Does anyone else with ocd feel like it’s hard to feel things sometimes. Like for example thinking of someone passing away u don’t feel sad. Or like just everyday things it’s hard to like know how u feel? If so what is this?!
It’s overthinking the experince of what YOU SHOULD be feeling. However, should is a very odd word we must be careful using. Because we all process and handle situations differently even though we all have a lot in common. Just because others feel a type of way doesn’t mean YOU have to.
Yes I get that ! I feel like we are so desensitized from awful feelings because or obsessions are full of them and we are simply to tired to feel anything else
I had dissociation with my ocd and wasn't aware until I got therapy. I started to feel stuff I hadn't in years. Was like seeing colours you forgot existed. Sometimes our brain protects us from perceived threats and lets us feel them at a later date when it's safer. Either way, therapy will help
@Wolfram What type of therapy would u recommend? I’ve tried a lot of different therapies and haven’t seen improvement in any.
@G.M With the ocd or feeling stuff?
@G.M Erp worked for me and emdr worked for me best
@Wolfram What is EMDR ?
@G.M Emdr was for my trauma that kind of triggered the ocd in the first place and other traumas that reinforced / justified my ocd's compulsions. Mainly works on eye movements and similar things to help your brain process stuff that's kind of stuck and hps your brain process it properly like any other experience. It can be used for other things but it's primarily for trauma
Definitely! I don’t process my feelings until a while. Or however you say it…
Does anyone else ever feel like they don’t feel “bad enough” to have OCD, or that they don’t feel “the right way” for it? Or like they’re just saying they have OCD as an excuse? Because i was so much better for like 3 weeks now and now im on my period and i started doubting again. So because of that im scared that i was feeling to good and that my fear is actually true.
I’ve asked this before and got no response but can ocd try to make you feel a certain way that you don’t actually feel? Such as telling you you’re jealous or upset in a situation when you don’t even care or feel that way at all. Can ocd cause you to feel the emotion along with the intrusive thought even though it’s not your true feelings?
I posted about this the other day and a therapist responded that if it has the usual ocd tells, then it’s most likely ocd. I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. They say even if it’s new for you chances are others have had the same or similar ocd experience. So, this is new for me and just like when I get an intrusive thought i’ve recently been getting what I call intrusive emotions. I will feel something like sad or jealous in a situation when in reality I don’t feel that way at all. For example, my ocd targets certain family members and if one of them is watching tv and thinks a woman is pretty i’ll suddenly feel sad or jealous when I don’t actually care or feel that way because that’s my family member and I don’t think about or feel for them in any inappropriate way. Also, sometimes when I have a harm intrusive thought my ocd will say that I want something horrible to happen to my family member and I will feel like I actually want it but that’s not what I want or how I feel at all. Is there anyone who has had this or something similar happen?
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