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user36373738user36373738
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I so feel this because what scares me is when people will say I know it isn’t true but it still feels like it where I can’t even feel the knowing it isn’t true part
marie84marie84
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I experience this too and it sucks. I get false memory about so many things and I have to keep reassuring myself that they didn’t happen.
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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It doesn't matter. With OCD, we are always trying to put our thoughts into different categories. And we are always trying to figure out and define what those categories are. But the truth is that we have to stop trying to figure it all out. Thoughts are just thoughts. They are really just meaningless little wisps of smoke that don't mean anything at all. They don't matter. You have to stop trying to figure out what is real and what is not real, and realize that all your thoughts are just THOUGHTS. You don't have to worry about any of them. You can go ahead and make decisions, and not be overly influenced by your thoughts.
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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@Mk3 Yes!!! OCD can make the thoughts feel so true when they are not. Absolutely!!!
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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@Mk3 Yes! Totally!!!
Mk3Mk3
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@Tea and Honey Okay but is a thought feeling totally real the same as it feeling totally true? Lol
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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@Mk3 If you are trying to figure out if a thought feels totally REAL versus feeling totally TRUE, then you are still trying to put thoughts into different categories. It's really part of OCD when we feel like we have to differentiate our thoughts into all these different categories. Instead, you need to give yourself the freedom not to figure out any of this!!!! Just treat all thoughts the same. They are just thoughts, and that means they are all meaningless. Can you give me some specific examples about where this is troubling you? Is it in a relationship where you were worried that you might actually dislike your significant other?
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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@Mk3 Ok, the best thing to do is just stop trying to figure it all out. Tell yourself it doesn't matter if it's true or not. You clearly love him and want to stay. So just let your thoughts go however crazy they want to. It doesn't matter. Try to stop trying to figure out the thoughts or if you really think he's ugly or not. And definitely don't confess!! And then try to live life without dealing with these OCD questions that we are never able to solve!! :):)
issphra 🫶🏻issphra 🫶🏻
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:( do you still experience this? I can’t stop labeling my bf as ugly. And it feels true and I guess it could be. I mean I can pick out “ugly” things and the I feel awful because he doesn’t deserve that. I’m having such a hard time with this
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