Anonymous3389
- Date posted
- 27w
False memory
Does anyone else’s false memory intrusive thoughts of what could have happened feel very, very real?
clguerraclguerra
- Date posted
- 27w
Yesss! I am currently stuck in that loop myself! I keep thinking I’m gonna end up in jail for my nonexistent actions that my ocd brain makes me want to believe are real! 😢
- User type
- Therapist
- Date posted
- 27w
Keep this in mind: OCD has to feel real. If it did not feel real, then I would not have a job!! If it did not feel real, you would not care about the thoughts or images or urges. So, yes, it feels very real. But feeling real and being real and two very different things. I know how convincing OCD is - but it is just like a virtual reality. VR can feel real, but it is not real. If you can work on seeing OCD like a VR, it can be scary, but there is nothing to be scared of. If you want to get help with learning that, we at NOCD are here to serve. Hit the therapy button on the app and we can get you started with a free 15 minute call to our team to get you set up with a well trained therapist. We hope that you take advantage of all the help that is available!
clguerraclguerra
- Date posted
- 27w
@Patrick McGrath Thank you for this comment Dr. McGrath! It was much needed 🥰
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Anonymous3389Anonymous3389
- Date posted
- 27w
@12Anonymous1 I’m in the same boat
Lulu~Lulu~
- Date posted
- 27w
Yes, especially cause most of my false memories is based of real events where I was sick or tired so I don’t remember much from it. OCD loves to dominate those moments and create super realistic memories from it
izabela’socdizabela’socd
- Date posted
- 27w
I’ve dealt with this for the past 3 years. I’ve never experienced as much pain in my life as I do living with false memory ocd. I’ve had contamination, health, Magical thinking ocd but false memory is the worst of the worst. I’m convinced they’re real memories not false and I have in fact molested people and raped people and I know I’ve done it but no one believes me but I know what I’ve done and I don’t think I can keep going for much longer with these thoughts.. this is hell on earth
clguerraclguerra
- Date posted
- 27w
@izabela’socd I completely understand the pain you are going through 😔 It can be so difficult to manage sometimes that it even affects our families. You are not alone friend 🙏🏻
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andrewt_
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 24w
Question about false memories, please help
Can it feel like you literally remember a false memory happening? And it feels like the memory has always been there and you vividly remember it happening that way? Because I don’t even know if I’m experiencing a false memory or not but god it feels so fucking real. Like I literally remember it happening. But what’s weird is the original memory was kind of different. 2 years later, the memory is not the same, but it feels like I literally remember it happening. And in this memory, I’m fucking snapping. I’m acting on my thoughts. I feel like a fucking psycho. I hope this is just OCD
anthonycaronna
- Date posted
- 20w
False memory
Has false memory OCD affected you so badly that you feel that a lot of your memories period are unclear, vague, fuzzy and can’t recall correctly?
strike1207
- Date posted
- 19w
Can someone please help. I’m struggling.
I have had the same false memory/instrusive image of me doing something horrible to someone when I was 12 and they were younger. It is a memory based on a real event. I truly don’t know if it’s real or not but obviously, the more I think about it the more I think it’s true. This has led my mind to become slightly paranoid. I worry that if this horrible image in my head is true then one day the person I might have hurt will come and k*ll me. I’m really scared I feel like I won’t feel better as long as this “memory” is in my head. Does anyone have advice?
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