Can false memory make you have a theme that you did something bad and when you try to remember if you did you search for it and then something seems familiar and you think you might have done something sexual with someone years ago but you never thought about it till now??? I am so confused š I feel like I would remember this very clearly.
Same thing is happening to me, you arenāt alone! Itās this doubtful feeling of āwell, it feels like I could have done somethingā¦ did I?ā And then never finding anything specific. It sucks, but try to trust yourself and give yourself grace.
@Stormyskies It started super fuzzy but the more I think about it the more familiar it feels that something happened
Iāve had these thoughts before too! I also told myself that if it really did happen then Iām sure I would know. But with OCD, nothing is off limits - itāll make up an elaborate story that never actually happened and try to convince you that itās true. Itās incredibly difficult to deal with, I empathize with you š©·
@blazed Does yours feel like a suppressed memory and you are surprised how you could have forgotten something for so long?
@Anonymous. Definitely; at first it felt like a real memory that I was just in denial about. Now it doesnāt bother me that much though bc I stopped trying to figure it out, and slowly it started fading away. Now I realize that itās just OCDās bs lol.
@blazed Can it twist a memory from years ago and make you think itās related to your current ocd theme?
@blazed Help?
@Anonymous. Yes, OCD can make you think and feel anything.
@blazed It can feel like a real memory? I just canāt believe I forgot this memory, I a m so scared
First time poster. If anybody can help, I'd really appreciate it. I'm terrified I did something very wrong over 30 years ago and hurt someone. I never thought about this until 2020 when I had an OCD episode which resulted in me checking my past to make sure there was nothing I had forgotten. At first different scenarios cam e to mind about which I obsessed over for many months to see if I had done any of these things. I finally managed to move on but then earlier this year, it was triggered again. More thinking followed and I suddenly got this new memory of doing something awful to someone. I say memory, it was more like a snap shot. Months later, I'm still really struggling. The thing that I keep telling myself is that I would have remembered before if this was true. Surely, it would have popped into my memory over the years and bothered me, especially as I have had other false memories (I hope) along the same theme over the years. It's just horrible. I am waiting for therapy but I still have a couple more months for it to start. If anybody can help, I'd really appreciate it.
I keep getting false memories of my theme. I know I did the things, but it now it feels like I liked the thing I did, and using it against me. When I literally haven't thought about the event in over 15 years or something.
Why do I worry Iāve done something bad in the past when Iām sure I havenāt because itās something Iād never do The doubt/feeling sometimes is scary and feels real makes me want to look for evidence. Has anyone any advice to help deal with this. Can false memory feel this real and cause such doubts? Is it possible to convince yourself that you have done something bad when you really donāt think you have?
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