- Date posted
- 1y
Question(ing)
Are they really intrusive thoughts when I find myself not knowing and questioning if they really are?
Are they really intrusive thoughts when I find myself not knowing and questioning if they really are?
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.
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.
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There’s something that happens that keeps me stuck in a thought, it’s when I can see some part of myself agreeing with or relating to it in some way. That’s when the doubt creeps in. If I can understand *why* the thought is there, doesn’t that mean it’s not just random? Doesn’t that mean it actually reflects something about me? For example **(TMI/TW)**: I had the thought, *“I wonder what other people’s kinks are (including friends, family, even teenagers).”* And then I caught myself thinking, *“Well, I guess that could be interesting information… maybe I wouldn’t even stop someone from sharing it with me. Does that mean I actually want to know? Wait—does that make me perverted or incestuous for even having this curiosity?”* The same thing has happened with other thoughts, like wondering what someone’s privates might look like. I recognize that, on some level, that could be interesting—but does that mean the thought is truly mine? Maybe the answer is super obvious and I just can’t see through my OCD smoke. This was a bit embarrassing for me to write 🥲, but can anyone provide some insight?
So I was enjoying some “me time” and had intrusive thoughts, but it felt like just for a second I liked it. Like I’m holding myself back from “enjoying” the thought. And the thoughts are related to things I was into when I was younger, but sometimes I feel like I might still like it even though 9/10 I wouldn’t give it a second thought. Is this common? Or is this just denial? Thanks
I have been ruminating on why I have been having intrusive thoughts on a specific topic. Anyone know why? Where do they come from? It freaks me out and makes me think that it came from a real memory (I struggle with false memory OCD)
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