Is this another theme

When someone talks behind my back and i come to know about it, it makes me a bit upset but the problem is that when someone accuses me something and lies about me to someone else i feel like i need to tell the other person that no this is not true and that person is lying about me. Although my inner self tells me not to do or say anything bcz i don't care what people say or think about me especially when i haven't done anything wrong but my ocd tells me to clear my name or something will happen. Is this also a type of ocd? What sub theme is this? I am just trying to ignore these thoughts although my mind is continuously ruminating and it is causing me alot of anxiety. Can some one please tell me what to do in this case? Or am i doing right by not doing anything bcz i feel like ots a compulsion for me?

No longer In...

Date posted: 1y

I’ve been here before. I want you to ask yourself these questions. Does this person or persons bring value to my life? Do they feed me? Do they love me? Do they do anything for me ? To a certain extent, we all kinda care about what people think about us. That’s why we react the way we do. You can’t control what people think about you. Although I know this is distressing for you and I’m sorry about that And it’s even harder when you have OCD because OCD makes everything bigger than what it actually is, but I want you to try to fight OCD and the mind games it is currently trying to play. I used to try to clear my name too, but in the end people are gonna think what they want to think. It takes time to build that kind of resistance where it doesn’t bother you as much but with practice, you will get there Don’t let those people rent any more free space in your mind channel your energy elsewhere you got this #OCDStrong

anaa

Date posted: 1y

Thank you so much for this. Yeah, people are gonna think what they want. That's exactly what i know but its just my ocd making it worse for me. I overthink everything alot. But i am not going to do the compulsion of clearing my name. I want to sit with this anxiety. Bcz i cannot do this every time. I cannot tell people what actually i am and what i am not. Let them believe what they want. I believe nobody can harm me if i am not doing something bad. But if someone wants to do bad they will eventually face their own karma. I am just trying to be strong this time. Bcz everytime my ocd makes me ruminate

King silly

Date posted: 25w

Is this OCD? If so, what theme? 17+

17+ no below that or blocked —- What kind of theme is it, when your bf does something to you physically, but then you get worried that what if your bf did something actually really wrong to you physically, but you know he didn’t do anything wrong but your brain keeps saying that he did, so you have to make sure he didn’t or try to relieve it by proving it to not be true

Sunny87

Date posted: 24w

“Lying by omission”

FINALLY identified a core fear of mine and it is deceit and lying by omission. My biggest compulsions are confession & rumination. I immediately WANT to confess to whoever the theme is about, BUT since I am NOT acting on the compulsion (*yay*), I feel like I am lying by omission. For example, I will think of a mistake I made in the past, become anxious at the thought that my partner would break up with me over it, and then I want to confess so that he has all the information he needs to make an accurate decision on if he wants to be with me. Otherwise, I feel as though I am withholding pertinent information and his decision to be in a relationship with me is based on lies & fabrication. On one hand I am proud of myself for not compulsively oversharing / acting on compulsivity. On the other hand I worry I am stepping out of my values of honesty & integrity. Or perhaps worse, claiming “compulsion” in the name of hiding from the possibility of whatever consequence may result in me sharing the mistake. Any recommendations?

SunnyAnon

Date posted: 22w

ocd + interests + online discussions

i’ve been having this theme pop up recently where if I see people either criticize or be a hater and spread misinformation or seeing old controversies about my current interests/hyper-fixations i find myself having a crazy anxiety attack about if it’s “morally okay” to be interested in my interests anymore. i feel really singled out and like im doing something wrong because im watching a youtuber or listening to a specific musical group. in all of these specific situations the people involved have talked about the situations and have changed accordingly but seeing it makes me feel like i shouldn’t be allowed to like my favorite things. to be clear none of these things are dramatically evil or bad. it’s either misinformation/uneducated people influencing someone opinion and then they learn and change. it just makes me feel like im not allowed to like my favorite things anymore because of people criticizing it??? if that makes sense??? also this is a little off topic but also not really because i’m 99.99% sure im autistic because of MANY things but with this specifically i have very strong interests and i feel very deep feelings about them and any and all criticism or hateful comments towards my favorite things trigger me deeply and make my ocd act up and make me feel uncomfortable and uncertain and anxious and it causes physical discomfort to me. i really don’t know how to calm myself down about this specific theme it’s brand new and makes me feel really anxious. not trying to look for reassurance but does anyone else understand what i mean??? does anyone have any advice on how to not give into the negative comments??? any suggestions on how to ease this specific anxiety???

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