Do someone here daydreaming and notice it goes wrong? And you getting so much anxiety and start thinking about it...? Like do you start thinking you did on purpose?
I daydream a lot, whenever I’m in a bad spot I don’t because it hurts to daydream but I understand what you mean. Makes everything worse
My brains is saying i did on purpose 😭 Sometimes your daydreaming is soimmersive that when you get a intrusive thought you just get anxiety a second later? After stop?
@Lizzie Scheav Sometimes it’s an escape but if the anxiety comes through or something bad happens I’m straight back into reality
@hyllore Me too 🙏
Ur not alone i do it too ❤️ i hope things will get better for everyone of us
I'm ruminating so much. I think now it's a proof 😭😭😭
@Lizzie Scheav Can u take a paper or note in ur phone 3 things that ur grayeful for that happened today ? Maybe it will help u feel better or write 3 time u went through something reallh hard but u overcome ut this will remind u that ur strong ❤️ more than u think
@Sofi.a Thanks for these words. I appreciate them! I'll do it 🙏🥰
You mean you daydream but you get thoughts you don't want and it tries to say that you were thinking those thoughts on purpose? Something like that?
Yes! Because I was daydreaming and an image/plot triggered me and it came so fast and I was absorb into the daydreaming and I just "what???" And I stopped daydreaming and started ruminating about it. I was really anxious and my hand was shaking. I repressed my thoughts so I was not hypervigilant about my mind and it happened. Now I'm thinking I did on purpose 😢😢😭😭😭
I'm so sorry this gave you high anxiety. I have this happening to me too. I could be going about my business and have the worst thought ever for the day and it's so bad I physically react to it. Then I just hope it passes by and doesn't come back. It really does suck. It's not your fault that you had those thoughts. I kind of think of it like an awful bug being planted in our minds that just set off all the wrong dials and amplify them.
It's because I was ok with my OCD. I was less anxious and getting better. So I'm afraid I didn't reacted fast to the thought. Sometimes when you're feeling better, do you get some thoughts and stop think a second later? Or do you start thinking you did on purpose and try to give some justifications?
@Lizzie Scheav These are called back door spikes!! This is when you're basically worrying about.. Not worrying. There are times where we see a thought and don't worry about it as much because we reach a point where we're so tired of giving the thoughts any attention, but OCD can use that as "proof" (not proof, but a Factor of uncertainty) and try to scare us with it. I've had this happen years ago but but so much now.
hey, i totally get how tough it can be when your mind seems to take a detour into anxiety, especially when daydreaming turns into a spiral of worrying thoughts. it's really challenging, but you're not alone in feeling this way. 💛 have you heard about "unstuck"? it's an ai-powered therapy tool specifically for ocd (check it out at unstuckmyocd.com). it's been a game-changer for me in the past month, and i think it could offer you some relief too. a fellow forum member pointed me towards it, and i just wish i'd known about it sooner!
For me when i maladaptive daydream a lot of weird things I’m trying to get away from work their ways into the stories I make up when I listen to music and I have to keep fighting it off.
Anyone struggle with this with having ocd?
Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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