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The fact you’re questioning it sounds like OCD, not to say you have it. I’ve been diagnosed and it took a few months of therapy before I finally stopped questioning myself. It’s definitely a thing.
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Ah, do you have any tips on how to stop questioning oneself? Because, as I said, I can't see a therapist at the moment, but I want it to stop
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@Adrianos The only thing that finally worked for me was asking myself, “Would I be questioning myself about having OCD if I didn’t have OCD? No. If I were making a big deal out of a simple personality trait, would I be obsessing over it? No.” Questioning my every thought about whether or not I have OCD finally made me realize it’s the OCD forcing me to question everything.
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@AimeeRenae Yea, agreed. I tell myself that too, but sometimes it just feels like going back and forth in an endless loop of "yea.. maybe..? But what if..? But..", etc..
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Those kinds of questions have been part of my OCD.
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Same here. Tbh, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has those questions.
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I never suspected OCD but after I was diagnosed it I seemed blatantly obvious and I wondered how my past doctors had missed it. I did feel like an imposter in spaces like this to begin with but once I learnt more about how OCD can affect your life I realised it fitted. I suggest looking up the y-bocs OCD type checklist and see if any of those things reflect what you're going through. I burst into tears the first time I read about the individual obsessions because they pretty much described everything I was struggling with.
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Yea, I looked that up, and I was surprised at how much I related to it and how much I related to other people's stories. It made me more certain about it, but it's like the doubt is sitting there, waiting for the right moment to attack..
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@Adrianos That is by far the stupidest thing I've found about OCD, the doubt which makes you doubt whether you actually have OCD when in reality the mere fact you're obsessing over whether you actually have OCD probably means you do.
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@jenagade Tell me about it xD I was thinking so too as I was writing the post, actually
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I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didn’t realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. I’m not 31 and I’ve been in therapy for a year and it’s helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff I’m dealing with isn’t ocd and I’m exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and I’ll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe it’s not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if I’m making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something you’re doing actually is ocd or not.
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Hi! It’s pretty difficult for me to get the courage to post this but I’m really struggling to figure out if what I’m experiencing is OCD or Anxiety or neither. I think I have the “pure O” type of OCD where most of my compulsions take the form of ruminating and trying to figure out something all in my head. When I hear this talked about in forums or online the intrusive thoughts don’t really match mine- I worry often about things that seem more “grounded” if that makes sense. A common one for me is my own identity- i will spend long amounts of time stuck in my head trying to figure out my feelings (often sadness or other real emotions I have and patterns I have) and why I feel that way and what in my life caused that and how it’s impacting other things in my life. I also think often about which parts of my personality are the real me and which aren’t. Sometimes this takes the form of strictly ruminating and sometimes I have fake conversations with people I know. It’s intense and I feel I have to figure it out but with no specific intrusive thought that says something like “you have to figure this out or all of your loved ones will die” but it’s very intense. I think also often of all of the decisions I need to make in the future and how they’re going to affect those I love and care about as well as how much I’ll regret them. I imagine all of the ways I think my actions will emotionally hurt others and how to make the least harmful decision, but to me this feels like a valid concern but go over and over and never come to a conclusion. I often just get scared and never make any move because I don’t see an option that doesn’t hurt someone somehow. But again I’m having a hard time identifying the intrusive thought behind it. But I also don’t choose to think about these things most of the time. This is almost all decisions but especially big life decisions. It’s such a struggle because they are things I eventually do have to make decisions about. There is so much more to it that would take too long to explain but in general a lot of my fears revolve around pleasing others/ understanding others emotions to ensure they’re okay, my own identity and personality, and work/school performance. Someone mentioned OCD to me because in my head it feels like I have to solve these things and will go over and over them but I seriously can’t figure out if it’s anxiety, OCD, or none of the above. It’s all very disruptive to my life. I am never not thinking or not trying to figure something out and I feel as if I have no control over it Anyone have any insight?
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