i've done a few posts today and not got any help, i really need some help i'm in desperate need i'm struggling the what if thoughts with the fear they're true and have already happened from a past event i think i've thought it through so much i've convinced myself it's true i really need some help just to be pointed in the right direction 😣😢
Hello , I am very sorry that no one answered you . All will be good . Your thoughts are not true because OCD thoughts are just OCD .
@ Liza i try and say this but it makes me think but what if it is what if i don't remeber and then i get stuck especially because it's based round a real event
@NaggingOCD Hi, I’m going through something similar right now! First, are you seeing a NOCD therapist right now?
@Givingitmyall i've got an ocd therapist just started not with nocd
@NaggingOCD I have something similar , because I feel that my thoughts are true . I am now doing ERP . Hope it is going to help .
@ Liza i haven't got into any of that yet that's why i'm struggling because i've got nothing to use to help me
@NaggingOCD I hope your therapist will help you .
@NaggingOCD Maybe now , if you do not know erp , try some mindfulness , meditation or what you like doing .
@NaggingOCD That’s great. One thing I try to do when I’m having a really hard time not ruminating on something is to ask myself if solving this situation right now is necessary. It feels really uncomfortable to not figure things out right away. What if you set this particular situation aside and work it out with your therapist when you are able to? Ruminating and attempting to reassure yourself is a compulsion and we know that doesn’t work. It really comes down to sitting with the uncertainty. That is super hard I know. I have a to do list of things I need to get done. Sometimes I will just say “I’m going to do xyz on my list and think about this later.”. The more you push through, you will realize that you are capable of having the feelings and still carrying on.
Try listening to some music you like or rain sounds, tell yourself you are safe, despite the ocd thoughts you have not done anything.. I have harm ocd with a horrible theme believe me when it gets hard I just withdraw and do what I told you. Nothing will happen if you put the thoughts aside for an hour, you will feel better after❤️
i feel like i have been posting a lot about this and i will try to stop since now but i just don't know where to start or what to do, and i can't take therapy right now either. my event is about something that did actually happen; i had a boyfriend and we had a 1.5 age difference (i know this sounds stupid) but the thing is that we both started to sext a lot since he was 14 and i was 15. we shared audios videos pictures ect and i don't know how to just let this go, even when i know that i never really forced him into anything and i was always constantly worried about him being comfortable, when to stop and ect. the memories keep coming back to my mind and the guilt is eating me up slowly because i keep thinking that i'm a predator or a groomer or something like that. i don't know how to deal with the what ifs either, lately i haven't stopped thinking what if i sexually harassed or sexually exploited him or something like that. how do i deal with the cycle of guilt and constant what ifs if i also feel like my event is worse than others i've seen? please help me with this. it's getting a lil tiring and even if somedays i know how to deal with this, i still get really triggered sometimes. this wouldn't even bother me before, i wish i could just get back in time before this theme popped into my mind. my life has been a hell since then and i live constantly scared and suicidal.
I know right now i shouldnt ask for reassurance... and that its unhealthy... but right now i am so triggered by the events on my previous post and I just need someone to respond so so basly...
I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly don’t know if it’s real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think it’s true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. I’m really scared I feel like I won’t feel better as long as this “memory” is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
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