anthonycaronna
- Date posted
- 1y
False Memory OCD and actual memories
How can you tell the difference between actual memories and false memory OCD? I try to do this but every time I do it my mind wonders off
anonymo07anonymo07
- Date posted
- 1y
The whole point is that you don’t have to be able to. Overcoming OCD is all about being fine with the uncertainty. I know it’s easier said than done but instead of trying to fixate on whether something actually happened or not, just try to get your mind off of it. Hope this helps!
cassxxxcassxxx
- Date posted
- 1y
Actually, I can never tell unless I ask the people around me if it actually happend. Also, most of the time I can't distinguish the difference between my dreams and the things that actually happened...
anthonycaronnaanthonycaronna
- Date posted
- 1y
@cassxxx Mine is like different. It involved an online discussion that I later deleted. My mind is telling me that someone said something meanwhile I never worried about someone saying something because i never remembered. It sucks
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- Date posted
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Can it feel like you literally remember a false memory happening? And it feels like the memory has always been there and you vividly remember it happening that way? Because I don’t even know if I’m experiencing a false memory or not but god it feels so fucking real. Like I literally remember it happening. But what’s weird is the original memory was kind of different. 2 years later, the memory is not the same, but it feels like I literally remember it happening. And in this memory, I’m fucking snapping. I’m acting on my thoughts. I feel like a fucking psycho. I hope this is just OCD
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