I studied at school Sigmund Freud. It was very triggering and disturbing. Sure his studies aren't all true? Like dreams being actually our unconscious desires? It's terrifying to apply this with pocd. That whenever we see a trigger and feel triggered we're actually being in denial because society doesn't allow it and we actually desire those ugly stuff.
Dreams also come from a culmination of our activities and thoughts for the day. So if you have pocd and you’re obsessing over a thought all day, there is a chance you might do the same in your dream. Freud is old and new psychology has come out since his discoveries which I believe some scientists don’t even 100% agree with his teachings. But remember not to give into reassurance that’s what’s gonna continue to drive this cycle of fear and panic. Have you started ERP?
Freud has been largely discredited by many psychologists - my own psych teacher had said that she would skip his lessons in the curriculum if it wasn’t required. The only thing that Freud really was right on was that talk therapy may be helpful for some people. I mean he literally said that a child’s fear of horses meant it was a displaced fear of his dad! God knows where he got this stuff 😂
Freud said some wild things that I wish I could unread 💀 but while he did contribute a lot in psychology, his ideas and theories are outdated. Some of them are downright ridiculous lol. But I wouldn’t stress over it bc it’s just his perspective, not all facts.
If you studied Freud in school and not just a psychology 101 where they gloss over it, then you’d know the answer to this.
Sometimes I wonder if ocd has been studied enough. Like how do they know these subtypes?? Are they masks for actually wanting whatever it is and then experiencing guilt? Did professionals make up soocd to get people to fear their sexuality/thoughts? And then the people will cover it up with ocd when it's actually denial ????? I know these are intrusive/doubting thoughts but I felt like sharing in case any of u relate
So I listened to the ocd stories podcast and know that this Sundays topic is mildly controversial, but for some reason this is really really freaking me out. So firstly with my question— Obviously this post is likely biased from my perspective and is more of a vent of stuff that scared me, but if people know his approaches outside of this post, what are your thoughts on this model for OCD? Is psychoanalysis something to be worried or cautious about? Or is it totally fine with ocd treatment, like act? As for what I gathered, it isn’t necessarily something that replaces erp but works beside it, but he (correct me if I’m wrong) seemed to think that everyone’s ocd symptoms comes from parenting issues, that they’re subconscious reactions from not getting certain needs met as a child, and it seemed like getting to know the root cause of your ocd themes was really helpful/important. This idea is REALLY freaking me out because I’m scared by the idea that people may think my ocd was caused by my parents (who were great parents btw, but in the podcast he also said that if you think you had the best/a great childhood that that’s a sign in and of itself that there was a problem, so I’m just confused), and I don’t want them to hear about this theory and feel guilty thinking that they caused this. I really don’t like the idea of, outside of my values, needing to find the core reason as to why I’m struggling with certain thoughts/themes when there’s a root suppressed feeling/aggression that’s supposed to be valid, which also stems from mistakes me parents may have made. I’m struggling to find peer-reviewed studies evaluating the role of psychoanalysis within OCD treatment so idk if I fully trust the guy, but also maybe I’m not trusting him simply because I don’t like what he says even though he might be right? And if the theme of my obsessions is due to a subconscious attachment issue, I feel like I should really figure that out if I want to not have ocd but I have no clue what it could be and don’t want to connect it all to my parents who may not have actually caused this problem, and also other experts have said that knowing why you have a theme isn’t as important, so I’m just overall super confused. It’s like I’m so confused what I can trust anymore— my understanding of ocd, my childhood, my understanding or memories about my childhood, my opinion about/appreciation for my parents, how to treat my thoughts, what thing in my subconscious that I’m unaware of that’s causing all of this, if certain emotions or thoughts are causing me to struggle with ocd, if I’m doing these “things” my parents did to my other relationships, etc.. This thing just spooked me so I wanted to hear other people’s thoughts on the topic, whether they agree, disagree, or think this model is something different than I am afraid it is ofc
Has anyone else read about freuds research on ocd? Its really scaring me. I don't even want to write it here in case I trigger someone.
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