Is it normal in OCD to test yourself to see if you like something (POCD specifically) Sometimes I imagine scenarios or things to see if I have a reaction to them but then feel guilty about imagining it afterwardsβ¦
it's a compulsion to reassure yourself, and in the end will do more harm than good and make the feelings/thoughts worse. Do your best to put it a stop to your compulsions when you recognize what is happening. Remember ocd will make you believe the worst things that aren't true. You are okay and not alone. So many people experience exactly what you are dealing with.
testing myself used to be one of my biggest compulsions, like where I would try to prove things to myself so the fear would go away but it always came back..
Very normal, itβs a compulsion to find relief from your OCD but speaking from experience, compulsive checking works until it doesnβt. OCD adapts to try to keep you stuck and what used to give you relief will eventually cause you more anxiety.
I litterly do this to I have to visually look at a younger person in my mind to see if im attracted to them its so bad when I don't feel anything I feel relief then I don't fet thoughts intrusive thoughts and I feel good but then I have to go back and make sure again if I don't feel anything
I feel like if I don't think about it I feel like I've accepted it and I'm actually I feel like I'm attracted do I have to ince again visually look and imagine a younger person in my mind to see if I really feel anything
Then I have to do a compulsion like I have to touch something or go back and do something if I dont I feel like something bad is gonna happen to me the next day I feel like I might get cussed out or yelled at which I know isn't a big deal but for me it is beacuse I hate being screamed at or making mistakes I think that gas to do with childhood trama but it gives me anxiety and stress when I don't go back and do the compulsion beacuse my brain is like oh your a p word you didn't go back to touch the wall you didn't turn the lights off and on in a specific order and way it's just exhausting
Is it a compulsion to constantly test scenarios in your mind? Iβm always testing what I like and I donβt stop until I feel like I get to the bottom of it but recently I feel like itβs getting nowhere and just making the thoughts seem more real.
My ocd is that Iβm afraid about potentially thinking a violent thought so I constantly check to see if I am thinking one which, of course, makes me imagine all the thoughts I DONT want to think. Then I go straight into βwhat is wrong with meβ mode. Am I messed up for having a random violent thought from time to time or is this normal for people?
Do you think itβs possible to have OCD and be your fear? Iβm talking in terms of POCD. Iβve had SO-OCD, Perfectionism OCD, Gender Identity OCD, ROCD when it comes to things I like, but is it possible that I donβt have POCD and itβs the real thing? I was in inpatient therapy for OCD this year, and the thoughts and urges donβt bother me as much anymore, but I feel like I like them now and I hate that. In my mind, βactingβ on the urge is looking at a cute kid, or even doing ERP/checking.
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