Magical thinking ocd
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.
First post, new here. I’ve always thought that I have OCD since I was in 7th grade. I am 22 now and actively trying to take steps to treat it myself because I don’t have money for therapy and my parents don’t believe I have it. I think I suffer from Magical Thinking. A (stupid but true) example would be how I collect phone cases. I buy really cute ones and then I put one on and the whole day no one texts me so I take it off because I think it’s the case doing it and it gives me anxiety so I switch back to this main one that when I use it I get texts and it makes my anxiety go away. I do this with a lot of my things so for years I just haven’t been able to wear or use certain things or even take a different way home for fear that abc or d might or might not happen. It’s very debilitating to feel like I can’t change anything about myself or my life because it gives me anxiety thinking that if I change this or that then I might die, or I might not have a good night, or so and so won’t text me, etc. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense, I’ve never told anyone about it just something that consistently eats away ate my brain and has been forever. Any advice or comments would be appreciated.
I’m confused. I don’t know how this is supposed to work. Can anyone relate to this??? I don’t have anyone who understands just what my ocd is. I barely understand it. No matter what I do and where, my thoughts hit me. I can be blinking the wrong way and I have to blink until it feels right.. same for swallowing, touching things, light switches and setting down cups. I have to sit and stand up multiple times until it feels right. Step on certain things like cracks in sidewalk as many times I feel is needed. Wash my hands multiple times. Even when texting, I can type out a whole paragraph and my mind tells me to delete it all and start again because it’s not right. When something isn’t right my mind tells me that someone I love is going to die or get hurt. And for some reason I obsess over certain days, like a day someone I love it born. I will sit there and flip a light switch with that date in my mind and a bad thought that something will happen and I can’t stop until I feel that person in my head is safe and everything is fine. In a way I feel that I am saving them and myself from something bad. Can anyone relate? And maybe share how you’re dealing with it all? Please and thank you.
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