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Yes same here, I have extreme guilt from thoughts I have had. I started doing mental checks, so if the thought came up I would say it’s not me this is a harmful thought that isn’t true (basically learning how to set boundaries) letting it not get to you like it used to. If it’s a good thought like oh I did really good on my project or the yard I mark it as a good thought. Sending you love & peace.
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@bekind94 Definitely not saying it’s easy, I’m still working on it. Like sometimes I’ll be ruminating and don’t even realize myself is in a cloud of bad thoughts and caused me anxiety.
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Same here totally agree. When i was a kid I just thought I was a bad person for having some thoughts until I realized o didn’t have those thoughts bc I wanted to but I would force my self out of torture to think thoughts i didn’t want to
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Im struggling too with this, i feel betrayed by my mind and very upset with my brain, and i feel deeply mentally scarred and cant define it might’ve even given me a new form of PTSD, i want to move on but im so hurt and sometimes angry about it. It does help a bit to know im not alone though
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@bekind94 I fluctuate a lot too, its like what i want is just out of reach and other times i couldn’t feel further away from it. I weirdly worry if im even “recovering” properly or if im doing something wrong.
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I have been really really struggling for the past 3 months and haven’t been able to stop intrusive thoughts/ rumination and confessing. It’s making me question my entire life, my relationship and even who I am as a person. It’s mainly effecting my relationship, I am so afraid that I did something or think things that are definitely hurtful to my partner. I know my brain is contorting my own memory and making things seem so much worse. I also know I haven’t done anything bad, all my things I’ve confessed about have been considered “normal” and I’ve been told that “you’re normal, you didn’t do anything wrong”. But I have felt this intense sense of guilt and shame and it doesn’t go away, I can’t even be a normal person anymore. And I keep searching for “just one more thing I need to tell” and I don’t want to keep searching my brain of every time I’ve said or done anything that I can distort and make seem 1000% worse. I’m isolating myself and just feel like I’m a bad person. I keep confessing my thoughts, feeling, urges, etc. to my partner and while I know I would never do any of these I feel like my ocd is trying to convince me that maybe I would because “why else would you think it or feel guilty” and that makes it so much worse. I really need guidance on how to handle this. What do I do to stop feeling like this and heal?
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