How do I overcome false memory pocd. The thoughts make me sick to my stomach, cause me distress and a lot of anxiety. I know we are supposed to practice acceptance of uncertainty but the thoughts or actions are too evil to deal with if it were true. Its not who I am.
Here are some helpful tools and resources to help you through this: -How To Stop Rumination Video: https://youtu.be/CkcspsmLh9k?feature=shared -ERP scripting: https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/ -The Hidden Power of Swearing at Your OCD: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-the-doubt/201711/the-hidden-power-of-swearing-at-your-ocd -Taking The Power Away From OCD: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/taking-the-power-away-from-intrusive-thoughts -ERP Worry Script: https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/WorryScript.pdf -What is ERP therapy: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/erp/ -What’s An OCD Trigger? https://psychcentral.com/ocd/what-is-an-ocd-trigger -Grounding Techniques: https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/grounding-techniques -OCD vs. Anxiety Disorders: https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/articles/ocd-vs-anxiety/
I highly recommend exploring the video library on NOCD's website. Overcoming OCD is more about allowing the distress and uncertainty and not engaging in any way with it. There are skills and tools that help us do this. Have you reached out to NOCD for therapy? It was life changing for me. It's a process and it takes time and practice, but it can be overcome.
@VGH Thank you! Yes unfortunately they dont take my insurance. And my insurance doesnt cover many providers and the ones in my area i called arent taking new clients. I have to wait till I move to another state so i can get the help i need. This system makes it so hard. I was uninsured for a while too
It’s hard. I have false memory too and some things I know I didn’t do, but I still obsess about it. Sit with the distress. Say maybe maybe not. Seeking reassurance will not help you.
Thank you
@Anonynmous19 Of course! Here with you during this time of stress
My OCD is spiking in the form of pOCD today. This particular type seems really scary to me because this type is the one that has led me to more severe panic attacks and this is the one that led me to discover that I really needed help. It feels like I let this go too far and went untreated for too long, and now my brain just makes the association whenever I'm exposed to a trigger, which leads straight to terrifying and horrendous thoughts instead of the usual tests to prove I'm not a pedophile. For anyone who has wrestled with pOCD: how do you sit with these thoughts? I understand that with OCD, you often times (or maybe always, I'm a bit new to this) need to learn to accept your thoughts as they are. When your thoughts are so horrendous and difficult to have, how do you accept them?
Anyone have any tips for dealing with intrusive thoughts?? I don't want to accept them... I'm having such a hard time. POCD is making me doubt if I'm truly attracted to adult men and women... I keep telling myself that I am and I always have been but it doesn't help. The thoughts are horrible. I'm tired from all the anxiety. I can't even enjoy anything anymore..
Anyone have any advice on how to work of acceptance? i struggle quite bad with real event / false memory ocd and the guilt just eats me up everytime. i want to recover but it seems so impossible to just try and live my life not caring if im a good or bad person?
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