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- 48w ago
Like imposter syndrome?
Do y'all ever have intrusive thoughts that you're faking or being manipulative when you try to be kind to someone or do a good deed?
Do y'all ever have intrusive thoughts that you're faking or being manipulative when you try to be kind to someone or do a good deed?
Yes. For me, I try to be my best no matter what. If that means I have to be fake nice and be kind, I’ll still do it. I think it just matters that you’re being kind regardless. You’re allowed to be kind to people but think to yourself “ehh I didn’t really wanna do that”. Hope this helps lol
Yes!
@Fearlessturkey That's a good way of thinking!
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@jserrano92 And yes that too!
Omg yes all the time or like if someone is sad and I say something nice to them after I get thoughts like you didn’t actually want to be nice to them or you faked being nice to them yoy don’t actually like or care about them All the time.
@ambermayx Yesssss
@La25 Glad I can relate so it’s not just me this post made me feel seen
Does anyone else experience this lingering fear and anxiety because they think they’re capable of hurting someone? It’s killing me. I feel like I’m such a danger. I feel like I’m a predator. I feel like this awful person and I can’t shake it. I want to carry on with my day but I can’t. I don’t feel like I deserve it. I feel like I’ve done awful things. I can’t stop crying.
I have this same problem repeatedly where I see things online about faking OCD and people talking about how OCD isn’t just cleaning and it makes me feel like I’m faking it and it’s pretty much its own theme now. I have a handwashing problem and since it’s so heavily stigmatized as faking I never do it when others are watching because then I feel like I’m seeking attention. Pretty much all of my visible compulsions I do are behind closed doors or on my own and I can’t do anything about it because if I try to show somebody then I’m attention seeking and faking. If I try to talk about the fear then I’m also attention seeking because now I’m guilt tripping and seeking sympathy and therefore I shouldn’t tell anyone and I shouldn’t show anyone. I’m essentially hiding an entire mental illness because of this, the only person I’ve ever really told about my issues is my therapist, nobody else feels safe.
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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