Anyone ever experience this?

Does anyone ever experience this weird thing where ocd makes you feel like “you would have had no control and done this”. Like everything you feel and believe would have gone flying out the window and you would have done something you know you don’t want. Especially when a POTENTIALLY real situation could be happening and it’s not just the thoughts alone. Your brain is like oh this is real life you really would have done this or that. Driving me crazy.

Username: OCDoesntcontrolmeOCDoesntcont...

Date posted: 22w ago

The uncertainty is one of my least favorite parts of OCD, because most people with OCD struggle with uncertainty and want to get to the bottom of everything and know for sure. Best thing you can do is try to embrace the uncertainty and sit with it until the anxiety wears itself out, because you can't know what would have or could have happened, it's no different running a scenario through once or a thousand times. Only differenc is how you feel. Much easier said than done, but know you're not alone and can make it through

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 22w ago

@OCDoesntcontrolme Thank you. It’s really hard. Feels so real and like a threat but im going to keep trying

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 22w ago

Yeah, I’ve dealt with anger issues for years so it’s made me have outbursts that I then feel guilty about. So I thought to myself once “if you were capable of being violent just what more are you capable of?”

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 22w ago

@Anonymous It’s such a shattering thought/feeling. It’s good to know we’re not alone in it.

Username: forestlife00

Date posted: 5y ago

Anyone else struggle with real event type OCD (OCD latches on to a real life situation you’ve experienced)? How can we know the difference between what actually happened and if it’s just my OCD making me feel like a horrible person? Specifically with harm/pedophile OCD. Anyone ever experienced this before?

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Username: ejgh

Date posted: 5y ago

Anyone else experienced something like this? You’re doing something normal, and you start thinking, what if my ocd attaches to this? And then you make it. Or you’re thinking, what if I can’t do this normally? And that inhibts you from doing so.

Username: Nachos34

Date posted: 4y ago

Does anyone else have problems of where reality slips in to your OCD thoughts and they mix together and you don’t even know how to feel. And you feel worse. And you feel more guilty. And just like a horrible person.

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