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I have an extreme fear of being pregnant, I had gotten over it but it somehow came back out of nowhere. I have gotten tested sometimes, even consciously knowing that it wasn't necessary. When the results came back negative, the relief I felt didn't last. I sometimes confuse my PMS with pregnancy symptons. Even more, I always get my period, but I still think I could be pregnant (and it sounds ridiculous now that I read what I'm typing).
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This is why OCD is called the doubting disorder. Doubting if we did something correctly, heard something correctly, etc. As well as part of our need for reassurance.
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Just remember, your memory is more trustworthy than your OCD
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Right
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It happens to me too. Did you lock the door? But did I really turn the lights off and unplugged everything? Did I really do it? (even if I'm looking at the door locked or whatever)
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I’ve had the same thing when getting test results. What if I didn’t hear it right? What if they got the test wrong? Blah blah blah, nothing is ever good enough to satisfy those OCD demons in our heads, huh? Next time I got test results from a doctor, I asked them to give me the printout. When they did, I got the distinct feeling that this is something they often do for people like us.
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Yeah lol, I have a hard time remembering and trusting people and my thoughts but like this app tells you, you have to learn how to be okay with the uncertainty .
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I’m not sure how I got the parasite. I live in Australia, and normally the parasite is gotten in third world countries, but I didn’t travel anywhere. I think I was just unlucky! I learnt so much in my 2 year season of fatigue, though. I must admit, contamination ocd has gotten a bit worse ever since I found out I had a parasite. I didn’t want to pass the parasite onto my housemates, and I also don’t want to catch new parasites, including parasites from the adorable dog I live with. But I’m starting to take more risks and not wash my hands so much, because I know that I will miss out on living life to the full if I keep living in fear. It feels so good to share my story!! (I haven’t been able to share the OCD-side of it much with other people)
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I hate that more than anything on earth I like to have warning for things and I know I can’t always have that ☹️
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I caved and I called again for more confirmation- she said the results I worry about were all negative and I need to speak to my gp about my anxiety
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Yes I can relate to this too!!
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I had a gut parasite recently, and it took a while to get rid of, but finally the tests came back negative. But I sometimes wonder if the parasite has come back, or if I’ve gotten a new parasite. I can see that this is ocd though!
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How did that happen?! I’m glad you’re okay now xxx
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So hard to not engage the thoughts because even though it's from the "past" (i don't even know if im remembering things correctly and it kills me) and i can't change it, I just NEED to prove it to myself that it didn't happen this way. If you'd asked me questions maybe a few months ago, I would have been able to lucidly explain things. Now I just feel like I'm in a constant swarm of thoughts, not knowing if anything is real. If my brain is to be trusted. Wish I could just get hypnosis to forget
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Does anyone else experience a moment of clarity where you feel strong relief that the intrusive thought isn’t true, only to then immediately start questioning if you’ve only convinced yourself that because you don’t want the thought to be true? I’m pretty confident it would take some crazy mental gymnastics to actually successfully convince myself I didn’t do something that I deep down knew I did, but every time I resist the compulsions and try to sit with the uncertainty or tell myself to think about what is logical, I usually briefly know that this probably didn’t happen but am unable to move on out of fear I’m just in denial and have convinced myself of that.
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Has anyone ever had an intrusive thought of thinking you’ve might’ve swallowed something dangerous and you can’t trust your own mind? And you feel like you need to go in to get checked out? Any advice or reassurance?
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