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Trying to remember a night out that I was intoxicated but remembering it backwards and visualising it all, itās driving me crazy and donāt know my brain feels blocked and about to bust
Trying to remember a night out that I was intoxicated but remembering it backwards and visualising it all, itās driving me crazy and donāt know my brain feels blocked and about to bust
I would try to stop doing this, your ocd is capable of mixing up your real and false memories. You could end up interjecting a false memory into a real memory and wind up being seriously confused.
I have this issue as well. I don't remember what happened and then try to piece it together and stress and worry for months. I found it was best to quit drinking.
@Always-overthinking Itās horrific isnāt it? Iām going to own upto it
@Always-overthinking What was your theme about?
Who I upset, who was mad at me?
@Always-overthinking Oh I understand, did you have anything themes around rape etc? After a night out
Yes! I was told by a guy that he quit drinking while with me one evening because I said I'm not having sex with you several times. I woke up naked and was convinced he had sex with me and worried I did not consent to it.
@Always-overthinking Oh never, Iāve bet that have played havoc with your head, I hope your okay and getting better, are you just trying to remember it all? Iām the opposite I feel Ive done it and Iām the criminal to someone I feel horrendous
That would be awful. Sounds like we are on opposite ends of the situation.
@Always-overthinking I know thatās what I mean I feel horrendous 24/7, donāt know what to do with myself what do you suggest?
Yes I try to remember it all, it's hard to piece together when your brain won't let you remember it.
@Always-overthinking Yeah Iām the same I try to remember everything about the night, every detail and always go over the night in my head
@Always-overthinking I know thatās what I mean I feel horrendous 24/7, donāt know what to do with myself what do you suggest?
@ Anonymous When I get that way I try to isolate myself and take deep breaths to calm down. Then I will ask my friends for details to see if they can help piece the night together. If it's other stuff I find exercise helps calm my mind. Running especially. I have to run with music on though, otherwise I start thinking about stuff. š¬
@Always-overthinking Iām exactly the same Iām filled with fear, does everything you use to enjoy feels like a chore now, I just feel everythingās pointless for me and I should own upto it, do you struggle to sleep as I do
@ Anonymous I used to struggle with sleep, but I am so exhausted from being so busy, that I normally pass out.
@ Anonymous I do feel like somethings are a chore. Like my job, school, kids, taking care of home. I don't remember the last time I fixed a meal.
@Always-overthinking Yeah Iām the opposite I isolate myself in my room because Iām full of guilt, do you see a therapist and medication?
@ Anonymous I am doing neither. I've been managing it well, until I start dating someone or get into a relationship. Since I don't go out and drink anymore.
@Always-overthinking This has put me the other way I run away from relationships etc. Iāve stopped drinking but think it was too late before I messed my life up that night
I meant if I get into a relationship it flares up.
@Always-overthinking Oh right I understand, have you been diagnosed with OCD? I havenāt and donāt even know if it is which is making it worse
@ Anonymous I have not. I always thought it was anxiety and was diagnosed with that. But the older I get the more I think it is OCD
@Always-overthinking Yeah I understand from that night when did you think it was OCD, I had about 4 months were I didnāt have a clue it couldāve been OCD, how fast from that night did you realise it may of been OCD
Examples of my worrying. Things having to be lined up, light switch switch 7 times, door knobs jiggled 7 times, wash has and scrub 7 times, house will burn down if it does not happen. Pray for certain people every night, if they die it's my fault, if I didn't pray.
@Always-overthinking Yeah I get you itās torturous
@anonymous, what stupid things did I do? I make bad choices when I drink. I have waken up naked and then don't remember what happened. Did I have sex with someone? Then I'm convinced I'm pregnant. How did I get home. What stupid things did I say? How did I act?
There is not just a specific incident. It's been years of different things happening. Since I was a child.
@Always-overthinking Could you give me examples of not do t worry I totally understand
I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly donāt know if itās real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think itās true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. Iām really scared I feel like I wonāt feel better as long as this āmemoryā is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
I woke up disassociating really bad ,I was super tired and if you read my prev post I've been having problems w depersonalization after a bad thc trip the other night. Im so so so scared I just said a slur or whispered it to myself because I cant properly remember things rn. I remember getting the thought and im scared i whispered it to myself and I cant tell if it happened or not bc waking up things feel rly blurry . It feels really real. I would never want to say such a word and im scared i did bc I was so out of it. I dont remember if i just had the thought or acted on it
First I must say I love children and harming one sickens me. So if you donāt understand pocd please donāt commment. Ive only ever been drunk around children once at a house party , my ocd then convinced me I couldāve assaulted them the next morning as my memory was patchyā¦I havenāt let this go for YEARS. I didnāt even know what I did? 6 years later I have this whole story, based off an intrusive image I had but still donāt really know what I did? Every waking day of my life Iām trying to figure this out but Iām getting more and more confused. Iāve found clues, coincidences , things I believe could be evidence but isnāt really? Iām mixing in reality and false imagesā¦.My therapists (Iāve had 3) all say this is false memory ocd? But mine feels different? Mine feels worse? Anyway I need a break.
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