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- 5y
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- 5y
Hi Eden! I would like to interject here, I know I am very much real. I believe you are real. I used to struggle with solipsism OCD too, it won’t get you anywhere. Stop googling, stop looking for answers, it’s irrefutable but that DOES NOT make it true. Almost every philosopher dismisses the idea because it just doesn’t make sense. Humans are built to be social creatures. Just because you cannot prove something wrong does not make it true. If I was a solipsist, how could you be? And vice versa. There cannot be two solipsists. There’s an entire community of people who believe in this false and no offense, stupid, idea. I am real, you are real. We have OCD, anxiety, and intense fear of loneliness. You will be okay, this theme will pass as it has with me. It’s really not worth all the mental energy you’re putting into it. I hope you feel better soon.
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- 5y
Thank you for that. I guess I just wonder if other people who CLAIM to be solipsist are just lying. Well not LYING, but they’re just apart of this simulation and they’re fake so blah blah blah. Idk. But I appreciate you taking the time to write all that! I hope I feel better soon too :(
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- 1y
@garden this is currently what i’m struggling with and idk if you will see this because this was forever ago but, have you recovered? what helped you?
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- 5y
Psychosis is real. It’s a legitimate disorder. Having said that, the delusions and hallucinations produced aren’t. But, to a person with it? They are. Do you have access to healthcare?
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- 5y
Do not check on the internet. I have done it many many times, and thought I had terrible diseases like MS, cancer, and disorders like schizophrenia and also Psychosis. Internet is a very dangerous thing, bc you're making yourself upset. If you really have hallucinations and other stuff go seek help, but do not self diagnose yourself. Hope this will help you to feel a bit calmer..
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- 5y
At the root of this is the fact that I don’t believe anything is real. My solipsism ocd has been bad. But I don’t even believe ocd is real, I think of it as something that’s been made up to excuse the fact that I’m ‘cracking the system’ or whatever. I literally sound crazy. It’s all intrusive. My point is, I don’t know what is and isn’t legitimate. I guess deep down I do. Or deep down I know what I HOPE is real. But accepting the uncertainty is so so so so hard. So when it comes to this, or ocd, or anxiety is general, my brain just says none if that is real. The ‘simulation’ made it up for me. Ahhhh I don’t even know anymore.
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- 5y
Once again, do you have access to help? Because if this has been going on for a while and been debilitating you, you should get help.
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- 5y
I’m trying. I live in the UK so it can take a while for free access under the NHS. Sometimes I wonder if help is just another way to stop me finding stuff out. I know this is all just absurd and dumb and illogical. But I can’t really convince my brain otherwise.
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- 24w
I went to bed one night in November, and I can't quite say what happened, but I believed that I had a "memory" from childhood. I won't discuss what, but I had "remembered" doing something sickeningly awful. This thing came to me almost as clear as a real memory. I remember thinking something along the lines of 'How could I forget doing something like that?' followed by a feeling of complete horror and terror. I have moments of "clarity" where I can't believe that I'm questioning doing this thing, and it appears obvious that it's false. But now, I'm more than often believing that I did. I am spending 24/7 fighting my head, and it's taking me to dark places. I know this is the worst thing to do, but you don't understand, if this is real then I am a monster and I can't just adopt the 'maybe I did, maybe I didn't approach'. I just can't. I have to know. I'm so scared. My entire life is on the line. I don't have anyone to talk to about this. Literally no one. I feel like I'm insane, like I'm a monster, like I'm hiding my true identity from everyone I love. Does this sound like False Memory? Or am I in denial, trying to convince myself this didn't happen? Why does it feel so real? And why do I have moments of clarity? I also had my first nightmare about it last night. Please someone help me.
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- 14w
I think when people are saying OCD is egodystonic is really triggering me and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I’m going through a really bad relapse and right now I’m trying to figure out if my thoughts are truly egodystonic, like I how do I know I won’t act on them, how can I trust my emotions and everything. I feel really confused and I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore or how I carry on with life because it’s so long and I’m so unsure of everything that’s going on in my head. Like how do I know that this is OCD and true desires/urges. I’m so confused.
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- 11w
I know I am going a bit cuckoo because my period is coming up, but lately it feels like every intrusive thought I have, I *like* it. Like I genuinely feel like I like it, and then I immediately panic because I start checking. Mentally, emotionally, whatever it is. And I know that is a compulsion. I *know* that. But it feels so real that I cannot stop myself. Every single time I check, it still feels like I like the thought, and it is driving me absolutely insane. It is especially the POCD thoughts. They feel so real. I feel like something is going on mentally, like some kind of confusion or glitch, because I swear I was not like this before. I would have intrusive thoughts, and they would feel real, but not *this* real. And I do not even know if this is normal. I know OCD is **supposed** to feel convincing. That is the whole thing. But I have never experienced it to this extreme. I have never gotten the same thought so many times and still felt like, “Oh my God, I did enjoy it,” even after checking a million times. It is like no matter how many times I check, it feels like I liked it. Especially during intimacy :( and it is making me lose it. Then I start thinking, “Well, I am in distress, so maybe that is proof it is not actually me.” But right after, I am like, “What if I am only panicking because I care about what society thinks and not because I actually have morals?” And then I spiral again, wondering if maybe I just care about how I am seen rather than who I am. I am panicking so much no today. I had to take my Xanax today for the first time in two months, and I needed three separate doses. I really need some support right now.
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