123g
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- 1y
Googling
Does anyone else Google everything? Like quite literally everything? Even if it’s not related to OCD obsession, I feel the need to understand everything.
Evelyn ShoopEvelyn Shoop
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- 1y
Yes. I feel like I have obsessions about needing to know and remember everything. If I can’t remember something I already learned I get so frustrated :/
phokpapphokpap
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- 1y
yes!
hanysm@gmail.comhanysm@gmail...
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- 1y
Is it about not accepting uncertainty, and the urge to know everything to the n'th level?
King SillyKing Silly
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- 1y
Me !
glücklichglücklich
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- 1y
Yes I used to, now if I have a genuine worry about something (it can be hard to tell if it’s a real worry) I ask someone I trust to look it up instead so I don’t scare myself or fall down the rabbit hole. It used to be a real compulsion esp during covid
wmorris93wmorris93
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- 1y
Absolutely . I feel like sadly right now all day I’m trying to ensure that what I’m dealing with is ocd and not something else
Karotajs-theanxiousgogettergirlKarotajs-the...
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- 1y
I definetly used to. It was hard to stop at first but ive found i feel so much more peaceful if I dont search things. Honestly it took quite a few slip ups but I was finally able to stop my googling habit when i truly understood how much harm It was causing me and my ocd.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
Yes I do this I google everything about anything that I don't know or want to know or think I might know, or just only a bit know so.etimes it'll be a quick little look up, other times it'll be hours of research
marmoonymarmoony
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- 1y
yes!! i literally feel like i can’t rest until i google a piece of information i heard. i keep so much useless information in my brain just in case
MamaBrenda MamaBrenda
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- 1y
Same here. I make long notes on things I feel I must remember too. Such an uncommon subtype how would you even do ERP with this?
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lilylove0
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- 21w
Should i delete google and safari?
I have a bad obsession with googling EVERYTHING and I mean things like health issues I’m constantly looking things up on google everyday , it don’t matter if I just got bit by a mosquito I’ll google it to make sure it nothing bad will happen to me or if the mosquito bite looks okay and etc , I’ve noticed my OCD symptoms bad here recently and looking up every health condition on google is one of them .
Anonymous
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- 20w
Fear of undiagnosed mental health conditions
My current obsession is around mental health, specifically that I have undiagnosed Bipolar 2. Any changes in my mood are triggering and in my compulsive googling to make myself feel better (never works lol) I discovered that ocd and bipolar are linked in like 10-20% of cases?! So now I feel worse. Anyone else experience mental health fears?
lexalove63
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- 17w
Googling for reassurance
This might be super specific, but something I struggle with is feeling the need to consistently look up things for reassurance. I feel the need to look up the same things over and over again just to make sure. Example: googling what to do in serious situations like a car crash, if someone’s having a heart attack, seizure, etc. I’m (soon to be) a healthcare professional and I feel like I know these things like the back of my hand. I feel like if I ever get to these (extremely unlikely) situations, I won’t know what to do. I feel the need to constantly reassure myself the proper protocol for situations that will probably NEVER happen. Anytime I think of this possibility, I can’t help but become trapped in a spiral of googling what to do. It’s come to a point that I’ve started noting down what to do over and over again if these situations happen. I really just want to know if anyone relates.
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