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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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Yes.. That is exactly what happens to me
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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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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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any advice for when you get false memories that feel really real? especially something that had JUST happened, it’s like ur brain distorts it. i feel like i do something wrong 24/7 then i get over it and ocd latched onto something new
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Does anyone else’s false memory intrusive thoughts of what could have happened feel very, very real?
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When false memories have popped up for you guys, did they feel real straight away like pop up like a memory but you’re still doubting whether they’re real?
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