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This is common in OCD, so you are definitely not alone in this. OCD can be very convincing, especially when you want strong reassurance. Do you work with an ERP therapist? ERP helped you learn to tolerate the unknown and accept your doubts, to minimize how long you’re living in fear.
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hey i struggle with this as well! in the past, I used to religiously check social media before I went to bed just to make sure I hadn't accidentally uploaded or posted something super weird. I've also deleted social media accounts and thought omg what if i did something weird but now I can't go back and check. So I understand how you're feeling. It is super scary and sorry you're having to deal with it. With anything related to OCD, we always have to go "maybe. Maybe not. Never going to figure it out with full certainty", but that's easier said than done so it takes time. I hope it gets better
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Are you able to see a ocd therapist that is practicing ERP and accepting uncertainty?
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This is so totally normal. In fact, I've had almost these EXACT same thoughts. With that in mind, the best thing we can do is accept the uncertainty. When we accept and sit with the uncertainty of these thoughts/fears -- without compulsing, checking, seeking reassurance, etc. -- we take some of the negative charge off the thoughts and that lessened charge gives them more space to pass through us. Either way, I'm sorry you're feeling this. If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to check out ERP -- Exposure and Response Prevention. It changed my life!
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- 27w
@June123 It’s tough I know!
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Shall you live your life or shall you live your life in fear? Let's just say for sake of argument that I wrote something and I will get arrested for it one day. Should I sit and wait to get arrested, or live my life until I do get arrested? I choose to live my life, and not sit around and wait. It does not seem like a fun thing at all to sit in fear. Now, I wish it were that easy to just go and live your life. But, it is possible. If you want to get help with that, check us out here at NOCD. We have therapists who are waiting to meet with you! We can help you live with doubt and uncertainty. OCD does not have to be in the driver's seat of your life.
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- 19w
With real event OCD, I don’t know if any of you feel this way, but do you ever feel that the past event(s) that you ruminate about or constantly obsess about are gonna come up in your future and just absolutely ruin you, that’s how I’ve been feeling for months, it just feels like impending doom, and I hate having to even think that my future would be ruined by what I did as a teenager, and I did some dumb things, that I regret so deeply, I just can’t stop thinking about that.
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- 14w
Real event, legal ocd, and false memory ocd around events that happened years ago but never bothered me till a month ago and now my life is being destroyed because I feel sooooooooooo guilty
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So this is my second post of the day and before I post this I’m not looking for reassurance just feeling very fearful about this situation and need to vent. Sometimes my false memory ocd gets so bad I have to download past data of any apps on social media to make sure I didn’t do anything and even then it doesn’t help. I did that with my Snapchat data and I saw that I had someone from a very toxic and past relationship on my snap that I remembered I had deleted a couple weeks after my boyfriend and I started dating. I didn’t notice it until I recently had the compulsion to go recheck all the data I downloaded to make sure. When I saw the date I deleted them and that it was a couple weeks after my boyfriend and I got together, I felt my face get hot, I started tearing up and I started freaking out. And then of course my thoughts started rolling in “What if you deleted them because you texted them and did it to make sure your boyfriend didn’t see?” Or “What if you still had their number in your phone and texted them?” Etc. etc. I felt horrible after I noticed that he was still on my snap, I know I forgot because I was only focused on my boyfriend and I spending time together, and I don’t hardly ever use Snapchat in general so I just basically leave the app alone and such. I’m just so worried now and It’s bothering me. I also experienced a thought like “What if I knew he was still on there and I kept him on there on purpose?” I can’t deal with these thoughts anymore, they’re so exhausting, and the fact that I even have these thoughts and they always try to attack my relationship just makes me so mad and upset.
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