Does anyone else feel like if there friends, family or partner knew what their intrusive thoughts were then they would fear you or hate you or feel disgusted by you? I hate my intrusive thoughts but feel like a liar or fake person for not sharing them.
Personally not sharing my thoughts no matter what they are I feel does not make me fake . The average person I figure keeps much to themselves and that is fine . At any given time any person only is showing part of themselves to the world. š
People who do not have OCD also have intrusive thoughts. But in my experience they also try to correlate their thoughts with who they are. This villainizes people with OCD and continues very harmful stereotypes. You are not a villain. You are not your thoughts. You are not your OCD. And the feeling of confessing to anyone in your life about your OCD, that's your OCD talking.
hey there, i totally get how tough it is to deal with those intrusive thoughts, and the fear of being judged can be really overwhelming. you're not alone in this, and you're definitely not a liar for protecting yourself and others from the pain they can cause. š you might wanna check out "unstuck: ocd therapy tools" - i stumbled upon it here and it's been a game-changer for me over the past few weeks. could be worth a shot for you too!
Does anyone elseās intrusive thoughts at times make them āfeelā things? Like if you have an intrusive thought about your boyfriend you then begin to feel you donāt want to be with him. And afterward you feel extreme guilt and shame because you do love him so much. I used to call them āfake feelingsā
Hi everyone, I decided to join this app because I believe I need more support when it comes to being open about intrusive thoughts and how scary it can be to share them. Yesterday I had a therapy appointment and I decided to open up with her about a recent panic attack I had that followed with intrusive thoughts. I rarely experience them now or can mitigate the anxiety that comes from them because I am on medication, but I thought I wouldnāt be judged and felt comfortable opening up about them to my therapist. Following after that, she began to ask mandated reporter questions and I became scared because she seemed to think I would act on the thoughts Iāve had. So despite me opening up with her about them I feel like I can no longer share because people who have never experienced them think i would act on the intrusive thoughts, when in reality I know I would never and have avoided people, places, and things because of them. Intrusive thoughts are debilitating and cause people to question who they are and go into complete panic! And I guess Iām just frustrated because though there are people who understand itās still very weird for others and it just saddens me.
Can intrusive thoughts be so intense? It seriously feels like someone else is in my brain. My thoughts consist of āWhat if I just..ā āIt would be so easyā¦ā and they are horrible so so so horrible. I hate these thoughts so much but why do they feel this way. I would never ever do any of these things but sometimes I canāt help but think what if I do? What if I give in. Itās so terrifying. Does anyone else experience intrusive thoughts that genuinely feel like itās you for a second and then you feel immense regret?
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