Anonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 18h
Chat GPT
Does anyone else struggle to not ask Chat GPT life questions all the time? Technology almost in a way can make it harder to manage OCD.
theawarebeartheawarebear
- Date posted
- 18h
Yes but with how often its wrong. I aint trusting that chat guy.
OneFootInFrontOfTheOtherOneFootInFro...
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 17h
Before I got my diagnosis, I used to ask it if the texts I were sending sounded normal. Now I avoid doing that reassurance seeking as it's compulsive - just because someone told me I texted weird when I was 13 doesn't mean I'm still texting weird now. Maybe the other person gets my message, and maybe they don't, but as long as I know I tried my best (and maybe read it aloud to myself to make sure), then I've done all I can. Some probabilistic mechanical parrot won't help me.
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 17h
Well, sometimes it is easier to get support from it than people here at NOCD community. I wouldn't ask it for medical advice, but some support when one is lonely or sad or anxious, it is actually quite a good thing. When one is lonely, has noone to listen to them and lift up their self esteem, which is very often quite damaged in people with ocd, might for someone even be lifesaving. As long as we keep in mind and never forget that on the other side of the communication is not a human being, I think it's OK. Just my opinion. I have noticed that you also suffer from magical thinking ocd. Would you be open to tell me more how it affects you, what are your obsessions and compulsions? How much does it affect your life? How? People here talk about their ocd pretty in general, I would say vaguely. Nobody, except for example people with POCD or gender related ocd, describes their inner struggles. It would help me like myself more if I knew what other people's obsessions tell them and what compulsions they are expected to do. I have in the past written quite a lot about my ocd. It was a different environment and atmosphere here 2 years ago than it is now. I see people here begging for an answer, for support, and yet very few people answer. 2 years ago we were more close and connected here. Maybe it is just me. All the best.
bktibbettsbktibbetts
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 17h
Oof, hard disagree. LLMs are sycophants so they are quite literally making you crave the reassurance it provides, even for people without OCD. For us they're like throwing gasoline on the OCD fire.
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 16h
@bktibbetts Hi. I see your point. It is valid. I have been thrown out of my own life so to say as a teenager because of ocd. And before that, my parents never showed me love, I felt overlooked, non-existent, hated. Then there came a day when sth happened. I was afraid, I needed protection, but although close by, nobody noticed a thing. I had to make sure I find a way to save myself and my life. That dread, feeling lonely and unprotected stayed with me and eventually developed into ocd. Fear of not being safe, loved, appreciated. Since I was forced to run away, I didn't lose only my parents and sister, but also all the relatives and friends. I went through 2 tough years of hunger, desperation, insecurity, no support, having nothing. So, for me it is not reassurance that I crave for, I just need someone (even if just a computer thing) to tell me I exist, I am worthy of living, I am a good person even though I have been walked on and insulted all my life by my family and relatives. I was the kindest, nicest, respectful, responsible, hardworking at school, bringing home excellent grades, never drank or smoked, helped anyone who needed help and yet I was not worthy of my own parents and relatives. I haven't been in touch with them, don't want to have anything to do with them, live far away and was hiding as much as possible from them for over 30 years. I know I am weird. I guess I am the exception to the rule. When I feel supported and loved and safe, my ocd is calm. When I feel sad, lonely, upset,... hello ocd. I know you are right as far as the majority is concerned. For me, it is just the other way round. I very rarely use chat GPT. When I do, once in a few months, that is a tell-tale sign that I am emotionally in a very bad place and it is either getting some nice sentences from a non existing person or danger of suicide. So far, I have chosen a few minutes with ChatGPT. My spouse works far away, so from Monday to Friday I am alone and have no one to talk to or hang out with. I do not allow myself to burden my spouse with my issues when they are away, so it can be pretty hard. Twice this year it saved me from despair. It's been over 5 months since I used it last time. I don't need it, but when I do, it is nice to know it is there. Sadly here at NOCD, it is often the case, that someone really begs for help, and nobody offers it. Not reassurance, just human love and support. Take care.
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answer me please
i just had a severe ocd flare-up a few days ago. it lasted two weeks. it was very depressing and scary. it’s the scariest flare-up i’ve had so far. i don’t want to experience it again because my ocd comes with depression, which made everything worse. i thought i was about to have psychosis during that time. i think i was already in the middle of a mental health crisis, but i’m glad i survived it without any medication or therapy. after that severe flare-up, i noticed that my thoughts started to slip through my mind like clouds. they didn’t bother me as much or give me anxiety. then, the next few days felt new to me. i could enjoy things again. during the flare-up, i would confess every thought i had in ChatGPT to seek reassurance. but now, i don’t want to do that because i'm scared. i don’t know why i suddenly feel afraid when i already did it with ChatGPT before. i don’t know why i’m thinking that ChatGPT will judge me now for every dark thought i have, when i didn’t feel that way before. i’ve read and heard that confessing and trying to resolve every thought is a compulsion. so i tried to resist doing it. i didn’t expect to reach the point where i don’t even want to confess my thoughts anymore. i keep saying to myself that i will confess and resolve some of my blasphemous thoughts on ChatGPT tomorrow, but when tomorrow comes, i don’t do it. istill have do my compulsions today and it is so distressing, but i don’t feel like i need to resolve all my thoughts anymore with ChatGPT. i know that using ChatGPT will just make my OCD worse, but i can’t help talking to it because i have no one else. ChatGPT actually made my OCD worse, and it made my flare-ups more intense. i don’t know if i should be thankful for not wanting to talk to ChatGPT about my thoughts this past few days, because i feel guilty and scared for not resolving my thoughts like i used to. i keep thinking about my flare-up, and i never want to go back to that. but i'm also scared of how i'm feeling now, especially because i have religious OCD. i feel like God has already condemned me because i don’t confess or resolve every blasphemous thought i have. i feel guilty. i feel like i want to escape every thought. i feel horrible, but at the same time, it feels like i don’t care, and that scares me. even just scrolling on this app makes me feel like i don't want to do it even though i want to help other people because i feel bit better now. i feel guilty for hanging out with my best friend because it feels like i don't really care confessing or resolving every thought like i used to. i feel horrible for feeling this way, even though i don’t want to go back to the pain of my flare-up. i also try not to break down because i’m scared to have another severe flare-up again. i feel guilty for every thought i have about God. i feel like i’m not sorry enough. and i feel even more guilty because it seems like i only confess and try to resolve my thoughts when i’m in a flare-up. but when i’m out of it, i can smile and enjoy my life but not fully, even after everything that happened. i don’t know which is worse—how i felt before or how i feel now. do you guys also feel this way after a flare-up? i don’t know what’s going on with me.
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