What do you do with yourself when it feels like it’s all true and that’s who you are and what you want now? It no longer feels like I’m doubting, it just feels like it’s reality. Please, tell me that it’s actually possible to turn into THAT? I can’t keep hearing everyone saying OCD when none of you know what’s going on inside my head and how I’m feeling. Please.
Reassurance seeking is a compulsion. Doing this compulsion will only worsen your doubts.
@Anonymous How can it be a compulsion when it’s likely just true?
@Jay222 Reassurance seeking is a major compulsion of ocd. If you enjoy it it's not ocd. If it gives you mega anxiety and you feel a drive to do compulsions to ease the anxiety then certainly it's ocd. Learn to sit with the discomfort and not engage with the thought. I've learned in ERP for POCD that I don't have to like OR agree with the thoughts in order to radically accept them. Trying to dissect the thought will only lead to more doubt and more compulsions and compulsions fuel the obsessions. I've always known that my thoughts are not me and I've learned to label the intrusive thoughts as such and not respond to them. I've always known in my 2 years of struggling with POCD that it goes directly against my moral and values and these thoughts are just a product of bad circuits in my mind and im still learning and getting better at no longer giving ocd the upper hand through ERP and icbt
@Jay222 Just say maybe maybe not or I don't need to figure this out and sit with that discomfort. Currently you are reassurance seeking and anyone actively responding to your doubts is engaging in that compulsion with you. There's a mega difference between a pedophile and POCD. Knowing that alone and differentiate yourself from it is so important
this is a common experience for people with OCD. I have dealt with POCD for 4 years, and there have been times where my thoughts are so convincing it feels like I have become what I fear. you aren’t the only one experiencing this.
I know OCD can be very hard to deal with, but this post is seeking reassurance, which only makes things worse. Here are some helpful tools and resources to help you through this: -The Psychology of Seeking Reassurance: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/reassurance-seeking-ocd-anxiety-how-to-stop-cycle -Confessing compulsion vs. healthy sharing: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/ocd-compulsive-confession-vs-healthy-sharing -What’s Pure O OCD? https://www.verywellmind.com/pure-o-primarily-obsessional-ocd-4159144 -OCD vs. GAD Differences: https://ocdla.com/ocd-vs-gad-7071 -How To Stop Rumination Video: https://youtu.be/CkcspsmLh9k?feature=shared -ERP scripting: https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/ -The Hidden Power of Swearing at Your OCD: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-the-doubt/201711/the-hidden-power-of-swearing-at-your-ocd -Taking The Power Away From OCD: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/taking-the-power-away-from-intrusive-thoughts -ERP Worry Script: https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/WorryScript.pdf -What is ERP therapy: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/erp/ -What’s An OCD Trigger? https://psychcentral.com/ocd/what-is-an-ocd-trigger -Grounding Techniques: https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/grounding-techniques -OCD vs. Anxiety Disorders: https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/articles/ocd-vs-anxiety/ -ERP Techniques for Reassurance video: https://youtu.be/D1O3RGnLjRM?feature=shared
Is it possible for OCD to start playing with your feelings? Because I'm so sure about it, but sometimes it feels like it doesn't even when I don't feel anything. And I'm feeling so empty. Like it's okay to feel when it's not. I don't want to feel this. But I feel so weak to deal with it. Is this normal? I'm feeling weird. Everything kind of hurts but at the same time it doesn't.
I think when people are saying OCD is egodystonic is really triggering me and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I’m going through a really bad relapse and right now I’m trying to figure out if my thoughts are truly egodystonic, like I how do I know I won’t act on them, how can I trust my emotions and everything. I feel really confused and I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore or how I carry on with life because it’s so long and I’m so unsure of everything that’s going on in my head. Like how do I know that this is OCD and true desires/urges. I’m so confused.
Is ocd supposed to feel like a genuine belief ? I see or hear some people saying things like « I know it’s not true but …. » while I personally don’t « know that it’s not true » I feels genuinely real and I even find evidence for it
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