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Also, why do you feel it’s important that you’re not diagnosed? Does that mean for you that since you’re not diagnosed that maybe ‘it’s all for real’?
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Because if you do, the terrible guilt and fear you’re describing definitely sounds like OCD, at least to me (I’m not a doctor)
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I’m so sorry you feel so bad, please have a virtual hug from me ? It’s ok that you are not comfortable enough to be with your sister right now. You will get there when you’ll get there, and there is no reason to feel guilty. You obviously love your sister very much, and care for her feelings and safety. It’s not your fault you have OCD. It’s probably a genetic thing anyway, or something that develops in infancy, so definitely not your fault. And you will feel better, and when you do, you will challenge yourself with letting your sister in for a while as ERP and, step by step, everything will be back to normal. But right now you’re obviously dealing with a crisis so please don’t be so hard on yourself!
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Thank you so much.
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And maybe you can explain to your sister that you really want to spend time with her, but right now you feel ill? And that you will get back to her asap
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I did that back in the day but that would make her feel really worried.
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@Vimli Oh I see. Maybe that you’re super busy with school/work then?
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Because my experiences are more on the terrifying side (orgasmed more than once testing myself via masturbation, groinal responses and real event OCD have me terrified, false memory OCD seems genuinely real sometimes) so the irrational fear feels pretty dang rational with stuff like that. I do acknowledge that no matter how messed up my case is, I am still symptomatic and fit the ocd diagnostic criteria, it just doesn't make it any less scary for me.
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I see, yes. I have something similar of a feeling. I think the most important thing for us is to always remember that due to OCD we experience thought-action fusion. We equal thoughts and urges with reality. But it’s too very different things, and to actually do something that a rational part of you doesn’t want to do requires an actual state of psychosis, a state when you don’t remember your name, where are you etc. I’m sure you’ve never had one of those, so there is no real danger to ‘lose control’. People in psychotic states don’t doubt, don’t reason, they just don’t reflect at all
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@scaredbunny I actually never experience urges. Just thoughts, compulsions and groinal responses.
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@Vimli It’s ok too. I also think that the difference between thought and an urge is somewhat shady. Anyway, whether you do them or don’t, your thoughts and sensations are purely fictional, in a sense that they won’t become reality unless you choose for the to.
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I feel so horrible and guilty, I've been pretty depressed lately and I don't know if i'm doing something wrong or not but my mom keeps getting mad at me, and I keep getting snappy with her. The other day she tried to take a selfie with me and I kinda got mad at her because it was in front of everyone and I didn't want to get anyone uncomfortable if they were accidently in the background so I told her stop in a kind of mean way. She stopped talking to me for the rest of the night and she keeps bringing up how disrespectful I am. I tried to explain to her I didn't mean anything mean by it?? It's triggering my OCD so bad and tonight i'm going to see a band I really wanted to see, and i'm super afraid shes gonna start bringing up how mean i've been lately. I've been really depressed and upset because of school and how much work their giving me, and I've been in my room for mostly more than 10 hours a day doing nothing but watching TV because I can't bring myself out of it, I don't know what to do anymore and the guilt of me possibly being a mean and aggressive person is haunting me.
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