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- 6y
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- 6y
Yep. I lost a friend in real life to suicide last year and became utterly convinced I murderered them. The details made absolutely no sense, and yet I came close to confessing many times since it felt so real. I finally realized your brain will never let you ha e certainty and will always come up with a creative reason it’s your fault. Accepting life’s general uncertainty and choosing radical self love over all else (even when ocd says it’s irresponsible, you don’t deserve it, or it’s not ocd this time) is the only way to recovery. You can do it!
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- 6y
Yes.. That is exactly what happens to me
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- 6y
Yep! I’ve had extreme details of murdering people (which I know deep down I would never do), but I’ve spent months trying to prove the ocd wrong. The more compulsions you do, the more your brain latches on. You almost create a detailed pile of junk mail in your brain each time you ruminate. But the level of detail or number of months you ruminate has no basis in reality. Living into the uncertainty and doing erp is the only way out. I know it’s tough! I’ve been there! False memory harm is my main theme.
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- 6y
Omg! I’ve been there! Worst feeling ever!! The thought you could do that to someone even though you know you never could! Yet you can see yourself doing exactly that!
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- 20w
can a false memory feel very very very real? because i literally don’t know if something happened or not. absolutely no clue but it feels so real
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- 14w
Can a false memory be based on a real event? Like the false memory is based on something that did happen (there is a time/place/people) but you’re not sure if the action in the memory is real? For example, I’ve been dealing with a false memory and it’s based on the time I went on a vacation with my family and the false memory has a time and place, it doesn’t change and it has a specific action and idk…it just feels like it did happen…especially since it’s based on something that DID happen…idk how to explain it :( I hope it is understandable. Anyways…I hope you guys are having a great day!
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- 11w
I basically can’t stop thinking about the false memories and I’ve been thinking about them non-stop since I’ve woken up today. I keep picturing the images / the false memory and I focus and fixate on the images and they feel so so real and realistic and when I think of them I get a feeling of “clarity” and a genuine sense of knowing and belief that deep down I know these memories are true and have happened and that I’m just in denial and lying to myself and you by saying that they’re false memories when in actuality I know they’re real which is also really frustrating and makes me feel uncomfortable. On top of that as I’m writing this message my stomach won’t stop turning and it really hurts and I just want to cry and my brain says that I’m experiencing these physical feelings because I know I am lying and just in denial and that these physical symptoms are proof that I am lying and just in denial and I just don’t know what to do or how to calm down. I really don’t want these memories to be true and I want them to be false more than anything in the world and I am not lying when I say I don’t know whether or not they’re real and I’m not lying or pretending they’re false memories but the more I say that to myself the more it feels like a lie and I’m just terrified at the thought and idea of them being even 1% true because why wouldn’t they be? Is it really possible to fabricate entire memories or doing sexual things to and with another person that are that detailed and realistic :/ My brain says things will only get better once I admit to the false memories and stop lying to myself and stop being in denial and stop using false memory ocd as an excuse and just admit to them because I know deep down I have done them and that they’re true which is why I feel a deep sense of clarity about them and that I am just continuing to lie to myself, to my girlfriend, to my therapist and to my family when I say I don’t know whether I have done anything sexual to or with this person because deep down I know I have I just don’t want to admit it so I’m continuing to be in this heavy state and cycle of denial because I don’t want to accept what I have done. I just want this to end. I just want confirmation that I have never done anything sexual to or with this person and that these memories are entirely fabricated by my ocd and have no basis in reality but I don’t even think that’s possible. I’m so done.
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