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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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- pureolifepureolife
- Date posted
- 5y ago
OCD will probably make it impossible to really know that. I mean you can ask yourself: I’m I otherwise really happy and excited about who I am, but worried others won’t be? But chances are, OCD will find a way to twist and manipulate your emotions to make you think the answer is yes. So the answer is: maybe. Allow for maybe and only maybe. Not yes or no or probably. Just maybe. Sit with that uncertainty and the anxiety it causes until it drifts away without trying to resolve it further.
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Well I feel sick at the thoughts and don’t enjoy them but when I think of girls I feel nice and happy
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- pureolifepureolife
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I’m guessing you’re taking about HOCD, and the answer is still: maybe. You can’t know 100% that your fear isn’t true when you have OCD. You just can’t.
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@pureolife Yes hocd
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- crazyfeelings crazyfeelings
- Date posted
- 5y ago
One thing that is the hardest part of OCD is you have to accept that you will never know truly. This does not mean you are what your thoughts are telling you it means you have to accept the uncertainty. No matter how many times somebody tells you, you aren’t that way your OCD will never let you believe them. So biggest step to recovery is accepting that you may never know! That’s what helped me, and I was dealing with the same type of ocd.
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yeah I’m trying to accept them I just have to remember feelings are not facts
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- crazyfeelings crazyfeelings
- Date posted
- 5y ago
@JS0406 Yep exactly! Keep working hard, that’s one of the hardest parts of recovery so it’s ok if it doesn’t always work. You can do it!!
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- O
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I know I shouldn’t, but is there any chance I can get some reassurance or some talking to. I just had the scariest thought and it sent me into panic
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- MJocd
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I believe I have moral OCD and I reassurance seek about things because my brain genuinely cannot recognise if I should be upset/worried/ashamed about something or not. My brain just gets locked on one thought and cant get any real perspective. I read a post today on a OCD support group on fb where someone said "bad people often want reassurance to make them feel better about who they are/what they have done and get this reassurance online from people who dont know the full story about them". And it really triggered me because it made me think, am I not a good person? Is this really OCD? what if it's not and I am doing exactly what that person said? And that was so scary to me. I dont think I'm a bad person, I'll admit to making mistakes in the past like every other human on the planet but my intentions were never bad ones. And then I feel scared for even worrying about what that person said bc why would I worry after reading that? I feel like my brain just cant distinguish from reality and the reality that its created and its terrifying.
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- ButterflyStar
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Does anyone else think 'Maybe I'm talking because deep down I want attention. And I want the attention all on me.' this terrifies me because what if its the truth? I then worry when I speak I'm only speaking to get attention. I don't know if this is ocd or its the truth! And if it's the truth then I am scared I am a selfish, self absorbed person craving attention for others because I don't like myself. And that's when I worry it is true, that I look to others to like me so I will feel better. These thoughts have popped up the last 3 weeks and I'm so worried 😔😔tired and worried and scared
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