I suffer from Instant false memories I think something and think it’s real like right away Sometimes I record myself so that I can know I’m not doing anything bad? Is that a compulsion?
i am not a professional so take what i say with a grain of salt but to me, this does sound like a compulsion since it is a behavior you do in order to relieve the anxiety or stress of your false memories
Yes, my brother has false memory pocd and he used to record himself locking his door, recorded himself home alone, he had to stop doing it because his therapist told him it’s a compulsion
Hey! I legitimately do the exact same thing. I record myself at work, in social situations (especially when I’m alone) to ensure I don’t “do anything bad” or act out anything that goes against my morals and feelings. It is definitely a compulsion to document and I’ve found it so hard to break or try to ween off of since it feels so strong to want to document just in case something happens and it’s like I just don’t have the confidence in myself to say “yes/no that did/didn’t happen”. I’ve been trying to work on slowing my documenting down. So instead of the hundreds of pictures/videos I take a day of myself like a 24/7 reality show, I limit myself to only taking some pictures or one video. That way I’m not feeling totally cut off right away and panicked. It helps a little for me personally and is a form of ERP therapy! You got this though, even the smallest of steps means everything.
@SpiceyPisces Thank you so much for your reply thats good that you are slowly starting not to document your day, it deff will get better soon Little by little each day Thank you again, you got this too.
That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
When I was a child, before I knew this was OCD, I struggled with constant "magical thinking" compulsions (don't step on the crack or mom's back will actually break, etc). When I later learned this was OCD, it almost immediately solved it. Any time I got a magical thought, I would say to myself "that's just an OCD thought. ignore it." and it just stopped coming! Like seriously it fixed the magical thinking stuff forever. But of course the OCD has resurfaced in other ways. So naturally, I've tried to use the same strategy since I had so much success with it previously. But I wonder sometimes if telling myself "that's just OCD" is almost functioning as a reassurance compulsion? I hate how meta this gets. For example, I have ROCD that comes and goes. So sometimes I'll get a thought like "what if i'm still in love with my ex?" and then I'll tell myself "that's obviously just an ROCD thought" and will feel relief, almost like reassurance. But it comes back. So is telling myself that it's OCD a reassurance compulsion ?? It's just so weird because it worked so perfectly as a kid with the magical thinking thing.
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