I’m having some compulsion looking into something my dumb brain does. Sometimes when I think of my family my brain tells me something negative about them and I don’t like it. I’ll think “that’s mean and I don’t believe that”. But these thoughts bother me because it’s like another person in my brain is saying it though I know it’s my mind. Are these intrusive thoughts or something else.
I've literally had voices in my head that don't sound or act like me. It was ocd. A less common symptom but it happens. Sometimes it can be comorbid. For me I think they arose because of heavily repressed emotions. If you have what I had I managed to get rid of them twice, both without therapy or meds
@Wolfram Thank goodness you know what I talking about. Ok I’ll bring this up with medical people.
@Sparklefly I think it’s because of repressed memories and feelings
@Sparklefly Most likely. Based on my experience. It might not even be stuff you're actively repressing but subconsciously because your brain is trying to protect you. The voices might be a side effect of that protection 🤷♂️ brains are amazingly dumb. If you mention it to medical people, look at ocd specialists or anyone who's worked with auditory hallucinations. The majority of people won't understand, even other people with ocd 😣
@Sparklefly Also if you were to open up on how they present themselves to you, I could possibly offer the things that helped me. I know it's personal and I'm guessing disturbing
@Sparklefly - I will caution you to not get too caught up with trying to find a "why" to OCDs tricks. I went down that road thinking if I addressed past trauma it would make my OCD stop... it did not.. OCD is a here and now issue and people who zero past traumas or repressed feelings get it just the same as those who do. Its all treated the same way with ERP and sometimes medication. The thoughts are intrusive thoughts and you saying" I don't like that thought" is a compulsion. you need to practice just letting the thoughts be, don't argue with them just let them exist and if you HAVE to respond say " maybe that's true, maybe its not, but I don't care about that right now" and get back to what ever you are doing.
@TexasOCD41 I've been down those same roads too but every theme I've had with ocd has needed a different approach. Erp didn't work for everything with me
@Wolfram - Everyones recovery is different. ERP can also be difficult to do correctly for some themes we struggle with more than others. I hope you find the treatments to work for you.
@TexasOCD41 Thank you 😊. All the best to you too
This is kind of like what my relationship ocd feels like. Just yesterday one of my thoughts was so strong I just blurted out "He hates you!" in reference to my partner (who I KNOW does not hate me) and I just had to say "woah! that is not true at all" It can be so hard to fight your own brain...
This will sound counterintuitive but the best thing to do is to not fight it. Fighting OCD only feeds it. saying " woah, that is not true at all" is a compulsive response and actually will feed OCD in time and make it stronger. the better response would be " maybe he does, maybe he doesn't, but I don't care about that right now, its not important, its just a meaningless thought" and get back to what you are doing.
I don’t know how to explain this so I’ll do it to the best of my ability. Does anyone experience “co-intrusive” thoughts that try to negatively support the initial intrusive thought? Example: Me: “Thank God I never acted on (scary intrusive thought) & I’m getting better!” Intrusive thought: “What a shame you didn’t” These types of things send me into a spiral. It makes me think that it could lead to a desire instead of staying a fear. Like an intrusive disappointment that I didn’t follow through with the thought? It’s been a long fear/obsession & I think my OCD is trying to trick me that the only satisfaction would be to act on the thought. (I know that’s bs) But IS that why it sends me the negative co-intrusive thoughts? That’s the only explanation that makes sense. Then I wonder is it something else? Am I a grenade waiting to explode??? I simply cannot relax in any moment because I think what’s the use if I’m just going to (xyz) one day?
I have intrusive thoughts about God. But sometimes it seems like I do think them myself. I don't agree with them. But it's like I get too exhausted to fight anymore, or when my mind calms down, I don't feel right without the thoughts so I think them myself and idk why. I'm pretty sure I'm going to hell.
for me, it's like there's two folders of my thoughts, 'main thoughts' and 'sub thoughts' and it's like a background voice of my background voice, you know? like so quiet and irrelevant but it's still here and i can try to ignore it but not fully and it feels like it's just really nasty, like it's warring with me, never shuts up and just keeps nagging me with those thoughts
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