I made a post about this yesterday but no one responded My magical thinking ocd has got so bad All day I’ve been tapping my head a certain amount of times to make these thoughts go away I’m exhausted constantly having to tap my head Please am I the only one with this? Can people with magical thinking ocd tell me their experience because I feel like I’m lying
It sounds exhausting 💗 You’re not alone. All of our OCD manifests in different ways and tempts us to solve the anxiety in different ways. Remember to give yourself grace! 🌦️
@HopeM365 Thankyou it is exhausting 💓
I'm sorry to hear your struggling with magical thinking :( it's a really common OCD experience!! I think the only way through is ERP. There are some really good YouTube videos on this. I hope things work out better for you!! :)
@Anonymous Hey always wanted to try ERP so will have a look on YouTube as I never thought of this Is there any you recommend
@Anonymous I don’t understand how ERP works with magical thinking OCD where every outcome is catastrophic. What if there’s no “easy” place to start?
@saturn5 It can definitely work :) like you could force yourself to think of negative outcomes and watch them happen 😭 which sounds crazy I know but there are lots of YouTube videos which can help with ERP for this! I really hope you get better :)
I feel like I struggle with magical thinking by praying. If I pray, “Safety, Grace, Wisdom, Patience.” I feel like it makes the anxiety go away and God will keep me safe when I drive. But one time I prayed “God help me” 3 times in the car, expecting God to get me through the intersection and I got into a car accident. I’m realizing knocking on wood, not jinxing anything, & praying doesn’t always magically make things happen a certain way.
@HopeM365 I always tap my head for knocking on wood so then it doesn’t happen that’s why I think I struggle with magical thinking And I have to do it four knocks 8times It’s exhausting
Does anyone have advice for magical thinking OCD? For instance i can’t have an intrusive thought while doing something because then i have to go back and do it while having a good / safe thought to counteract the bad one. Anyone else struggle with this? Some input would be great.
Can someone explain what magical thinking OCD is please :))
Anyone else get bad ocd after posting anything anywhere? It’s truly not because I care about what people think, it’s kind of more complicated. Like I think if I post it and feel a certain way while I post it or have certain thoughts, they are “stuck” inside the post and I’ll keep having them until I delete the post. If I give into this compulsion, I immediately feel better and like myself again. If not I’ll feel hot on my head, restless, have sweaty hands and feet, and feel nervous. I know this sounds very random and hard to believe. I think it is part of Pure O ocd, and a lot of my obsessions and compulsions are mental, and some are what I used to think of as “imaginary”, like visual things that are in my head. But also, when I resist doing this compulsion, things usually get better. It’s just harder to do on some days.
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