Is this OCD? My brain will always say “if you don’t do this certain thing then this will happen” none of the stuff ever happens if I don’t do it but I always end up with this terrible feeling for days from resisting the compulsion. I’m still ruminating on the same thing. Anyone else feel this too?
It’s called Magical Thinking OCD.
@brenoaugusto Oh ok, thank you 😊
i feel you
how many days you resisting?
@carllyn On day 6 now
That is 100% ocd
I relate to this so much. My brain can come up with something so terrible and then I have to complete a number of ticks in order for it not to come true. It’s so weird because who do I think I am to hold all of this power but it really makes me believe that if I do not blink 8 times (example) then something horrible will happen
I have this like every single day. If I do something and I feel like I didn’t do it right something bad will happen and I have to keep repeating it till it feels right. For example, if I set a cup down on the counter and it feels like I put it in the wrong place or wrong position I’m going to have a bad day until it feels right.
Anyone else experienced something like this? You’re doing something normal, and you start thinking, what if my ocd attaches to this? And then you make it. Or you’re thinking, what if I can’t do this normally? And that inhibts you from doing so.
does anyone else feel like their compulsion is also their intrusive thought? like my brain says "if you do *intrusive thought*, you wont deal with said intrusive thought again." i really need help because it deals with harm ocd and i really dont want to do anything bad. im so scared. i know it's lying, but it doesnt feel like it and i just feel so stressed and anxious.
Anyone else get bad ocd after posting anything anywhere? It’s truly not because I care about what people think, it’s kind of more complicated. Like I think if I post it and feel a certain way while I post it or have certain thoughts, they are “stuck” inside the post and I’ll keep having them until I delete the post. If I give into this compulsion, I immediately feel better and like myself again. If not I’ll feel hot on my head, restless, have sweaty hands and feet, and feel nervous. I know this sounds very random and hard to believe. I think it is part of Pure O ocd, and a lot of my obsessions and compulsions are mental, and some are what I used to think of as “imaginary”, like visual things that are in my head. But also, when I resist doing this compulsion, things usually get better. It’s just harder to do on some days.
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