I’ve asked this before and got no response but can ocd try to make you feel a certain way that you don’t actually feel? Such as telling you you’re jealous or upset in a situation when you don’t even care or feel that way at all. Can ocd cause you to feel the emotion along with the intrusive thought even though it’s not your true feelings?
Hi! OCD can be really tricky sometimes! I think there are a few ways to get a sense if a thought process or a worry is, what I like to call, "OCD flavored". 1.) No amount of reassurance or information provides lasting relief. (such as "no, I am not jealous." 2.) the thought is consuming your attention and it feels almost impossible to concentrate on anything else. 3.) The thought gets louder and more intense the more you interact with it, and 4.) The thought is usually about the worst possible scenario being true. If any of these points resonate with you, it very well could be OCD. OCD can absolutely be unwanted feelings.
@Jamie Pimentel Thank you!
I do believe this is a thing it happens to me, when you are scared something will happen, like a reaction, you tend to have a reaction because of that anticipation, like “that wouldn’t make me jealous” and then you have that feeling of jealousy, or for me it’s like I shouldn’t want to do that but my body creates this feeling of false want, just like any other intrusive feeling, like they say OCD is intrusive thoughts, urges, images and FEELINGS…I hope this helps
Totally. Intrusive feelings are a thing just like thoughts, images or urges.
Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.
I read a lot of other people’s posts where they deal with intrusive feelings, and sometimes even emotions? Would anyone care to further explain so i can understand this better? it would be very much appreciated.
Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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