- Date posted
- 22d
Disgusting thought that I'm not sure was intrusive
I think sometimes my OCD will interupt a normal thought that will maybe slightly include something to do with a trigger and twist it into something disgusting that wasn't intended, I don't know I can't tell if I was like unintentionally doing a compulsion and testing my reaction to a thought, a random thought that was twisted into an intrusive thought, it was just a straight up intrusive thought (It did kind of come out of nowhere (other than being related to the trigger I mean) and caused me a lot of distress but most of the time my intrusive thoughts are vague and I don't really know if this is what they feel like when they aren't. If it wasn't an intrusive thought I don't know why I would've thought something like that though. For context, I saw someone quoting an alt-right YouTuber who is a confirmed predator who also physically abused his underage victim (Despite his fans denying this vehemently) and had a thought that I think was GOING to be "He wasn't even good at hiding it" (Even then I think I meant trying to hid it) but was twisted into "He wasn't even one of the good ones" and I immediately spiralled afterwards and went "What? What? Why? Why did I think that what's wrong with me?" Is it possible for an intrusive thought to feel real? I know I really didn't like the thought and it wasn't wanted but that doesn't feel enough for me to call it intrusive and it's scaring me. I can't tell if this is a thought warped by OCD, just a "normal" intrusive thought or a genuine thought I had (which is obviously the thing I dreading the most)