Been checking this lately but is it ok to experience both my mental image and reality at the same time? Example: I can have an intrusion of a car crash pop up whilst sat in my kitchen. I can see both the crash and the kitchen at the same time like a double layer I’d say the image is more vivid than reality for a moment
Yes it's common, sometimes I experience reality and OCD images at the same time
@Haniya Are they like full scenes for you and are they automatic? So I can imagine a full on scene of people I loved getting injured at a beach or in a different room whilst I’m sat in the kitchen?? Thanks so much for helping, just need to know lately
@ObsessivePenguin Yes I get images from my past and if I won't remind myself that to don't to take it seriously I will keep having, it's like watching movie but on loop
@Haniya Has it ever been completely made up and not from the past?
@ObsessivePenguin Yes I usually get made up images like I'm seeing something happening which I don't know if that have happened or will happen or is happening, it's like a image to create doubt and scare me
@Haniya Lastly is it automatic and in first person? Mine can be both in first or 3rd person which is weird :) Last one I promise ❤️ it’s weird how our brains can see both at the same time For me the image is sometimes more vivid as well
@Haniya I just mean is it first person, already asked if it’s automatic lol
@ObsessivePenguin Hey I'm suffering from pure ocd too and whatever you're feeling, everyone feels it too even though our brains are telling that we're only one having this hard situations, for me I think I have experienced hardest days of OCD and I feel like nobody have experienced this I know everyone do experience this, you don't have to ask if I'm feeling this too or not, just accept that it's OCD doubt, the more you will try to figure it out the more you will get confused
@ObsessivePenguin Haha you can ask anything you want I won't mind i know how it feels to get confused with OCD situations
@Haniya Before I go and do some erp - do you mind telling me if your images are in first person or 3rd? When you see both x
@ObsessivePenguin First person
@Haniya mad to me how some people can’t see full scenes. For me I never just imagine like “an image” if you get me, it’s always a scene. So I can’t picture an apple without picturing the table it’s on if that makes any sense? I get an intrusion of a car crash or maybe someone getting hurt on the beach Yano?
@Haniya What I just said is probably normal in my last comment and I just think I’m special about seeing a scene now I think about it 🤦
@Haniya Really saved me today ❤️
@Haniya Sorry - does my full scene think make sense? God my anxiety will not calm down and I know this is not your fault but I’m a bit lost
@ObsessivePenguin Hey just calm down don't notice it too much, just let it be as it as, no matter whatever you're feeling or seeing in images, full scenes or not, it's just OCD
@ObsessivePenguin Btw nothing make sense in OCD so just ignore it, cause no Matter how much you will think, logic does not satisfy OCD
@Anonyymousss Have you had full scenes? Also therapy session booked for a few hours :) just wanna see if it’s just me or not
@ObsessivePenguin I have had full scenes and also I'm doing ERP but without any therapist
@Anonyymousss Wow, that’s amazing - I thought it was just me who had the following - intrusive scene that takes place somewhere else - whilst still being able to see reality - vivid and in first person - happens randomly ACTUALLY thought it was only me alive^
@ObsessivePenguin Haha OCD always Wil try to make you believe it's only you or your situation is not same with others so you can't recover but anyways OCD just lies 😜
@Anonyymousss Yep ;) before I go and delete this account for a few days as an exposure - you’ve done all the things on that list right? :)
@ObsessivePenguin Which list?
@ObsessivePenguin You don't have to delete this account for ERP, you will need a of help and hope and courage during ERP, keep it, it might help you to share your feelings when you will have no one to listen, if you think OCD have given you worst thoughts believe me they're nothing, the real torture will start during ERP, you will get to know what real struggle is during ERP
@Anonyymousss This list Here you go - intrusive scene that takes place somewhere else - whilst still being able to see reality - vivid and in first person - happens randomly - all 4 of these points occurring Hmmm maybe I should keep it but take breaks
@Anonyymousss Hope that list is all good ☺️
I already made a post about this but I have theory over what might’ve happened because I can’t really stop freaking out about how much like me it felt. My boyfriend told me his cousin grabbed his other cousin’s girlfriend’s boob while drunk. Later, I started imagining it happening to me, with my boyfriend getting defensive (I love drama-filled moments in stories). Then, I thought, “Why couldn’t it have been me?” and got scared. I know I like attention, and I’m worried that’s why it felt so real. I almost felt excited. I’m wondering if it was just an intrusive thought or if my brain was mixing up the daydreaming feeling with that. Later that night, I started thinking about how I could position myself to make it more likely to happen, and I immediately felt horror. I’m into things like CNC, and I’m wondering if my brain got confused, mixing the daydreaming excitement with that preference, which is why it felt so real? I don’t know. I’m feeling scared because it genuinely felt like me both times. Has anyone else experienced this kind of brain confusion? Is that even possible?
Hi all, I’m really grateful for all the support I’ve gotten from people in the last few days. My mental health is at an all time low and I really appreciate the relief people have brought. I had a question about whether an intrusive image of a potentially imagined event can feel just as real as a real memory. I’m doing my best to stop ruminating over an image I have in my head, and have gone so far as requested security footage of myself and have been told both through that and by my friends that nothing bad happened, but the image in my head feels just as real as other memories. I was also drinking the night in question, which makes it harder for me to dismiss the image and makes me feel like I shouldn’t. I was just wondering if imagined images can feel just as real? I’m trying to use tools to ignore the image, and have therapy scheduled for tomorrow, but I feel like I can’t responsibly dismiss the image even with the evidence I’ve gathered if there’s something about a real memory that looks different in the brain and that if so, that suggests my memory is real and I should confess it. I’m really working on stopping reassurance seeking as well, especially now that even after being told that nothing bad happened when the establishment I was at reviewed security footage, my brain is telling me “they’re probably just lying and never reviewed it.” I know I need to just stop ruminating, reassurance seeking, and mentally checking the memory, but I just don’t know if I can/should in case the image is what I should trust more, if that makes sense.
Does anyone else’s false memory intrusive thoughts of what could have happened feel very, very real?
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