does anyone else get urges to confess to a loved one when experiencing anxiety from an intrusive thought/image?i used to do this in the past but recently i have been trying to not do this, is this a compulsion?anyone else relate?
Hi! I most definitely relate to this. It is a compulsion- Iāve been told itās similar to reassurance seeking and checking. Sometimes confessing can give you the reassurance that your thoughts arenāt you. Iāve tried to cut back too but sometimes it is hard to keep it all in on your own! You are not alone..keep going day by day š¤
@Mojonocd thank youā¤ļø
Yep this used to be me thru and thru. Couldnāt stop. But I finally could because it was upsetting those around me. My therapist told me to ask myself āare you telling them for their sake or just to make yourself feel betterā which helped me so much
@glĆ¼cklich wait this is so true!will remember from this now on when i have the urge to confess, itāll only worry the person im confessing too bc they are not therapists specialized in ocd, thank youš
Anyone have OCD where you have intrusive thoughts about your spouse and confessing them is the only way to get relief?
Does anyone else have the compulsion to confess? Even if I havenāt actually done anything my OCD will give me reasons that whatever Iāve done has either hurt someone or will cause people to dislike me. Is that just me?
Anyone know anything about confession OCD that can tell me about it in a nutshell? Iāve always felt the need to tell everyone whatever is going on in my head and I feel guilty if I donāt. I would always tell on myself as a kid but not for the things I did wrong but instead for all the bad things in my head. Now I obsess over everything from my past and experience with other partners and have horrible guilt if I donāt tell my boyfriend absolutely everything that has ever happened or just things my mind gets stuck on. Only when he knows everything I can think of do I relax. Is this what confession OCD is? If not- does anyone else get the compulsion to get the truth out?
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