This false memory is killing me I don’t know if it’s real or fake and I don’t know how to stop worrying about it someone please help

I had false memory too, and it really affected me a lot. But what I found useful was to not read about OCD or go online to google what was happening to me. I didn’t even mention my anxiety to my boyfriend and I deleted this app at one point. It got really easier and my anxiety went down. Try and not solve whether it’s true or not. I cannot stress this enough omg!! ? Just accept that it’s okay not to know. It’s okay to not be certain, you DONT have to know whether it’s real or not. Let yourself feel the anxiety, the consequences. Good luck! Sit through the waves. Think of the anxiety as ocean waves ?, Sometimes it’s really big and you’re like oh crap I have to go under, so you have to go under and endure it. Just like you have to sit through the ugly anxiety ocd brings But soon, it’ll pass. And sunlight will appear! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ YOU GOT THIS!!!

It’s a thought. Doesn’t matter the contents <3 Treat it as you did before. The more you fight it, you more it will come back stronger. Try and agree with the thought as you did before. Once again, (: don’t think about whether it was true or not. Accept the uncertainty. You got this, you can fight the thought!! Don’t involve in rituals and compulsions. It will make your anxiety worse,, give yourself a chance to do this: ? Get a timer. ? Put in 10 minutes and start it everytime you feel like doing a ritual. ❄️ Do something productive: clean, eat (yummy!!! I heard thoughts are worse when you’re hungry) ? Don’t do your compulsions for those just 10 minutes. Just 10 minutes of your life. Sit with the anxiety. Try increasing it everyday (: you will find in time, it will get easier. ❤️

Do you want to talk?? I want to help as Ik it’s horrible when you are trapped in a spiral of thoughts Can you message on these apps??

How would it affect you if it were true ? Why would you let it affect you if it were true ? These are two very important questions. We can talk more in depth about this if you’d like to ?

^ reassurance because you’re telling them that it’s okay if they made a mistake and that they most likely didn’t. Telling people that their response to anxiety means they’re not a pedophile because they’re anxious - is reassurance. I hope you understand!! The rest of your advice is great but please look into it

Oh I’m sorry if I misread! Thank you for being so kind and understanding!!

It feels like my (im not diagnosed yet but i want to see someone about this) POCD and incest ocd has morphed into a false memory (?) when i started accepting the uncertainty in my thoughts and i feel like i’ve undone all the progress i’ve made... its horrible because i remember having this thought/memory a while ago and it shook me a little bit and maybe it is a memory of something i’ve done but every time it think about it i get this feeling in my stomach of guilt and distress i just want it to go away... and i find myself doing rituals and compulsions without even thinking twice about it this is so hard

@ultimatelyumi you’re totally right , as someone who struggles with OCD , I should have known better than to give such ridiculous reassurance. Thank you very much for pointing that out to me , it definitely won’t be done again by me. In my defense , I never said it confirmed her fear wasn’t true or the opposite , I just said that it shows she was repulsed. I never told them to chose whether they did or didn’t do what they think they did. But your right , I should have known better and I’m sorry to them. I know what reassurance is. Thank you :)

@ultimatelyumi I’ve had OCD for over 11 years , I got it down. Thank you

@Ultimatelyumi no worries at all ❤️ I’ll be the first to admit that I overreact at times , I’m sorry about that ? but thanks for being so kind as well :)