- Username
- AG._.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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- Ridethewave Ridethewave
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Or HOCD also gives you false memories ? just stay hopeful that you'll eventually leave this cloud of misery, don't listen when your ocd tells you it's gonna be like this forever
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- Ridethewave Ridethewave
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Right now I'm doing a little technique. I'm accepting my thoughts as fact. The first time I did it, I was very very very anxious and scared of the outcome. I sat with the discomfort(for what felt like an eternity) and then it passed. It really did, and I felt so relieved (the most calm I've been in weeks!). I was able to observe these thoughts from this tranquil perspective and answer the questions I've been asking myself during my panic modes. I was able to answer them with clarity and confidence. I'm still working at it and Beleive me, it's hard to not engage with these aggressive thoughts but you just have to remember that this is a process that won't just be cured over night. The thoughts are still there, but it's been a bit easier to disassociate myself with them and simply label them as "instrusive thoughts" and go about my business. Or just telling yourself "I'm just gonna deal with this thought later". Best of luck to you!
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- SkinnedWaterSkinnedWater
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Ugh. The false memories you KNOW are false but feel real.
- Username
- andrewt_andrewt_
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
This is horrible. It’s very common with Sexual Orientation OCD , and the best thing to do is to tell yourself that it may mean something or it could mean nothing. Because you don’t and will not know , there’s no reason to stress over it as it won’t change whatever the answer is !! Tell yourself “ that’s an interesting memory and it does make me anxious and uncomfortable. But that doesn’t mean that it has to. It’s in the past and I shouldn’t let something that once has no effect on me ruin the precious time I have now “ or something like that !
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- andrewt_andrewt_
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@h4a4667 that’s so amazing , I’m very happy for you !! That’s a major milestone and you should be super proud of yourself , as I know how hard it is to get to that point. Accepting the thoughts at first is very anxiety inducing but it paves the way for a much larger time period of way less stress which is always the goal !
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- Ridethewave Ridethewave
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you so much! Its definitely not easy at all but it's a hopeful process ??
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- LinaLina
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yes!
- Username
- AG._.AG._.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thanks any other tips
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yes!!!
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- McSteezzyy
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Why does the HOCD make me feel things that I know are ridiculous. I’ve never been aroused by the same sex but now every time I even just see a guy I feel like I will, but I never have. I’ve been in tons of situations, before I had this ocd, where I would’ve been aroused if I was homosexual. I keep trying to analyze my past and it’s stressing me out. Does anybody have any good coping mechanisms?
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- deputydean
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Question for you guys, Those of you who suffer from HOCD or POCD and have vivid memories that contradict who you feel you are, how do you manage those memories? I had an OCD/anxiety attack that clinged on to the memories around me being curious after being bullied in school. My OCD keeps telling me that I enjoyed those experiences more than I should have. Even though it ended in tears and me knowing that that's not who I am, my OCD keeps telling me that it's an indication of my being gay or bi. I realize that some of those memories may be fake, but in the scope of acceptance of uncertainty let's assume that everything is right. My therapist tried to calm me down by saying that this is really normal and expected in young children and that it has nothing to do with who we are, especially since I was interested in girls and always fantasized about chased after them from a very young age.
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- Beatocd
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’m in my late 20s and when I was 6 years old I remember being in bed with a buddy and I pretended to hump him pretending it was a girl. 20 years later that moment causes me a lot of distress with HOCD. Even tho the thoughts never bothered me in past and I been attracted to girls and been in intimate relations with women why does that one moment bother me so much. The exposure therapy works for looking at pics of men but I can’t seem to fathom that one. What is y’all a advice?
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