Do conspiracy theories trigger anyone elses OCD? They always scare me and make me feel like I need to “figure them out” and I over-research and over-analyze them. It’s not like I’m genuinely just interested in them or believe in them, it’s more that I feel like I need to know the answer. Tiktok is a huge trigger for this.
Kind of the same for me lol. But a different theme. Mine is kind like I’m scared I’m going to turn into a loony and believe all of these theories haha!
@Breezy23 Same! That’s part of it for me too. I analyze myself to make sure I’m not losing it and secretly believing them. I think that’s why I feel like I have to disprove them or something so I can be sure I’m not turning into someone who believes in them lol
Ya I feel like I try to find reassurance that I’m not losing it. It’s just something I need to work on I guess.
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@alissaa Thanks we just got married at the grand Floridian this past June!
@Breezy23 That’s my dream! Congratulations 🫶🏻 I’m headed there in May
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Me and it is making me paranoid. Anyone here that feels the same or felt the same and got through it?
@Mike6060 I’ve gone through this many times! It’s not fun. It’s very much calmed down for me right now, as have the rest of my OCD symptoms. Getting comfortable with not knowing and not having an answer is what helps me, which sounds impossible and counterintuitive when in the thick of it. ERP scripts about the fears and worst case scenarios, and responding to it with response prevention messages like “I can’t know for sure”, “maybe, maybe not” rather than compulsions. Not sure how far you are in your treatment journey, so if you need me to go into further detail about any of it let me know. Moral of the story, yes, with hard work you can get through it
@alissaa - Trigger warning ⚠️ I would love for you to go into detail as much as you are willing. That is kind of you to take the time to offer your help. I feel delusional these days and I explained it to family but they don't understand. I am in the process of finding a therapist but it's been very difficult honestly in the meantime. I never gave conspiracy's any attention because I had no interest and no interest in finding how much deeper potentially corruption can go. Why would I right unless I meet the personality traits explained in people who entertain it? I am not one of them; I am generally an anxious person so that would be self-destructive. I never really watched the news, politics until the recent election, and just assumed that what you see on TV - movies are fragments of reality as you see morally compassed majority of law enforcement combatting the tragedies and villains in them. A few months back my cousin and his friend fed me a bunch of conspiracies around government, Hollywood, and ultimately secret societies that reshaped how I think about the world - government, movies and music, down to paranoia with virtually anything that can be manipulated and allowed with no recourse to combat that. My mind took it to a place of fear that seemingly others and family don't worry about. I feel this sense of cognitive dissonance and uncertainty about reality as these thoughts feed on themselves. I have a hard time watching TV or movies as I used to love movies. Now I am judging the morality of the actors of certain levels and confused essentially on who is affiliated with evil groups or compromised, controlled, etc. I have a lot of anxiety around this and it's hard to shake. I was a trusting person and not like this before a few months ago. I feel like I have been brainwashed trying to decipher what's really going on. I know a bunch of things are being exposed now too which in a way is helpful. I'm sorry if I took this too far with you or voiced things you didn't know about theory or not. With sincerity, Mike
i’ve been having this theme pop up recently where if I see people either criticize or be a hater and spread misinformation or seeing old controversies about my current interests/hyper-fixations i find myself having a crazy anxiety attack about if it’s “morally okay” to be interested in my interests anymore. i feel really singled out and like im doing something wrong because im watching a youtuber or listening to a specific musical group. in all of these specific situations the people involved have talked about the situations and have changed accordingly but seeing it makes me feel like i shouldn’t be allowed to like my favorite things. to be clear none of these things are dramatically evil or bad. it’s either misinformation/uneducated people influencing someone opinion and then they learn and change. it just makes me feel like im not allowed to like my favorite things anymore because of people criticizing it??? if that makes sense??? also this is a little off topic but also not really because i’m 99.99% sure im autistic because of MANY things but with this specifically i have very strong interests and i feel very deep feelings about them and any and all criticism or hateful comments towards my favorite things trigger me deeply and make my ocd act up and make me feel uncomfortable and uncertain and anxious and it causes physical discomfort to me. i really don’t know how to calm myself down about this specific theme it’s brand new and makes me feel really anxious. not trying to look for reassurance but does anyone else understand what i mean??? does anyone have any advice on how to not give into the negative comments??? any suggestions on how to ease this specific anxiety???
My OCD has found new objects that I should be scared or worried about and I have this urge to hide them or throw them away. When I’m trying to watch tv I get really anxious that I’m trying to focus my attention elsewhere other than being in my own head, trying to sort my thoughts out & when I say I don’t want something I feel like I’m in denial. Does anyone else feel like this
I'm really struggling to figure out where my OCD ends and where I begin. I’m scared of most things—not in a panicky way, but in a deep, cautious, worst-case-scenario kind of way. Example: I haaaaaaaaate my spectacles. I’d love to do Lasik, or even just wear contacts, but the idea terrifies me. I’ve heard about the tiniest risk of blindness or infection, and once that thought is in my head, it takes over. I picture the worst, and then I don’t act. TRIGGER Also Lasik involves cutting TRIGGER which petrifies me. I’m stuck between wanting change and being too afraid to make it. The same goes with wanting to travel but being scared I'll be trafficked or someone will plant something in my bag & I'll get arrested overseas. No amount of praying will fix it. Does anyone else feel like their OCD makes them freeze in everyday decisions? Like you can’t tell if you're just being practical or if it's the OCD gripping the steering wheel again? Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's not OCD but my personality, that's what I'm trying to figure out.
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