- Username
- Jay222
- Date posted
- 30w ago
Question(ing)
Are they really intrusive thoughts when I find myself not knowing and questioning if they really are?
- Username
- 120120
- Date posted
- 30w ago
It’s very common for OCD to make you doubt whether something is intrusive or if it’s actually OCD related. Remember OCD is trying to make these thoughts as triggering as possible, so it will use any sort of doubt or reasoning to make you think these thoughts are a bigger deal than they are.
- Username
- regretfulrainregretfulrain
- Date posted
- 30w ago
Yes. People without OCD do not interrogate their thoughts or feel anxious about them. It is very common for people with OCD to wonder “is this OCD or am I just in denial” which in itself is an OCD thought as people without OCD don’t think that.
- Username
- OCDepressed OCDepressed
- Date posted
- 30w ago
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- Username
- La.rad13
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Question.
Do “false memories” start off as an intrusive thought? Mine have always started off like “what if___” then I go back in my past and my brain fills the gaps. You know how it goes. Like there’s no real memories even attached to these thoughts.
- Username
- GW
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 36w ago
Thinking about thinking
How can you tell if a thought pops into your head or if you are conjuring it? And does it matter that I can't tell? I am tying my brain in knots trying to work out if the thoughts I have are simply there or if I am creating them/bringing intrusive thoughts and images to mind. It's like I can never truly relax my brain and see it for what it is. It feels like there are a million thoughts in my head at the same time that haven't even materialised into thoughts, but then by being aware of that I am thinking about those thoughts. It is also like my brain is constantly scanning for intrusive thoughts and then inevitably thinking them. Do I need to just accept not knowing/fully understanding my brain?
- Username
- Amber. S.
- Date posted
- 35w ago
Intrusive thoughts
How do get rid of intrusive thoughts?? And how do you know that they’re intrusive thoughts if you started thinking of them? Or if you feel like you’re the one who’s thinking of them rather than them just popping in your mind? Like if you’re looking for it, like you’re looking for trouble… Anyone else feel like this too?
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