kennadras

Date posted: 21h

jail lol?

does anyone else’s OCD give them these ridiculous intrusive thoughts that one day you’re going to be randomly framed or falsely accused of some sort of crime and then spend the rest of your life in prison when you’re completely innocent? i literally think about this way too often 😭every time i communicate this thought, non-OCD folk look at me like i have two heads! then i fear communicating it is going to make me look bad or guilty LOL! it’s a never ending loop. (prob not funny to some of you but if i don’t laugh about it ill go insane)

shanesausa12

Date posted: 21h

YES sometimes my mind wonders and i’ll find myself thinking about the same thing. or like somehow i accidentally did something illegal and ill get caught one day for doing it?? lol it’s crazy to see someone else with the same thought!

kennadras

Date posted: 20h

@shanesausa12 yes! like fears that you did something that you don’t remember doing. i also have that with fears that something bad happened to me but i can’t remember it too! like maybe i got roofied or something and don’t remember it. it’s so silly to say out loud or type about but it’s a real thought that is so hard to get rid of! you should see me when i go out to bars! i hold my hand over my drink the ENTIRE time and if i didn’t and stopped watching my drink for 2 seconds, i have to go get a new one bc i freak out and think its been tampered with. thankfully, that doesn’t happen too often though because i usually watch my drinks like a hawk and never met anyone get close enough to it

Steven55!

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 20h

This is when ERP therapy can be very helpful. Try staying in uncertainty and in the present. Example: "Maybe I will get framed and maybe I won't. I don't know the future. BUT, it's not happening NOW, and I'll deal with it if, however unlikely, it ever happens. " Then, go do something constructive/fun to distract yourself. These tools help you take away OCD's mojo. OCD wants you to ruminate over this WHAT-IF all day long. By accepting uncertainty and staying in the present, the rumination should begin to dissipate. Anyway, it works for me. Hope this helps.

ACupofTea

Date posted: 20h

@Steven55! This is very helpful!

kennadras

Date posted: 20h

@Steven55! this IS really helpful! i really appreciate it!

Anonymous

Date posted: 20h

Im stuck with this theme right now!

kennadras

Date posted: 20h

@Anonymous my brain knows it’s not a rational thought, it’s just something that creeps up on my and pops in there from time to time. thankfully it’s not one of the MAIN struggles of mine and not something i panic about too much but it IS an uncomfortable thought at times. i’m sorry you’re struggling with this too!

Anonymous

Date posted: 18h

@kennadras What do you do to overcome this theme, other than to just ignore the absolute nonsense it's telling you?

kennadras

Date posted: 18h

@Anonymous honestly with this specific thing i kinda just tell myself it’s a silly thought. it’s one of the only intrusive thoughts that i get that i can kinda remind myself is just irrational. one of the comments above was really helpful too about just being present in the uncertainty like thinking “maybe this could happen and maybe it won’t, but it’s not happening NOW and i can deal with it if were to ever come up even though it’s highly unlikely”. because there’s no sense in worrying about it now if it’s not happening now. it’s important to to try to not spiral about things beyond your control, but i know that can be difficult and is even something i personally still struggle with A LOT.

Justmesadly

Date posted: 17h

OCD says the most random crap ! Just laugh at it

kennadras

Date posted: 17h

@Justmesadly literally!

Anonymous

Date posted: 17h

HAHAHA LITERALLY. One of my biggest fears. Why do we think these things🤣😭

kennadras

Date posted: 17h

@Anonymous thankfully it’s something we can laugh about sometimes. when you recognize it’s an ocd thought and not your own thought, you can sometimes realize how irrational it is and just laugh it off!

Kmcdonald

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 15h

I catch myself sometimes ruminating on the idea of me in random terrible situations like that. Its like im trying to prep for a future scenario that would be terrible to be in, in order to be safer in said scenario. It can be distressing, or annoying but I try to walk it back away from thay line of thinking as best I can haha

moon0270

Date posted: 22w

Kinda embarrassed but want to share

So I know I've talked about my fear of being hacked/watched without my knowledge and at the same time that same fear has also made me scared that i've said incriminating things or confessed to a crime I didn't commit out loud without realizing and that this person (who probably doesn't even exist) is going to use it against me in the future and ruin my life. To the point where I've covered all my device cameras. Yeah, I know. Incredibly outlandish. Anyways. The past few months it's just been my brain convincing me that my life is over or that it's going to end and not just end, but like I'm going to lose everyone that I love because of said "incriminating things" though I know I haven't done anything wrong. Of course, there's a part of me that realises that this is really unlikely because I'm not that important of a person for someone to lie in wait for decades and decide to ruin my life just because though I don't doubt that there are people like that out there (i really hope they're few and far between). However, there's another part of me that also really believes that this is all true. And sometimes I wonder if I'm going insane. Coupled with what I believe are false memories, the anxiety has been taxing every day. And I find it hard to sit with uncertainty because this worst case scenario terrifies me. I'm scared of being unloved and abandoned and also deathly afraid of being perceived as a bad person. And of course, also scared of being a bad person and my brain is convinced that I must be. Anyways. Who knows. Maybe. Maybe not. I wanted to share because I know that OCD or I guess any kind of mental illness (whatever it is I'm suffering from if it isn't OCD) likes to convince us that our fears are too niche and that this worry wouldn't be present if it wasn't real. OCD likes to use that as proof. I've learnt though that there are many people like me on this app, and even though it's still scary, it makes me feel less alone. It can be very tiring and honestly sometimes I ask myself how I'm still here even though it's been a few months and some people on here have experienced episodes like this for years or even decades. I keep hoping I'll wake up one day and it will be like this never happened. If you've taken the time to read this incredibly long waffle session of mine that's more like a drawn-pit diary entry, thank you. And if you feel comfortable with sharing, please do :)

justsomone1

Date posted: 17w

ocd or phycosis?

idk why this is such a recurrent thing for me , I get so scared through the day when I’m not distracted when I think about psychosis. or being put in a mental hospital that it gives me bad anxiety, one time I had a panic attack at the thought of having it 💔 I can’t pin point if it’s intrusive thoughts because it’s a fear of mine .. or not. I think this is the worst thought / fear I have

ocdisnotaslay

Date posted: 11w

fear of being locked up

How do u stop worrying about if ur going to prison if u tell ur therapist about ur ocd or real event ocd ive told a therapist before about it but i dont know if how im feeling is rational like what i keep imagining her judging me finding me weird then calling the police and the police saying infront of everyone what happened and then me being locked up for the rest of my life .?????

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