I always feel like I have to disprove the thought and be able to say it with confidence but the problem is that the ocd doesn’t allow me to feel and say it with confidence so I get stuck for hours or even days. How can I stop feeling like I need to do this?
So hard to not engage the thoughts because even though it's from the "past" (i don't even know if im remembering things correctly and it kills me) and i can't change it, I just NEED to prove it to myself that it didn't happen this way. If you'd asked me questions maybe a few months ago, I would have been able to lucidly explain things. Now I just feel like I'm in a constant swarm of thoughts, not knowing if anything is real. If my brain is to be trusted. Wish I could just get hypnosis to forget
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