Can thoughts actually become true? Worried ever since I read it on google. My OCD has gotten really bad since I’ve had 4 pregnancies in the last 3 years. I had a miscarriage stillborn healthy baby and now pregnant again. My mind has gone crazy.
One of the first things I learned in OCD therapy was to stay off the internet when dealing with OCD-related issues.
its really common that ocd appears when you are pregnant, my therapist told me not to long ago that ocd in women depends a lot of our hormones. I have way more anxiety and ocd when im about to have my period, for example. She also told me that if I want to get pregnant I should expect it bc it kinda comes back, and thats okay and expectable. do you go to therapy to help you cope with this type of thoughts?
@martinica I’ve been trying for the last 2 months to find one to accept my insurance. I’m waiting for approval to see if this app will accept mine cause I really need.
@Sloth girl i understand! next time that you are having a thought that distress you try taking a deep breath and remember thats thats “normal” or “expected” to happen because of your hormonal state. Wish you a sweet pregnancy 💕
I also suffer from Magical Thinking OCD (amongst other themes) so I can totally relate to you. My sister, who is tough as a nut and seems fearless developed anxiety during her first pregnancy and seeked reassurance with our mother and me. After the baby was born, she went back to her old self. When you are worried about your thoughts becoming true only due to you thinking them, think about the lottery. If thoughts became true just by thinking them, everyone who buys a lottery ticket would win the jackpot. But the odds of that to happen are 1 in 300,000,000.
@Zoë_84 This has helped so much thank you! I was so worried about the law of attraction but this makes so much more sense. I was having panic attacks over it. Definitely stay off the internet.
@Sloth girl You are very welcome. You are exremely brave! By what you shared, it's obvious, that you went through a lot with your previous pregnancies, but you didn't give up.
Hi everyone had a question I am 42 years old until about 7 months ago my ocd has become so bad almost debilitating. I think I have had ocd since my mid 20s but it was barely there and it would sometimes almost be non existent and I didn’t even know it was ocd until I was diagnosed four months ago It was always my family getting hurt especially at night I was convinced that someone would break in the house and murder us. Or a fire would start but j would just check the doors and stove appliances a few times before bed nothing to time consuming and I never had panic attacks or the physical symptoms of anxiety, I did do weird rituals like I blessed things that fell on the floor because I thought something bad may happen to my kids which seems strange and I would put clothes away a certain way or again something bad would happen and I hated the number 6 so the volume can never be on 6 things like that. When I type if I didn’t get the word right the first time I’d have to erase the whole word and start over sometimes the whole sentence which was super annoying! But since I had my daughter 4 years ago I would have this weird fear with knifes like only I could wash them and put them away or someone may accidentally stab themselves or someone else, and I began to get intrusive images of someone trying to hurt my daughter or someone would kidnap her or she would stop breathing at night but it all was pretty tolerable until out of the blue I had a really bad intrusive images of me hitting her in the head with my phone it’s scared me so bad I had a panic attack and started questioning why would I think that?! Then a week went by and another intrusive image of me hurting her and then eventually it was anything and everything in my house could be weapon to hurt her i was terrified I googled it and realized it was intrusive thoughts and it was harm ocd 😞I have been really struggling since and that was 6 months ago I try to tell myself that they are just thoughts and it’s just my brain being hyper vigilant to protect her but I fear that the more I have them I will do them in my sleep And the physical sensations of anxiety and panic attacks are unbelievable sometimes Can anyone relate to their ocd becoming worse almost overnight later on in life I want my life back I’m so sad I’m scared to sleep at night I just want this all to go away Any tips it’s hard not to react to the thoughts when it is about harming your own child who I love soooo much And please tell me this is ocd
My ocd seems worse (6 weeks pregnant) I’ve developed a lot of health fears and fears of losing the pregnancy etc. Along with my other ocd themes seeming worse atm. Does anyone have advice or help?
I cry everyday thinking of things. Please help and share if this is truly what OCD does. I keep thinking in my past I was pregnant. I remember being paranoid but i do not remember taking a pregnancy test. Ocd keeps putting things in my head such as “you did a pregnancy test” or “you had a miscarriage” I tell my mom this and she is my biggest supporter but I feel like I was because i’m starting to believe it and give up.
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