Has anyone ever had an intrusive thought or false memory about a person and then some time later in the future that person says something like what your thought/false memory was about happened to them and you immediately think it was you even though you know it was just ocd and now you doubt and question yourself?
Due to being on clonazepam for 14 years and various other meds I have significant memory loss and barely remember most of my life so memories I’m pretty certain I have early onset dementia and while not remembering a lot is somewhat good bc I have ptsd and don’t remember things it’s very scary. I don’t have false memories but I can imagine how discouraging this must be. Ocd is a fear of the unknown and thinking that we can control the outcomes and life is unfortunately is not predictable. I hope you can find comfort and reassurance bc it’s very hard managing this all. Best wishes and hugs
That’s called magical thinking. Your intrusive thoughts matched another persons real experiences. We call that a coincidence and it’s common. Checking this over and over is a compulsion that will only make you less sure, not more. And it will make your ocd more powerful.
does anyone else experience false memory ocd to the point where u worry ur not remembering something correctly? like multiple things and then u distort a memory in ur head that ur not even sure is correct, or warped, or it's exactly what happened. kinda like u overthink it so much that it keeps changing and ur not sure what even happened anymore. so u start questioning and worrying if this happened and then u come up with countless scenarios of what could've happened? idk if that makes sense..
Can someone please explain false memories related to OCD? I feel like I have had these but have never realized it’s related to OCD
I deal with false memories, I’ve had a few that have been pretty bad, but normally I’ve been able to tell myself “hey, this is false.” I remembered something a few months ago, and a genuinely don’t know if it’s false? When I first remembered it, it never crossed my mind at all that it could be false. I just assumed it was entirely true. But now that I’ve been thinking about it, there is a possibility that it could be false. It supposedly took place last year during the fall or winter, I remembered it last august. It’s an extremely extremely specific scenario, and the memory is kinda complex. I also vaguely remember remembering it earlier, but it now affecting me that much? Although that could have just been having intrusive thoughts related to the subject. With my confusion on whether or not this memory is false of course comes my ocd shoving it’s way into everything. Something my brain has been telling me recently is “if the memory could be false then maybe only parts of it are and you’re actually just a terrible person” (that would make more sense if I explained the memory). And now I have to keep reminding myself that it’s either all true or it’s all fake, because our ocd would not produce the “better part” of the memory without producing the “worse part”.
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