Does anybody else ever purposefully try to create a false memory to see if your other false memories are not true? lol it sounds weird but I’m currently dealing with a false memory that I said something horrible during a conversation.. so I try to see if my ocd does that with other conversations. That would validate that it is in fact my ocd and not real memories. I hope that makes sense 😭
This is a compulsion. I used to do this all the time and all it did was make me question more, more hypotheticals came about and more anxiety and distress came. The key is to just ignore as if you don’t care
@anthonycaronna I’ll definitely try to not do this anymore, thank you for your reply!
All the timeee😭🤣
That is a compulsion you are using to try to stop yourself from thinking you said something bad. What you want to do instead is think "maybe I did say something bad" as long as you didn't really hurt this person's feelings. It would also help to talk to the person but DO NOT seek reassurance that you might of said something bad, it will only feel the OCD more
@Jman02 My OCD is telling me I said something completely out of character and taboo, which I wouldn’t say. Unfortunately it’s hitting harder because it’s my ex boyfriend who I was talking to and it would definitely help if I did talk to him but I really don’t want to since he’s an ex. So there really is no way out 🫠
@anongrl - Keep exposing yourself to the taboo thought and you will eventually stop caring and it will go away. It can be difficult however especially if its someone you cared about. Don't wear yourself down too much.
@Jman02 I appreciate you helping me through this!!
@anongrl - Anytime I'm going through my own OCD recovery journey myself so I know how it feels
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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