Does OCD make you feel like you don’t deserve good things

I recently found out that I have OCD and it’s becoming harder and harder to enjoy every day that passes. I spend hours a day, reflecting on all of the bad decisions I made out of ignorance or out of intention. I don’t know if I can ever forgive myself for what I did but I also don’t know if it’s the OCD making it worse. I was wondering if you guys have any tips on how to distinguish between guilt over what you’ve done in the past versus the OCD. I just want to be able to enjoy every day, but I’m plagued with guilt!

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 45w ago

Same here! I wish I had tips I know I try and tell those thoughts to go away and come back later but it’s very often I have to do that and I tend to even feel guilty about that at least you know you are not alone lol

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 45w ago

Hey, I feel exactly the same way. Remember that we aren’t perfect and we made mistakes like every human being. However, we have to learn how to allow ourselves to forgive us threw compassion. I include myslef in that sentence since I’m dealing the same pb as you but I wanted to let you know that I feel the same way

Username: aneyh

Date posted: 1y ago

Deserved Guilt (18+)

Does anybody have any tips on how to manage deserved guilt and OCD at the same time? I actually carried out some awful actions in my relationship 3 1/2-4 years ago and absolutely deserve to feel guilt and shame. But now my gf says it’s time for me to move on, I’ve punished myself enough, that I deserve to be happy, etc. I disagree and feel like I deserve everything I’m feeling, and will forever. Opinions on the internet have solidified this for me (most people’s opinion about my event online seems to be that I deserve to think about what I did for the rest of my life, that I don’t deserve love, that my gf should leave me, etc.). I’m scared to go against those opinions. Sorry for rambling, I’m just so stuck between trying to move on for my girlfriends sake and rehashing the past every day to try and understand/fix my faults. Any advice would be appreciated.

Real Events OCD

Username: bekind94

Date posted: 40w ago

🤓 OCD & Guilt

For me with ocd… it’s honestly the guilt, because mine comes in question forms and an answer is provided and if it feels like yes ocd tells me i don’t deserve to live or have good things which keeps me ruminating until i can dispel the answer is no or idk. If i can overcome that guilt I could beat this. That niggling ocd guilt that says the question needs to be solved Has anyone else experienced them have overcame it?

Username: MessyBrain

Date posted: 32w ago

serious question

i've made so many mistakes in life, big and small, some multiple times. How am i supposed to know if i just have scrupulous and real event ocd or if im just rightfully feeling guilty and ashamed of things i've done wrong? what if having ocd is just an excuse to deflect from the shame i feel and convince myself im not a bad person so i don't have to actually fix myself? i fear this all the time. i cannot stop feeling like im a bad person no matter how many times i tell myself that im doing my best and that its okay to make mistakes and learn from them and it doesn't define me. i don't think im a good person and being complimented on being good in any way triggers me extremely bad. i don't know what's real.

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